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The oracle for inclusive green mobility
In ancient Greece, leaders travelled on foot or by horse to the city of Delphi to ask an oracle what the future might hold. Today, cities want to know which sustainable mobility interventions will truly work. And for answers, they increasingly turn to a modern source of wisdom: data and artificial intelligence.
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How cities are making the European Cycling Declaration a reality
Over one year on from the adoption of the EU's European Declaration on Cycling, how are cities turning the pledge into safer, more inclusive cycling, and what EU action is needed to ensure lasting urban change?
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Investing in Europe starts with cities: What new EU research reveals
As EU budget negotiations continue, Eurocities is presenting evidence to show why cities must have a stronger role in EU funding. In this article, we share ESPON URDICO research demonstrating that Cohesion Policy works best when cities are full partners.
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Sharing food initiatives, growing change
What happens when European cities share their best food ideas? An ode to the cities learning together through the Cleverfood project.
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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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The future of Europe and our European Values
At Eurocities2021, city leaders spoke with the Commission about the present state - and future - of democracy. One thing was clear: the approach has to change.
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Eurocities 2021 Leipzig – as it happens
Follow the latest from the Eurocities 2021 Annual Conference with our live stream and live ticker.
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Working on socially equitable cities
Alison Gilliland, mayor of Dublin, Mohamed Ridouani, mayor of Leuven, Erion Veliaj, mayor of Tirana, and Laia Bonet, deputy mayor of Barcelona, got together in the Eurocities Annual Conference 2021 to discuss social equitable cities
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Cities must be climate ambitious and engage citizens
Grégory Doucet, Mayor of Lyon, Peter Kurz, Mayor of Mannheim, and Janine O'Keefe, SchoolStrike4Climate adult supporter and active in Fridays For Future, participate in the Eurocities Annual Conference 2021 to discuss initiatives of climate ambitions cities and the role of cities to promote change.
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