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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 [...]

Support in the development of a local climate finance facility in Nantes Métropole

Anne-Charlotte Costabadie2025-07-24T17:41:33+02:00July 24th, 2025|

Deadline: 29 August 2025 About the request The City Expert Support Facility (CESF), through NetZeroCities / Climate-KIC, are requesting proposals for supporting Nantes Métropole in the development of a local climate finance facility aimed at linking private and public funders with project developers in the field of carbon storage, biodiversity, reforestation, and more generally climate transition. The goal of Nantes Metropole is to create an innovative facility, inspired by La Rochelle's Coopérative carbone pioneering model, capable of creating a new financial ecosystem by linking private (and public) funders with climate project developers, particularly in the fields of carbon storage, biodiversity, [...]

Transition teams: Spotlight on the crews steering cities to climate neutrality

Anne-Charlotte Costabadie2025-07-11T18:44:49+02:00July 11th, 2025|

Written by Lilybell Evergreen, Bhuvana Sekar, and Alan MacKenzie As cities across Europe pursue climate neutrality as part of the EU Cities Mission, their efforts to innovate, collaborate, and learn are being organised in very different ways. But what do these efforts have in common that other cities can learn from and replicate? Each of the Mission’s 112 cities has its own story – its own structures, goals, challenges, and opportunities – but another view of this diversity is offered by looking at the people closest to the cities and how they work with others to [...]

Aarhus bets on co-creation and compromise for its green future

Anne-Charlotte Costabadie2025-07-08T10:37:01+02:00July 7th, 2025|

Author: Elisa Abrantes Stories from Pilot Cities: Aarhus 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. What happens when an entire area in a city becomes a test site for tackling climate change? In Spørring, a peri-urban community between the city and its rural surroundings, Aarhus municipality is rolling out new initiatives aimed at cutting emissions while using land more efficiently. [...]

Climate on a budget: funding the change across Europe

Anne-Charlotte Costabadie2025-07-08T16:33:32+02:00July 7th, 2025|

Author: Barbara Jarkiewicz Stories from Pilot Cities: Klagenfurt, Gozo and Vilnius are part 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 are we going to finance the transition?’ is the question echoing the corridors of town halls and policy meetings across Europe. Climate targets are set. Plans are drawn. But turning vision into reality often comes down to one of the key [...]

Save the date: Torino to host Europe’s most ambitious cities for major climate neutrality conference in 2026

Anne-Charlotte Costabadie2025-07-08T13:54:08+02:00July 7th, 2025|

The city of Torino in northern Italy has been announced as the next host of the EU Cities Mission conference on 28-29 May 2026. The programme is expected, however, to begin on 27 May with sessions outside of the main conference venue. More information will follow soon and we recommend that attendees await this before making travel plans. Torino – one of 112 aiming to reach climate neutrality before 2030 – will welcome hundreds of counterparts across Europe, as well as representatives from European political and financial institutions, business, climate organisations and other experts. This [...]

Seeking a City Finance Specialist to support capital and finance needs of specific Mission Cities

Anne-Charlotte Costabadie2025-07-28T17:21:37+02:00July 4th, 2025|

Deadline: 15 August 2025 Update: 28 July About the request The City Expert Support Facility (CESF), through NetZeroCities / Climate-KIC, are requesting proposals for City Finance Specialised Services, dedicated to support capital and finance needs for specific Mission cities in the following geographic areas: Bulgaria : Sofia and Gabrovo Czech Republic : Liberec Estonia : Tartu Hungary : Budapest, Miskolc and Pecs Israel : Eilat Latvia : Riga and Liepāja Lithuania : Vilnius and Tauragė Slovakia : Bratislava and Košice In a practical sense, the City Finance Specialist (CFS) will be expected to work collaboratively with each city’s transition team and [...]

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 [...]

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