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Partnership and shared resilience: Cities stand with Ukraine
As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its fifth year, partnerships between Ukrainian and European cities continue to deepen. City officers in Leipzig, Warsaw and Tallinn explain how this cooperation has evolved, the challenges Ukrainian colleagues face, and their shared commitment to stand together.
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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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Budapest left out in the cold on national recovery plans
The ball is rolling on the EU’s pandemic recovery, but cities across Europe, like the Hungarian capital, feel they are not being sufficiently consulted on national recovery plans.
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Psst – happy Data Protection Day!
Since 1981, when the ‘Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data’ was signed, the digital revolution has permeated our lives. European cities defend citizens’ right to privacy.
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Lahti – European Green Capital – joins Green City Accord
Over the last 45 years Lahti has transformed itself - even becoming the European Green Capital 2021. Now the city joins the Green City Accord, which Mayor Pekka Timonen says can help create a path forward for all cities.
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“We have to adjust our way of living”
Governments around the globe want to spend more money to help countries and cities to cope with the impacts of climate change. At the Climate Adaptation Summit, Rotterdam’s mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb presented a special programme for cities.
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Waste not, want not: Why Prague is cleaning up waste
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly changed traditional waste generation patterns in our cities, but it is just one example of how city services must respond to our behavioural changes over time.
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living-in.eu – digital solutions for a better life
Technology can help to improve the quality of life, with smart urban mobility, energy efficiency and digital public services. Now cities and regions can work together on those solutions via a new platform.
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City challenge: one million dollars for innovative ideas post COVID-19
Bloomberg Philanthropies has launched an innovation competition for cities, looking for the most ambitious ideas developed in response to COVID-19. Eurocities is a partner of the Mayors Challenge 2021.
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“Brexit or not – we’re still in”
On day one of Brexit, British cities commit to European cooperation. “Our country might have left the European Union – but we are certainly not leaving Europe,” mayors from the network Eurocities state in a joint message.
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Edinburgh lights up the skies for the new year
A swarm of drones has welcomed the new year in Edinburgh, sending signs and messages of hope in the air.
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Fight racism wherever you find it
This year we have seen the stark inequalities the pandemic has highlighted and witnessed the huge Black Lives Matter movement globally. In Europe, cities are working to address racism, including in Glasgow and Lisbon.
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