377 cities from all 27 EU Member States and associated countries applied to Horizon's Europe Mission on Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities. The EU Mission on Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities aims to deliver  climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030 and ensure that these cities act as experimentation and innovation hubs to enable all European cities to become climate-neutral by 2050. The 377 cities that expressed an interest in becoming climate neutral by 2030 submitted information on their current situation and future plans to reach that target. The Cities Mission will now work with independent experts to assess the cities and will announce [...]

NetZeroCities is launching two City Panels to give cities the chance to provide direct input and help shape the project’s products, services and processes. The European Commission recently launched the Mission on 100 Climate Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030 (“Cities Mission”) and is now calling for Expressions of Interest from cities to join the Mission. The NetZeroCities project supports the Cities Mission and select cities who have joined the Mission on their journey to achieve 2030 climate neutrality through a variety of forms, including the Climate City Contract process, a One-Stop-Shop Platform with tailor-made support services, and local pilots [...]

The EU’s Mission “100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities” has launched its Call for expression of Interest ! The Call for Expression of Interest will allow cities to state their interest in becoming climate-neutral by 2030 as part of the Mission and to submit information about their current situation, ongoing work and future plans as regards climate neutrality. The objective is to deliver 100 climate neutral and smart cities by 2030. The Deadline for registration is the 31th of  January 2022. In order to ease the comprehension of the Mission “100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030”,the European Commission has made available an [...]