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Cities face funding challenges for climate action. Valladolid’s blend of subsidies, EPC and soft loans shows how innovative financing can drive energy transition, reduce costs, and engage communities.
6 minute readOne in three newly elected MEPs bring experience from city governments, reflecting a growing urban influence in EU policymaking. These 'urban champions' embody cities' vision for EU policies that prioritise local challenges. Read our new analysis.
4 minute readVienna won the 2025 Access City Award, recognising its ongoing efforts to improve the lives of persons with disabilities.
5 minute readUrban Digital Twins are revolutionising city planning. New training from Eurocities and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center is showing city officials how this technology can address major challenges like climate change and mobility.
4 minute readWhat is a digital government and what are the challenges faced by cities to become digital? In this interview, Barbara Ubaldi has some answers.
6 minute readThe city of Utrecht is hosting Eurocities' 10th Integrating Cities Conference and has a lot to say on best practices to welcome and integrate refugees.
5 minute readThe energy crisis, part provoked by the war in Ukraine, needs action at all levels. The City of Porto is supporting people through good energy policy.
6 minute readTaking part for the first time in the European Mobility Week, Pisa marks its plans toward more sustainable mobility solutions.
4 minute readUnder the slogan ‘Better Connections,’ European Mobility Week starts this Friday in some 3,000 cities and towns, including four from Ukraine. From 16 to 22 September, the annual campaign combines awareness-raising activities on active mobility with plenty of fun.
4 minute readAgainst the background of more than six months of war on European soil, and a tough economic outlook for the winter, Ursula von der Leyen focused her third State of the European Union address on the war in Ukraine, the rising cost of living, and the need to secure European democracy and sustainable development.
6 minute readWith European Mobility Week just about to start this Friday, Eurocities delves into the secrets of a winning example from last year's edition: Tampere.
5 minute readAndré Sobczak officially takes up the reigns as Eurocities new Secretary General this week, beginning work in the Eurocities offices in Brussels. As explained in this interview, André is already familiar with the network, and has even been on his first Eurocities mission this summer – to Ukraine, on a quest to determine how to help cities there rebuild better.
7 minute readAn interview with Dario Nardella, President of Eurocities and Mayor of Florence, who led a delegation of eight European mayors to Ukraine, where they me with President Volodmyr Zelenskyy and Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kyiv, on a diplomatic mission on behalf of Eurocities, to match the rebuilding needs of Ukrainian cities with other European cities.
5 minute readOne year after the so-called FitFor55 package signalled a firm commitment to adapt EU energy and climate legislation in line with the EU’s goal to reduce CO2 emissions by 55%, and in the midst of an energy price crisis, the European Parliament has agreed to step up EU energy saving commitments for 2030.
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