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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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Urban Agenda 2.0 – The Ljubljana Agreement
The premise has always been simple: let’s work together, across levels of government, because together we can get more done.
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Ghent awarded European Youth Capital 2024
The city focuses on three main pillars: engage, empower, and care for the youth. These focus areas represent how young people are active in shaping the future of Ghent.
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The Prospect of change
Sustainability needs finance to become a reality. With a new EU-funded project, we're welcoming your city to find that finance - or help others where you've succeeded yourself.
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A fair and just recovery for future generations
How can cities use social innovation to ensure fair, green and digital jobs? At Eurocities Social Affairs Forum several solutions were put forward.
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COP26: More than ‘blah blah blah’?
Cities represented at COP26 demonstrated that any transformative action on the path to climate neutrality needs to firmly involve the local level.
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Bonn4Future
Bonn is heading towards climate neutrality by finding new ways to work with people.
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V4 Mayors speak up at COP26
The Mayors of Bratislava, Budapest, Prague and Warsaw have penned a joint call at the COP26 climate change negotiations for more to be done to help all cities fulfill their potential as key actors in mitigating global warming.
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Social ecosystems, impact through solidarity economy
The social economy has a new weapon for promoting local recovery: Social and Solidarity Ecosystems. We reveal how these ecosystems are promoting recovery in Dublin, Montreal and Warsaw.
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A Europe of cities: Climate, solidarity and open borders
What would a Europe of cities look like? If the calls of cities Eurocities2021 Annual Conference in Leipzig are anything to go by, it would be one of greater climate ambition, firm solidarity across the bloc, and a border policy more in line with Europe's basic principles.
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Cities send an “S.O.S. to the world”
Cities want a stronger role in the fight against climate change. Now they sent an urgent message in a bottle to the climate summit COP26 in Glasgow.
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