Dramatic embodied carbon reduction and increased use of biobased materials is required to mitigate further climate breakdown, requiring changes to what we build and where, how projects are chosen and delivered, and how materials are made, recycled and utilized.

The Covenant of Mayors is the world's largest movement for local climate and energy actions. Signatories endorse a shared vision for 2050: accelerating the decarbonisation of their territories, strengthening their capacity to adapt to unavoidable climate change impacts, and allowing...

NetZeroCities will support European cities to drastically and rapidly cut their greenhouse gas emissions through systemic and transformative actions to achieve climate neutrality.

The project aims to create a blueprint for the data space for smart communities including include recommended actions for standardisation, business models and strategies for running data spaces, and a vision for the federation of platforms.

The sustainable transition is possible, with mayors and cities on board.

Living-in.EU charts the ‘European way’ for the digital transformation of cities and communities through multi-level collaboration between all levels of government, to ensure technological leadership while respecting European values and diversity, as well as individuals’ digital rights.

Looking for a Europe where electric vehicle charging is widespread, efficient and works for users? Look no further.

Putting cities at the heart of food system transformation.

SHared automation Operating models for Worldwide adoption (SHOW) will test shared, connected and electrified automation in urban transport, to advance sustainable urban mobility.

The Green City Accord is a movement of European mayors committed to safeguarding the natural environment and stepping up their ambitions to achieve cleaner and healthier environments.

CitiObs is a project dedicated to empowering practice-based knowledge and implementing tools for the co-creation of data and local action through Citizen Observatories (COs). These COs enable citizen engagement, particularly those from marginalized communities, and potentialize the value of environmental...

By working together, cities and other public buyers can maximise their market power and impact, promoting the creation of new solutions more targeted to their needs.

IURC will lead and develop a form of decentralised international urban and regional cooperation.

FAME  (Framework for coordination of Automated Mobility in Europe) aims to develop common methodologies and tools to facilitate the sharing of best practices to support Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM) stakeholders.

Through this work, cities can deliver EU social policy objectives at local level and help mitigate the socio-economic consequences of the pandemic crisis on the most vulnerable people, driving a fair and inclusive recovery and making a tangible difference for...

Urban Logistics as an On-Demand Service (ULaaDS), aims at accelerating the deployment of innovative, shared, zero-emission logistics while addressing the impact of the on-demand economy.

UNITES – UrbaN InTEgration Strategies through co-design, trains and accompanies local authorities to co-design integration strategies with other stakeholders and migrants.

European Mobility Week is the Europe-wide awareness-raising campaign on sustainable urban mobility, which aims to facilitate behaviour change by promoting smart, clean and intelligent ways of moving within your city.

CIVITAS is a network of cities for cities dedicated to cleaner, innovative transport solutions. The project provides peer-learning opportunities and expert support for cities.

Want to get to grips with innovative financing for energy efficiency? Would you like to be coached directly on financial tools and structures that get the best out of limited budgets to improve local sustainability, and how to implement them...

A swift transition to zero-emissions and climate-resilient transport systems requires that passenger and freight transport are no longer addressed separately and in isolation from one another. MOVE21 will tackle policies, infrastructure (physical and digital), vehicles, and energy in an integrated...

UPPER aims to lead a public transport revolution to achieve EU carbon neutrality goals. The project will implement a combination of measures looking to push people out of private cars and to pull them closer to public transport in cities...

SCALE-UP will  bring together three advanced urban nodes – Antwerp, Madrid, and Turku –  around one main goal: developing data-driven and user-centric strategies to accelerate the take-up of smart, clean, and inclusive mobility, by means of well-connected and multi-usage urban...

Cities and regions shaping the built environment for everyone