Ella Morgan, Author at NetZeroCities

What do ten leading European cities on climate action have in common?

Ella Morgan2024-10-11T09:58:09+02:00September 2nd, 2024|

Cities are at the forefront of delivering meaningful change when it comes to the climate and, through the EU Cities Mission, they are channelling their ambitions. But what useful comparisons can we make between them? And in what ways do they differ? To help highlight these key points, Francesco Palmia, Elma Meskovic, and Silvia Gugu from NetZeroCities’ partner ICLEI have conducted an analysis of the first ten cities to receive a Mission Label and are publishing factsheets to draw out these very lessons. The Importance of Knowledge Sharing in Climate Action Given the challenges and uncertainties [...]

How Can Urban Climate Strategies be simplified?

Ella Morgan2024-09-04T15:26:41+02:00August 22nd, 2024|

The Solution Bundles tool, developed by NetZeroCities consortium partners Rosalía Simón de Lama, Ana Belén Gómez, Andrea Gabaldón, and Carolina Pastor at CARTIF, aims to do just that through better visualisation of complex urban problems and packaged solutions. The tool is explained here further by Rosalía Simón de Lama and Ana Belén Gómez. Visualising Complex Urban Solutions How do cities visualise complex urban solutions? And, having done so, how do they incorporate them into their climate strategies? This is no easy task, but a valuable system is on the way for Mission Cities in the shape of [...]

Climate Neutrality: What It Means for European Cities

Ella Morgan2024-08-27T15:27:16+02:00August 19th, 2024|

By Sean Errey, Climate KIC Climate neutrality has become a central goal in global climate action, but what does it mean, and what are cities doing to achieve it? In this post, we’ll look at both of these questions, so read on! What is Climate Neutrality? Climate neutrality refers to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by balancing emissions into the atmosphere with the absorption or removal of gases from the atmosphere. Unlike carbon neutrality, which focuses solely on carbon dioxide (CO₂), climate neutrality encompasses all greenhouse gases (GHGs), including methane (CH₄), nitrous oxide (N₂O), and fluorinated [...]

Galway’s Westside Gains Ground for Net Zero Goals

Ella Morgan2025-02-10T14:18:27+01:00August 12th, 2024|

Author: Elisa Abrantes Stories from Pilot Cities: Galway is a participant in the Pilot Cities Programme, an EU grant funded programme which focuses on exploring and testing pathways to rapid decarbonisation over a two-year period. “The climate neutrality targets of 2030 and 2050 are closing in on us,” says Sharon Carroll, as she reflects on the formidable challenge ahead. “The level of action that’s needed is almost a barrier in itself because it can be so overwhelming,” says Carroll. Galway, where Carroll is the Project Coordinator for the Irish city’s participation in the NetZeroCities Pilot [...]

Istanbul’s quest for earthquake resilience and sustainability

Ella Morgan2024-09-02T14:08:20+02:00August 8th, 2024|

Author: Barbara Jarkiewicz Stories from Pilot Cities: Istanbul 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. The last major earthquake in Turkey was nearly eight magnitude, causing massive damage to millions of buildings and resulting in thousands of lives lost. The country suffers regular smaller tremors too and therefore the historic city of Istanbul, the country’s largest city, faces a dual [...]

Preserving the Past, Building the Future: Budapest’s Climate Challenge

Ella Morgan2024-07-16T15:58:00+02:00July 12th, 2024|

Author: Elisa Abrantes Stories from Pilot Cities: Budapest 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. As a European crossroads of culture and a historical intersection of power, Budapest’s streets, food, ruin bars, historical monuments, castles, bridges and spas tell the story of Roman, Ottoman Turkish, Slavic, Jewish and Viennese influence. They have left their stamp on the city, the ‘Pearl [...]

Banking on Bristol

Ella Morgan2025-04-16T09:47:44+02:00July 12th, 2024|

Author: Elisa Abrantes Stories from Pilot Cities: Bristol 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. “Who is going to pay for this?” The estimated cost of Bristol’s decarbonisation is around £8 billion. Therefore, to Bristol City Council, it is clear that finding the money is imperative. Situated in the southwest of England, the city is taking bold steps towards answering [...]

Unleashing a Research Agenda for the EU Mission Climate Neutral and Smart Cities: our first event fully focused on research

Ella Morgan2024-07-09T09:50:11+02:00July 8th, 2024|

Are you familiar with the role of research in helping cities to become climate neutral? The event “Unleashing a Research Agenda for the EU Mission Climate Neutral and Smart Cities”, organised by NetZeroCities in Valencia on 25 June, was a first of its kind gathering of researchers from across Europe, complementing the 2024 edition of the Cities Mission Conference. Approximately 50 researchers participated, coming from both the NetZeroCities consortium and from an additional 28 universities and research institutions across Europe. The primary goals of this research event were to outline the research aspects of Mission [...]

That’s a wrap! Key takeaways from the 2024 Cities Mission Conference in Valencia

Ella Morgan2024-07-09T10:58:24+02:00July 4th, 2024|

On June 25 and 26, no fewer than 450 mayors, city practitioners, national and regional representatives, and urban sustainability experts gathered in Valencia, Spain, for the third Cities Mission Conference. Reunited in the 2024 EU Green Capital, the 112 Mission Cities focused their discussions on "Empowering Cities – the Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission in Action”. The event, organised by the European Commission and NetZeroCities as part of the Valencia Cities Climate Week, represented a landmark in the journey towards climate neutrality. Progress and Ambition “It is exciting to see the progress [...]

Grassroots, new routes? Citizens and stakeholders take the lead on climate neutrality in Parma, Lyon, Guimarães, and Bristol

Ella Morgan2024-06-07T12:21:24+02:00June 7th, 2024|

Author: Alan MacKenzie The difficulties of building a broad and active civic network are not hard to imagine – competing interests, clashing personalities, and conflicting visions are just a few that might come to mind. And engaging them in local climate action is arguably another level altogether. But many cities in the EU Cities Mission are embracing the challenge, recognising that a wide range of actors improves not only the legitimacy of any climate plan but its effectiveness too. After all, who holds more expertise on peoples’ abilities and needs than those people themselves? Four cities [...]

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