A few months ago, the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission launched with the Conference on the Future of Europe a multilingual digital platform to gather ideas and suggestions from European citizens on the future they want for their continent. The platform is open to everyone, and young people in particular are...Læs mere

Building on the success of the Horizon 2020 project PROSPECT, the new PROSPECT+ will continue to enable regional & local authorities across Europe to finance and implement their sustainable energy action plans with innovative financing schemes.

Cities are the main contributors to pollution and climate change, but they also have the...Læs mere

The  Clean Energy Transition Call for Proposals 2021 offers dedicated Project Development Assistance to public and private project promoters that aim to deliver ambitious energy efficiency and renewable energy project pipelines.

With a funding rate of 95%, LIFE Clean Energy can support single applications focusing on developing and...Læs mere

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The targets of the European Green Deal – reducing emissions by 55% by 2030 and becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 – will be impossible to achieve without cities in the vanguard of concerted efforts.

And many European cities are already doing fantastic work towards climate neutrality. A number of cities have made...Læs mere

Covenant signatory municipality of Pivka, Slovenia, joined GOLEA Local Energy Agency’s proposal to group together 33 municipalities and public bodies in one large project and apply for an ELENA technical assistance grant.

Thanks to the support, Pivka implemented an Energy Performance Contracting project to modernise its street...Læs mere

Mannheim has conducted an urban climate analysis to identify heat stress, in order to target planning measures reducing the urban heat island effect affecting more than 140,000 residents. One of these measures is an urban green corridor acting as a cold air guideway, mitigating the hot temperatures in adjacent neighbourhoods.

Assessing...Læs mere

The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM), was awarded the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity along with 1M Euro to finance projects in Sub-Saharan Africa on 26 October 2021.

The jury of the 2nd edition of the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity selected GCoM from among 113 candidates from 48 different countries for its unmatched...Læs mere

On the occasion of the European Week of Regions and Cities 2021, the Covenant of Mayors Europe Office and the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) organised the workshop "The Covenant Community: a trailblazer for the green transition" on 13 October 2021.

Moderated by Andrea Bodova, deputy head of unit, ENVE Commission of CoR, the...Læs mere

More than 440 participants from cities and regions across Europe and beyond, joined the Covenant of Mayors – Europe Ceremony on 7 October 2021. The panellists included Mayors as well as high-level EU political representatives.

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The Executive Vice President of the European Green Deal, Frans Timmermans, discussed with the Mayor...Læs mere