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100+ initiatives, 60 cities, one commitment: low-carbon and inclusive culture in action
A new Eurocities catalogue showcases 100+ city initiatives putting the Lille Call to Action into practice, demonstrating how culture can drive low-carbon transformation and inclusion, and inviting more cities to join the growing group of 60 signatories.
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Eurocities Academy: Practical tools for Urban Food Policy
People need better access to healthy food. This is how the Eurocities Academy helps cities act with practical tools and peer learning.
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“Vulnerabilities are often at the local level, and local actors know best where they are”
Raluca Painter, Head of Unit for the Social Climate Fund at the European Commission, speaks about how local governments are involved in the design and implementation of national social climate plans.
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Young leaders focus on ‘future skills’ in Dublin
How can cities adapt to AI, tackle the climate crisis and stay attractive to young people? Eurocities Next Generation Academy in Dublin gathered young professionals to develop practical solutions.
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Amsterdam, Lille and Bologna tackle energy poverty
Cities are want to work with the EU, national governments, private sectors and local people to fight energy poverty and avoid social exclusion.
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Bilbao’s Christmas stand on social and sustainable development
The Bilbao Christmas Market has reserved this year a space dedicated to promoting local social values and the Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations.
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The power of people to end air pollution
The citizen science community is growing and provides examples of bottom-up approaches to promote effective actions for cleaner air.
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A call for Lviv youth: Survive, live, develop
Lviv has been awarded the title European Capital of Youth 2025. As of 1 January 2022, the Ukrainian city was among the top five in the country that could offer favourable conditions for youth.
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Unbreakable: the link between road safety and sustainable mobility
Every year, thousands of people die in traffic accidents in the EU. With pedestrians and cyclists among the most vulnerable users, sustainable mobility actions need to be paired with efforts to improve road safety.
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Technology to the rescue
Kyiv launched a broad digital strategy five years ago, but the war has accelerated its development.
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Heating homes in Ukraine this Christmas
Turku, Leipzig and Florence are among the first cities to commit generators to Ukrainian cities as part of Eurocities campaign generators of hope.
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Gender matters: Including women in integration policies
One cannot talk of real integration without including women in cities' policies for migrants and refugees.
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In support of Ekrem İmamoğlu, Mayor of Istanbul
Today, Wednesday 14 December 2022, a Turkish court sentenced Mayor İmamoğlu to two years and seven months in prison on charges of apparently insulting senior public officials on cancelling elections in 2019 - a charge that the mayor denies and plans to appeal.
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Cooperation and funding opportunities for cities welcoming refugees
How can cities make better use of funding and partnership opportunities, and what more needs to be achieved between levels of government when it comes to better welcoming and integrating migrants and refugees? The recent influx of Ukrainians to cities throughout Europe offers many learning points.
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