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Thessaloniki adapts – new podcast

Whether teaming up with locals to create urban vineyards and vegetable gardens or with the EU and UN to push climate strategies, Thessaloniki’s approach to climate change is intrinsically collaborative.
2 minute read

Museum makeovers and community co-design

One of the 30 signatories of the Eurocities Lille Call to Action, Glasgow is taking sustainability and inclusivity to its cultural sector while involving locals.
4 minute read

Bridging borders and building futures in Madrid

In the capital of Spain, four organisations offer young migrants training and professional opportunities and guide them through the hard process of having a future.
7 minute read

Mapping the solar transformation in Budapest

Budapest is leading a local climate transformation, thanks to its ground-breaking plans to develop the huge potential of solar energy. The local municipality has developed an innovative solar map that provides the first-ever estimation of the solar possibilities for every rooftop in the city.
7 minute read

The charge of change: electric construction in Barcelona

When Barcelona decided to run its first construction site entirely with electric machinery, people felt like they had to see it with their own eyes.
7 minute read

Cagliari’s Food Policies revolution

Discover how Cagliari’s Metropolitan City integrates sustainable practices into the entire food system, paving the way for a sustainable food revolution.
4 minute read

The secrets to food procurement

Public procurement is a powerful tool that cities can wield to create change. Copenhagen leads the way in public food procurement unlocking and sharing its potential.
6 minute read

Telling the stories of lives that matter

When young volunteers at Leeds City Museum realised their own experiences weren't reflected in its collections they unearthed and exhibited the stories of overlooked lives and communities, transforming the museum into a catalyst for social change.
6 minute read

Changing perceptions one tour at a time

Bilbao has turned the development of ever-more diverse neighbourhoods into an opportunity to tap into migrants' personal stories and the city's rich history and create a tour that gives its guides a brighter future and visitors a different perspective.
7 minute read

A playground for energy

Hamburg created a playground for power players to develop and test new technological, commercial, participative and governance solutions that can, together, unlock progress towards the energy transition and set the city on a path to becoming a more switched-on, energy-efficient and climate-neutral city.
6 minute read

We want to be seen and heard!

When the London borough of Brent realised young people were being pushed out of public spaces by urban changes, it empowered and enabled them to have a voice in urban planning and create their own innovative space, giving them the chance to be themselves and the city to gain a new participatory approach for the future.
6 minute read

Uncovering stories: uniting communities

Through a project that sees cultural heritage as a common ground that can foster social cohesion and digital technology as a powerful enabler of accessibility and interactivity, Ghent has opened up its collections for everyone to discover, contribute and reuse.
6 minute read

Guaranteeing energy rights

Barcelona has pioneered a novel neighbourhood-based, peer-to-peer approach to combating energy poverty that is helping residents improve their energy knowledge and habits, reduce their energy costs and, for some, enhance their employability.
6 minute read

Hej, welcome to your space!

Lublin has empowered its young people to create a first-of-a-kind free, open and safe youth space where the activities are as diverse as the people who take part in them. The initiative is so successful that there are plans to extend the youth space's opening hours and to make it more accessible to people with special needs.
6 minute read

Sheltering refugees with humanity

In the first year of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, over 1.5 million refugees passed through Rzeszów. The Polish city provided shelter and support for every one of them, showing how an outpouring of human kindness and outstanding resourcefulness can achieve the impossible.
6 minute read

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