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Cities as a Test Bed for Climate Neutrality: €32 million in Support for EU Cities Mission Pilot Cities

admin.wp2024-10-09T11:53:00+02:00September 5th, 2022|

NetZeroCities is launching a groundbreaking programme that tests new approaches to reaching climate neutrality goals across cities in Europe. This Pilot Cities Programme is part of the EU Mission for 100 climate-neutral and smart cities (“EU Cities Mission”), providing €32 million in grants and hands-on support to cities. The call opens on September 5 and invites applications from all cities that are committing to the objectives of the EU Cities Mission and are located in EU Member States and Associated Countries. The Pilot Cities Programme will help cities as they test out locally tailored actions towards a climate transition. Selected cities [...]

The European Commission announces the 100 selected cities to join the Cities Mission

admin.wp2024-10-09T11:14:14+02:00April 28th, 2022|

Today, the European Commission published the list of the 100 EU cities that have been selected to be part of the EU Mission for 100 Climate Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030, also known as the Cities Mission. The designated cities come from all 27 EU countries, with 12 additional cities coming from countries associated or with the potential of being associated to Horizon Europe. These cities were selected from among 362 eligible cities that expressed an interest in becoming climate-neutral by 2030. The Cities Mission will now work with different stakeholders to ensure that the designated cities reach climate neutrality [...]

City networks and research organisations team up to accelerate the transition to net zero emissions by 2030

admin.wp2023-04-07T10:28:22+02:00September 28th, 2021|

Brussels, Belgium – The NetZeroCities project is starting on 1st October 2021 as part of the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme in support of the European Union’s Green Deal. NetZeroCities will support Europe and in particular European cities to drastically cut down greenhouse gas emissions through climate action to achieve ‘climate neutrality’, one of the biggest challenges our societies face today. Europe has pledged to lead on climate action and has set forth ambitious goals and directives to achieve that commitment. The Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe research and innovation programmes, the European Green Deal and other European Union [...]

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