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Oslo’s PURE Project: Building Climate Neutrality from the Ground Up

Ella Morgan2025-11-13T10:47:35+01:00November 13th, 2025|

Author: Barbara Jarkiewicz Stories from Pilot Cities: Oslo 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. From Climate budgets to Construction yards Oslo has earned its reputation as one of Europe’s climate leaders. The city was the first in the world to introduce a climate budget, a governance system that ties emissions targets directly to financial planning. That model has since [...]

Co-creating a Climate-Positive Future in Stockholm with Local Communities

Marion Gonzales2025-11-13T13:59:25+01:00November 5th, 2025|

Author: Barbara Jarkiewicz Stories from Pilot Cities: Stockholm 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 politicians in Stockholm first set their sights on becoming climate positive by 2030, a bolder target than even Sweden’s national 2045 neutrality goal, the city officials knew they could not do it alone. The numbers told a clear story: the city administration could directly [...]

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

Ella Morgan2025-10-15T15:33:28+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 Pilot Cities Programme Activity is the creation of a territorial massification operator: the Société d'Économie Mixte (SEM) ENERGIES (a public-private [...]

Expert support for stakeholder engagement for the city of Torino

Ella Morgan2025-10-17T18:35:22+02:00October 3rd, 2025|

Deadline: 31 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

Ella Morgan2025-10-13T11:31:57+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

Ella Morgan2025-09-25T17:33:04+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

Ella Morgan2025-09-30T14:26:24+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 [...]

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

Ella Morgan2025-09-25T12:33:43+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

Ella Morgan2025-09-15T13:50:28+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, [...]

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 [...]

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