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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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First AI regulation: cities left with mixed feelings
On Wednesday, the first European Artificial Intelligence regulation has been presented, starting its legislative process. Cities have hope, and some concerns.
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Frankfurt joins Paris climate agreement
The German city joins many other across Europe to commit to leading the way on tackling climate change.
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Cities for climate
City leaders in the European Covenant of Mayors commit to keep global temperature rise to below 1.5 degrees.
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Culture, no matter what
Covid-19 was a proverbial gamechanger for Rijeka’s plans as one of the European Capitals of Culture in 2020, yet the city found ways to keep culture going.
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Porto’s Urban Forest
At the end of the 19th century, more than 75% of the territory of the city of Porto was covered by green spaces. 100 years later, these spaces represent less than 30% - a new initiative aims to reverse that decline, and bring nature back into the city.
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Bilbao wins EU Road Safety Award
The city’s 30 km/h city won praise from jurors at the European Sustainable Mobility Awards, along with European Mobility Week winners Moenchengladbach and Lilienthal.
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Open for business
Finland’s six largest cities have joined forces to turn their streets into testing grounds for new products and services – with big success.
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When imagination creates value
Plaine Images is Lille metropole’s world beater, generating a thriving local audiovisual industry.
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Need, not want: User-centric services
Designing online public services that work for people is at the heart of a new project that Eurocities is involved in, based on the principles of the ‘Tallinn Declaration’.
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Covid-19, an urban disease?
Cities have been hit particularly hard by the pandemic. Recent research has investigated the reasons, and what cities can learn from them.
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