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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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UN Climate Action Summit: Cities taking action on climate change
Eurocities' members are climate leaders. Many cities have plans and targets aligned to limiting temperature rise to 1.5C, and often they are more ambitious than their national governments.
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The New Paradigm for Safe City Streets
How can cities make streets safer, and what can EU and national governments do to support them? We put this question directly to European Commission representatives at the launch of this years' EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK
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Cities walk the walk at EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK 2019!
The EU has been talking the talk about sustainable mobility for years, and this year cities are continuing to walk the walk with EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK
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Time to bridge EU and China
While the media plays up growing tensions between China and the West, something incredible is happening in our cities.
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What makes a city liveable?
All seven of the EU cities in 2019’s top 20 most liveable cities Economist world ranking are active Eurocities members.
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City-zen, new urban energy: learn from the past and shape the future
A city operating entirely on clean energy? In theory, it's possible. But in real life? How to integrate new solutions in existing buildings, systems and people's lives?
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Helsinki becomes first European city to deliver Sustainable Development report
Helsinki has taken the lead as the first European city to deliver a sustainable development report to the United Nations.
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FOOD & CITIES – The role of cities for achieving the sustainable development goals
What is the role of cities in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations? What can policy makers, international organisations, business and civil society organisations do to successfully transform food systems?
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Eurocities Secretary General among the top experts selected to define Horizon Europe mission
Anna Lisa Boni has been selected as one of the 15 experts who will help define the objective the Horizon Europe mission on Climate Neutral and Smart Cities.
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New platform for knowledge sharing on social innovation
The increase of social needs requires to try out more effective, efficient and fair solutions to some of the critical problems that affect citizens’ life.
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