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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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Building back better for a stronger social Europe
Sedat Arif, Deputy Mayor of Malmo shares some thoughts on how we can make a more social Europe
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Why cities must confront place-less power
Decisions are often taken far away from the places where the people affected by the decisions live. This detachment of power and place creates problems, says emeritus professor Robin Hambleton. In an opinion piece for Eurocities he argues that cities need far more power to act to tackle challenges like the COVID-19 recovery, climate change and growing inequalities.
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Cities on the frontline of managing the crisis
"Cities have been on the front lines in stepping up policy responses and emergency measures to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis," reflects Silvia Ganzerla, ahead of a an online discussion this week on how cities can build back better.
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Digital rights in the COVID-19 era
Around the world, cities have stepped up in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing changes to our daily lives. Developing better resilience against future threats, including pandemics, has become a core concern for many city administrations.
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Riders on the storm
The virus has now taken priority among people’s preoccupations but as cities we have been responding to these other crisis for a while: raising inequalities; poverty and discrimination; a roaring climate emergency; underinvestment in our health systems, education and in so many other public services and goods; institutional disenchantment and governance gaps.
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EU budget and recovery – Reclaiming the future for cities
Cities were hit hardest by the corona pandemic - Dario Nardella, mayor of Florence and vice-president of Eurocities, declares a state of social and economic emergency for his city and many others across Europe.
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The path to paradise begins in hell
As Eurocities we have been placing the recovery needs of our cities at the centre of our work from day one.
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The three Rs
The crisis has offered a few lessons and whatever recovery strategies are rolled out they will need to be socially and environmentally responsible.
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Love in the time of cho…rona
COVID 19 is demonstrating the importance of relocalising as much as possible to the city level.
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Always with dignity
Poznan's plan to tackle homelessness comes hand in hand with an open attitude where the city should belong to everyone.
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