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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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Solidarity in Hanover
Hanover has joined the Solidarity Cities initiative, but what does ‘solidarity’ mean for Hanover?
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Take action for zero pollution
The European Commission has announced targets to reduce air, water and soil pollution. Those should be more ambitious and more concrete, says Eurocities.
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Leave the pathway of unsustainability
The coronavirus pandemic, which has shaken up our world and caused countless suffering, might also force us to change for the better.
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Designing with people, for people, as people
When users are at the centre of cities’ design, it also means translating big abstract concepts into practical terms.
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“A purchase order from the future”
In this keynote address from the Eurocities Environment Forum, Professor Katherine Richardson introduces the concept of planetary boundaries.
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Europe’s future starts local
Working with cities on a fair recovery means ensuring that the investments will better reflect the needs of people and place, strengthening Europe, and European democracy.
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The future of Europe: have your say
The Conference on the Future of Europe aims to involve people in decision-making – quite in the spirit of cities that have experience in citizen participation.
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“National recovery plans should be about investing in people”
Dario Nardella’s full speech from the EU Social Summit on Friday, 7 May, where he made the case for an inclusive and sustainable recovery, with cities on board.
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“Everywhere you look – Europe!”
How to discover Europe in the neighbourhood, fight corona and save the climate, Cologne’s Lord Mayor Henriette Reker reveals it all in this interview.
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An opportunity for people and planet
Mayors and city leaders can play a double role in the green transition – as ambassadors for the European green deal locally, and as representatives of people’s concerns and interests to other levels of government, writes Dario Nardella.
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