Ella Morgan, Author at NetZeroCities

Mission-driven policy innovation: accelerating cities’ journeys to climate neutrality

Ella Morgan2025-10-02T16:34:41+02:00August 18th, 2025|

Written by Lilybell Evergreen, Alan MacKenzie, and Georgia Cameron On the road to reach climate neutrality, cities across Europe are confronting a well-established obstacle when it comes to making policy: traditional approaches often fall short when tackling the complex, interconnected challenges of climate action. The tight links to other complex topics like industrial policy or energy security multiply the difficulties of action and, too often, cities spend their time managing symptoms, rather than getting to the underlying problems that they see. But within the EU Cities Mission, where more than 100 Mission Cities are striving to [...]

Different Cities, Common Ground: Westminster’s Twinning Story

Ella Morgan2025-08-18T12:23:29+02:00August 13th, 2025|

Author: Ayden Maher In the heart of London, Westminster is home to a diverse community of residents, institutions, and businesses, presenting a uniquely layered challenge for the climate transition. At first glance, it bears little resemblance to cities like Leuven in Belgium or Lund in Sweden. But through the Twinning Learning Programme, these cities are united by a common goal: to transform how urban areas are heated and to do so in a way that brings long-term benefits to local people. What happens when cities with vastly different contexts come together to tackle one of the most complex aspects of [...]

Charting the course: Ioannina’s Climate Neutral Zones in motion

Ella Morgan2025-09-25T15:01:58+02:00August 12th, 2025|

Author: Barbara Jarkiewicz Stories from Pilot Cities: Ioannina 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. Ioannina, a vibrant university town by a shimmering lake surrounded by mountains, may not fit the Greek postcard stereotype, and that’s exactly what makes it the perfect place to reimagine the future of their climate neutrality. Through their participation in the Pilot Cities Programme, Ioannina is [...]

How much does it cost to reach climate neutrality?

Ella Morgan2025-07-31T16:14:44+02:00July 31st, 2025|

Written by Bankers without Boundaries and Alan MacKenzie Mission Cities have ambitious plans to become climate neutral – but the means of financing them will have to be just as innovative and bold. Experts from NetZeroCities’ partner Bankers without Boundaries have crunched the numbers and set out the challenges for Mission Cities in a recent paper. We must fully grasp the magnitude of the investment required for cities to deliver their climate neutrality plans – because without that clarity, they risk falling short. The estimated €307bn (or €5,486 per person) needed across [...]

What Carbon Capture is Teaching Trondheim About Climate Transformation

Ella Morgan2025-08-06T10:51:13+02:00July 31st, 2025|

Author: Elisa Abrantes Stories from Pilot Cities: Trondheim 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. “If we don’t address the issue of consumption, our emission reduction goals will never be enough,” says Chin-Yu Lee, reflecting on her experience of over a decade working in climate policy. In Trondheim, Norway’s third-largest city, that systemic change is being put to the test [...]

(Re)made in Italy – How a centuries-old industrial district is becoming a model for Europe’s circular economy

Ella Morgan2025-07-17T16:28:49+02:00July 17th, 2025|

Mountains of waste from ‘fast fashion’ have made it a byword for unsustainability – so how are manufacturers adapting to the need to reduce, reuse and recycle when it comes to textiles? Maria Giorda, a city advisor for NetZeroCities, outlines some of the innovative plans of a leading European textile district. Prato in the Italian region of Tuscany is no stranger to the demands of the textile industry – its manufacturing heritage stretches back to the Middle Ages. Crucially, however, the city’s experience and tradition include not only manufacturing, but innovation and the circular economy. From [...]

Accelerate Your City’s Climate Journey: New Peer Learning Opportunities

Ella Morgan2025-07-07T17:34:00+02:00June 27th, 2025|

We’re excited to share three new online and in-person peer-learning opportunities! These opportunities are part of the EU Cities Mission, and are facilitated by the Mission Platform, currently managed by NetZeroCities. Twinning Learning Programme Online Discussion Groups (Cohort 2) Online Course: “Design your City’s Net Zero Strategy: Online Planning Lab” These peer-learning programmes are open to all cities from the EU and Horizon Europe associated countries aiming for climate neutrality by 2050 or earlier, and that embrace the Cities Mission mindset. They have been designed for cities to share learnings, tackle challenges collaboratively, and benefit from the experience of over [...]

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

Ella Morgan2025-06-25T10:00:10+02:00June 25th, 2025|

Deadline: 14 July 2025 About the request The City Expert Support Facility (CESF), through NetZeroCities / Climate-KIC, are requesting proposals 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 the [...]

Warsaw seeks support for implementation concept of a Municipal Energy Agency

Ella Morgan2025-07-09T14:32:40+02:00June 19th, 2025|

Deadline extended: 17 July 2025 Background The greenhouse gas inventory conducted in Warsaw every two years shows that nearly three quarters of Warsaw's greenhouse gas emissions come from the production and consumption of electricity and thermal energy in buildings. Therefore, actions concerning the energy sector are key to achieving climate goals. Since 2013, the City of Warsaw (responsible unit: Infrastructure Department) has been implementing a programme to monitor the management of electricity, heating, gas and water, and the cost of their consumption, together with the scoping of measures to improve the efficiency of energy use in more than 2,000 city [...]

Zaragoza seeks support for external and internal communications for the successful implementation of their City Climate Contract

Ella Morgan2025-06-18T08:48:39+02:00June 18th, 2025|

Deadline: 8 July 2025 About the request The City Expert Support Facility (CESF), through NetZeroCities / Climate-KIC, are requesting proposals to support the City of Zaragoza in the preparation of an external Communication Strategy and supporting the improvement of internal communication activities between different departments of the city for the successful implementation of the City Climate Contract. Zaragoza has set ambitious objectives in its Climate City Contract (CCC). However, effective participatory communication approaches remain a challenge, both internally and externally. Limited engagement from citizens, key community actors and private entities presents a significant barrier to implementation. To overcome these challenges, [...]

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