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Expertise for Public/Private Partnership Model for Dijon’s Biomass Heating Network

2025-10-10T14:28:17+02:00October 10th, 2025|

Deadline: 31 October 2025 Background Dijon Métropole has committed to energy transition through its Climate City Contract (CCC) and the Pilot Cities Programme (PCP) within the Horizon Europe “100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030” The Action plan and Investment Plan of the CCC are describing global investment amount needed for the Energy transtion on the territory as well as proposing to adress actions throughout the management of an Energy projects’ portfolio. One of the key initiatives of Dijon Métropole PCP is the creation of a territorial massification operator: the Société d'Économie Mixte (SEM) ENERGIES (a public-private company). The SEM [...]

Molecular Milan: Tapping the power of super-local climate action

2025-10-07T14:02:50+02:00October 7th, 2025|

Can a single neighbourhood become a testing ground for a city’s net-zero future? Milan’s Climate City Contract team is putting the theory into practice in the northeastern district of Adriano-Crescenzago-Lambro and report here on how urban experimentation, social equity, and ecological regeneration can work hand in hand to accelerate the climate transition.  Molecules of change  When facing a huge challenge, ‘start small’ can be helpful advice: breaking the problem down into manageable chunks can help to avoid becoming overwhelmed, while the mini successes of each completed task can build momentum and make progress more noticeable.  But [...]

Expert support for stakeholder engagement for the city of Torino

2025-10-03T13:15:06+02:00October 3rd, 2025|

Deadline: 24 October 2025 Background The City of Turin is advancing the implementation of its Climate City Contract (CCC) and has developed a structured labelling process to formalize and expand alliances with local stakeholders, including public companies, large corporations, SMEs, startups, trade associations, non-profits, academic institutions, and research centers. The aim of the labelling initiative is to recognize organizations that contribute to emissions reductions within the city. While the city has successfully engaged startups and youth-driven initiatives, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remain underrepresented in local climate governance. These stakeholders have traditionally been more difficult to engage due to a [...]

Expert support to the community of practice of cites in Ireland

2025-10-13T11:31:57+02:00September 30th, 2025|

Deadline: 28 October 2025 About the request In the context of the efforts of Irish cities within the EU Mission for 100 Climate Neutral Cities by 2030, and specifically the opportunity identified to provide additional support to the community of cities working toward the mission’s objectives within the Ireland's national ecosystem, the City Expert Support Facility (CESF), through NetZeroCities / Climate-KIC is requesting a quotation for services from an organisation or individual able to operate within this national context. The role involves supporting teams from NetZeroCities, as relevant, to take charge of and facilitate the process described below. The following [...]

Expert support for legal advisory for the design and launch of a municipal Energy Fund in Porto

2025-09-25T17:33:04+02:00September 25th, 2025|

Deadline: 10 October 2025 About the request The City Expert Support Facility (CESF), through NetZeroCities / Climate-KIC, are requesting quotation for for legal advisory for the design and launch of a municipal Energy Fund in Porto aiming to improve energy efficiency and increase renewable energy production in residential dwellings and commercial spaces in the metropolitan area and mitigate energy poverty among vulnerable communities in the region. This fund will be technically managed by AdEPorto – Porto Energy Agency, in collaboration with Porto Municipality. AdEPorto is a non-profit association established in 2007, which promotes sustainable development in the northern part of [...]

Mini‑grids, Major Momentum: How the Hague is Wiring up a Cooler Future

2025-09-30T14:26:24+02:00September 24th, 2025|

Author: Barbara Jarkiewicz Stories from Pilot Cities: The Hague is one of the 112 cities participating in the EU Mission to deliver 100 climate-neutral and smart cities, and the Pilot Cities Programme – a component of the Mission that focuses on exploring and testing pathways to rapid decarbonisation over a two-year period. When Petra Bijvoet from the City Hall talks about The Hague, she speaks with the urgency of someone who knows that time is running out. "We're the most densely built city in the Netherlands," she says, "and we sit right at sea level. If [...]

Everybody needs good neighbours: How four nearby European cities are taking on big climate challenges together

2025-09-23T14:59:57+02:00September 23rd, 2025|

One began their Mission City journey from ‘less than zero,’ while another is a former European Green Capital – but all share a similar need to meet their climate ambitions. They told a meeting of experts from across Europe how they’re changing their cities.  What does it take to become a European Green Capital? Measured on seven indicators, including air quality, biodiversity, and climate change mitigation, any winning city will be pursuing high environmental and sustainability standards.   Yet, even with the knowledge acquired through this work, the challenge of climate neutrality requires another level of ambition [...]

Building for the Future: How Warsaw’s Green Building Standard is Changing the City

2025-09-25T12:33:43+02:00September 16th, 2025|

Author: Ayden Maher A library that set the tone  Before it even opened its doors, the new public library in Warsaw’s Białołęka district was winning awards. Designed with solar panels, natural lighting, and spaces shaped by greenery, it became the first municipal building to be certified under the Warsaw Green Building Standard (WGBS). For the city, the library was more than just a local success; it was proof that climate ambition could be translated into tangible, physical spaces.  “We cannot have a strategy that says we will protect biodiversity and then build as business-as-usual,” says Jacek [...]

Marseille’s Pilot Cities Transformation

2025-09-15T13:50:28+02:00September 15th, 2025|

Author: Ayden Maher Stories from Pilot Cities: Marseille is one of the 112 cities participating in the EU Mission to deliver 100 climate-neutral and smart cities, and the Pilot Cities Programme – a component of the Mission that focuses on exploring and testing pathways to rapid decarbonisation over a two-year period. How businesses and neighbourhoods are building a climate movement together   When Marseille joined the Pilot Cities Programme, it wasn't to add a few more environmental projects to its to-do list. The ambition was bigger: to change how climate action happens in the city, by making residents, businesses, [...]

‘There is already such a will’: becoming climate neutral in Issy-les-Moulineaux, a Twin City Interview

2025-09-08T16:17:39+02:00September 8th, 2025|

Luca Fayoux-Cinelli is the deputy director in charge of communication and innovation for the municipality of Issy-les-Moulineaux, which sits in the south-western suburbs of Paris.   As part of the first Twinning Learning Programme, it was connected with the nine Italian cities working on their joint Let’sGOv project, which included exploring ways to improve the availability of data and support more detailed monitoring, making interventions to reduce energy-related emissions more precise.   “[The Twinning Learning Programme] was really the key for us to discover new cities […] with similar challenges and similar wills as us,” says Fayoux-Cinelli.   What [...]

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