Case studies

Pecs: Sustainable energy transition initiatives 

Lund: Pioneering low-temperature district heating solutions 

Espoo: Waste heat for district heating 

Belgium: EVA Maakt Het Plantaardings – Plant-based Diet Initiative

Milan: Milan Food Policy

Helsinki: Climate Meals – Illmastoannos

Berlin: Real Junk Food Berlin

France: Agroecology

Antwerp: EcoHouse

Madrid: Entrepatios Las Carolinas 

Cloughjordan: Eco Village 

Guimaraes: The one planet city 

Lahti: 1.5 Degree Lifestyles 

Tartu: Smart House Training Program 

Stockholm: Pop-up Återbruk

Ljubljana: Applause

Netherlands, Belgium & Austria: Play!UC 

Finland: Nappi Naapuri (Nifty Neighbor) 

Espoo: The co-creation toolkit

Belgium, Croatia, Latvia, Norway, Spain: PentaHelix

Madrid: City Studio Programme 

Ioannina: Local groups collaborate for climate neutral zones

Niš: Green Squares

Reykjavik: Better Reykjavik

Spain: El Dia Despues

Athens: SynAthina 

Bologna: Citizen Collaboration Pacts

Sveta Nedelja: Online transparency platform for budgeting and governance 

Lada and Velilla: Just Transition Listening Platform 

Barcelona: Barcelona Citizens’ Assembly 

Grenoble: Grenoble Alpes Métropole’s Citizen Convention for Climate 

Tartu: Residents Assemble for Climate

Rzeszów: Urban Innovation Lab 

Mannheim: A City Lab on Social Innovation for Energy Transitions 

Torino: Torino Social Innovation 

Turku: Turku’s Climate Team 

Norway: Positive Energy Districts in Norway

Valencia: Local Energy Communities 

Malmo: Green Bonds 

Lisbon: Green participatory budget 

Bristol: Community Municipal Bonds for Energy Efficient Buildings 

Braga: You Decide

Dubrovnik: Participatory Budgeting: Local Voices in Resource Allocation

Helsinki: Decarbonising apartment buildings

Brussels: Renovation of public and private buildings 

Oslo: Building Climate Resilience through Zero-Emission Construction Sites 

Manchester: Powering a Greener Future and Building a Carbon-Neutral City 

Schönau: Elektrizitätswerke Schönau (EWS)

Zagreb: Blok Program

Zgorzelec: Cluster for the Development of Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Efficiency 

Križevci: Križevci Climate Innovation Laboratory (KLIK)

Helsingborg: Safe and Active School Mobility 

Bordeaux: Tackling Congestion 

Vitoria-Gasteiz: Exploring shared mobility solutions & SuperBlocks

Helsinki: Ride Sharing Service

Florence: Lighting the path to climate neutrality 

Helmond: Brainport Smart District (BSD) 

Paris: 15 min neighbourhood 

Krakow: Climate Quarter Project 

Madrid & Vienna: Clean Cities ClimAccelerator 

Venice: VeniSIA (Venice Sustainability Innovation Accelerator)

Stepanavan (Armenia), Almaty (Kazakhstan), Prizren (Kosovo), Pljevlja (Montenegro) and Skopje (North Macedonia):  City Experiment Fund