Warsaw seeks support for implementation concept of a Municipal Energy Agency

2025-07-09T14:32:40+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

2025-06-18T08:48:39+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, [...]

6th NetZeroCities Seasonal School: Speeding Up the Energy Systems Transition to Climate Neutrality

2025-07-07T11:58:41+02:00June 17th, 2025|

18 Mission Cities representatives gathered in Milan for the sixth edition of the NetZeroCities Seasonal School, hosted by consortium partners Politecnico de Milano from 3 to 5 June 2025. At the beginning of June, the sixth Seasonal School was held, entitled “Speeding up the Energy System Transition to Climate Neutral”. This edition of the Summer School was focused on the transformation of urban energy systems - complex, interconnected structures that shape how cities produce, distribute, and consume energy. City representatives from: Aarhus, Amsterdam, Bucharest, Copenhagen, Communaute Urbaine de Dunkerque, Izmir, Liberec, Limassol, Ljubljana, Milano, Miskolc, Porto, Rzeszów, Sofia, Torino, Umeå, Vilnius [...]

Oslo seeks support for a road map study for transitioning to zero-emission construction sites in European cities

2025-06-13T17:11:07+02:00June 13th, 2025|

Deadline: 2 July 2025 Background Oslo is making rapid progress in transitioning to zero-emission construction sites. In 2024, 85 per cent of energy used for machinery in municipal construction projects—representing an annual investment of approximately €1 billion—was emission free/electric. From January 1, 2025, all municipal construction sites are required to be emission-free. In early 2025, the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment adopted a new regulation to limit emissions from construction sites (FOR-2025-04-03-594). The regulation grants municipalities the authority to require the use of zero-emission solutions and biogas on all construction sites. It is authorised under Section 9 of the [...]

Design Your City’s Climate Strategy: Join Our Free Online Planning Lab!

2025-09-29T14:37:10+02:00June 13th, 2025|

NetZeroCities, managing the Platform of the EU Cities Mission, is announcing a unique opportunity for cities across the EU and affiliated countries. Launching on 16 September 2025, the Online Planning Lab is a free, hands-on online course encapsulated by 6 modules designed to empower city representatives, policymakers, and urban change-makers with the knowledge and tools they need to drive systemic change. What is the Online Planning Lab? This isn't just another online programme. Built on a strong peer-to-peer foundation, the Planning Lab functions as a project-based “Mini-Lab”. If a city has a population above 50,000 inhabitants, this is their chance [...]

Support for structuring of social bonds for solar energy projects in Eilat

2025-06-18T13:47:47+02:00June 10th, 2025|

Deadline: 31 July 2025 Update: 18 June 2025 About the request The City Expert Support Facility (CESF), through NetZeroCities / Climate-KIC, are requesting quotation for the structuring of a Social Bond for the financing of solar energy projects in the city of Eilat. Eilat aims to open the door for its residents to actively invest in and benefit from solar energy projects, even if they lack the physical space—such as a private rooftop—necessary to install their own solar panels, through purchasing Social Bonds. The city has two core objectives of the Social Bond: first, to provide local residents with a [...]

Support for integration and customisation of the NetZero Planner for city of Cork

2025-06-13T18:59:33+02:00May 23rd, 2025|

Deadline: 30 June 2025 Update: 13 June 2025 Background Cork City is committed to building workforce capacity, systems, tools and processes that will enable them to deliver key components of the Cork City Climate Contract (CCC). This work is aligned with the city’s People Strategy and Learning and Development Framework. During the CCC development process in 2024, the city initially explored using the Economic Model developed by the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) for their Investment Plan. However, challenges in accessing localised data and adapting national indicators led the city to engage external support from Arup. Despite this, the city [...]

European cities celebrate local climate successes in Vilnius – and take home the lessons to reach a climate-neutral future

2025-06-11T14:12:33+02:00May 20th, 2025|

“Our slogan - the greenest city in the making - is not just a promise, but an honest acknowledgement that the journey is ongoing. We are not perfect, but we are determined.” Mayor Valdas Benkunskas may have been speaking for the city of Vilnius when he opened the EU Cities Mission Conference, but the sentiment will be shared far beyond the Lithuanian capital. Hundreds of cities across Europe also know this feeling – of embracing the vulnerability of ambition and accepting there will be wrong turns to any new destination. Dozens of these cities, either reaching [...]

Expert support for legal and strategic advisory services for innovations in the regulatory, legal, and fiscal framework for Barcelona’s climate action

2025-05-19T15:25:19+02:00May 19th, 2025|

Deadline: 09 June 2025 (23:59 CET) Background Barcelona has a long history developing leading policies related to climate change and its effects. The City committed to Local Agenda 21 from the outset and has been developing policies to promote a sustainable development model for more than 30 years. In 2002 the first Citizens' Commitment to Sustainability (2002-2012) was approved, which was renewed and extended 10 years later (2012-2022). At the end of 2020, the City Council adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda as guiding principles of its development strategy, providing quantifiable targets adapted to [...]

Seeking expert support for the development and management of a Local Financing Facility in Munich

2025-06-02T15:18:51+02:00May 19th, 2025|

Deadline: 13 June 2025 (23:59 CET) Update: 02 June - Due to the changes in the scope of the assignment, the deadline for submitting proposals has been revised to 13 June 2025 (23:59), and a deadline to ask questions to 04 June 2025. Background Munich is a city with an extensive ecosystem of finance actors, each of whom must be rapidly engaged by the Climate-neutrality Mission Unit for the success of the Mission. Yet, the municipality is not well positioned to define a process and engage these actors at the required speed. Expert support can help to deliver on these [...]

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