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From disaster to design: cities and climate resilience
Cities have plans and experience. New research shows how the Climate Resilience Framework can close the gap between ambition and delivery.
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How European cities are making AI work for people
As AI becomes part of everyday urban life, cities are asking not just what the technology can do, but how it can improve people’s lives. From data spaces to digital skills, local governments are building the trust, tools and safeguards needed to make AI work for everyone.
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Making automated mobility work for European cities and people
Automated vehicles deliver the most public value when they extend the transport network rather than compete with it.
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No cities, no delivery: the battle over the EU’s next budget
Cities warn EU leaders: without a real role in the next 7‑year EU budget, Europe risks failing on climate, housing and competitiveness.
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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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