NetZeroCities is forging alliances with key projects, initiatives, and networks to scale and speed up the impact of the EU Cities Mission.

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MoUs & Workplans signed

NetZeroCities is actively signing Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) to establish new partnerships and significantly enhance existing synergies with related projects, initiatives, and networks. These collaborations are essential in fostering knowledge exchange, driving innovation, and amplifying our collective impact towards climate neutrality in European cities.

Below is a list of the organisations and initiatives with whom we have already formalised an MoU or a work plan agreement.

2024-12-06T11:11:35+01:00

ASCEND

Accelerate Positive Clean Energy Districts is an EU-funded project aimed at making Positive Clean Energy Districts the standard solution in European cities to combat climate change and foster inclusive, resilient, and smart communities.

2024-10-15T11:24:56+02:00

CapaCITIES

CapaCITIES is an EU-funded project that supports national and regional authorities in strengthening governance and coordinating efforts across climate-neutral city initiatives to align with the goals of the Cities Mission.

2025-01-30T11:45:07+01:00

CDP

CDP is a global non-profit that runs the world’s only independent environmental disclosure system for companies, capital markets, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts. As the founder of environmental reporting, CDP believes in transparency and the power of data to drive change, with the richest and most comprehensive dataset on corporate and state action. Partnering with leaders in enterprise, capital, policy and science, CDP surfaces the information needed to enable Earth-positive decisions. CDP's disclosure system also integrates best-practice reporting standards and frameworks from the ISSB and TNFD in one questionnaire.

2024-12-06T11:14:55+01:00

CIVITAS

CIVITAS is a flagship European Commission programme that fosters collaboration among cities to advance sustainable urban mobility, supporting the goals of the European Green Deal through peer exchange, networking, and training.

2024-12-06T11:10:51+01:00

CLIMABOROUGH

CLIMABOROUGH is a project, co-funded by the European Union and CINEA, with the ambition to bridge the gap between design and implementation of urban innovations, particularly in the face of climate change and its consequential needs for adaptation and mitigation.

2024-12-17T13:14:08+01:00

Covenant of Mayors

The EU Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy is an initiative supported by the European Commission bringing together thousands of local governments that want to secure a better future for their citizens. By joining the initiative, they voluntarily commit to implementing EU climate and energy objectives.

2025-01-31T10:32:05+01:00

GreenInCities

GreenInCities is an EU-funded initiative to make climate-resilient urban planning the standard for deprived areas, addressing societal awareness, innovative greening, and advanced co-creation technologies to drive impactful regeneration.

2025-01-31T16:04:38+01:00

HS Booster

HS Booster provides the European Standardisation Booster. The booster provides expert services to European projects to help them to increase and valorise project results by contributing to the creation or revision of standards. HSbooster.eu facilitates and streamlines the dialogue between Digital Europe, Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe Research & Innovation projects with the Standardisation landscape and its main actors, namely corresponding Standards Developing Organisations (SDOs) to increase the European impact on (international) Standardisation and strengthen the European competitiveness.

2024-12-13T17:55:39+01:00

NetworkNature

NetworkNature is an initiative supporting the Nature-based Solutions (NbS) community by fostering cooperation, building partnerships, and providing a science-based repository to advance NbS impact and strategic action.

2024-12-06T11:12:56+01:00

Philea

Philea unites over 7,500 public-benefit foundations across 30+ countries to empower philanthropy in building a pluralistic, just, and resilient society by fostering collaboration, co-creating knowledge, and promoting enabling environments for positive change.

2024-12-06T11:04:22+01:00

SMART CITIES MARKETPLACE

The Smart Cities Marketplace is a European Commission initiative that engages cities and towns to create sustainable urban environments by offering resources, expertise, and support to explore solutions, develop projects, and secure financing for urban sustainability initiatives.

2024-12-06T11:14:00+01:00

TIPS4PED

Turning Cities Planning into Action for Positive Energy Districts is an EU-funded project involving four cities from four countries, focused on scalable technologies and digital strategies to deliver Positive Energy Districts in European cities.

2025-01-16T10:18:29+01:00

UP2030

The UP2030 project aims to support cities in driving the socio-technical transitions required to meet their climate neutrality targets. The project programme helps city stakeholders and local authorities put neutrality on the map of their communities in day-to-day actions and strategic decisions. This is achieved by developing and applying the 5UP approach, an innovative methodology that cities can adopt, to meaningfully engage with the Mission and guide their actions towards climate neutrality.

2024-12-13T17:56:16+01:00

URBREATH

URBREATH, a Horizon Europe project, explores the potential of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in nine European cities across diverse climate zones. By integrating NbS with AI, digital twins, and social innovation, the project empowers communities and enhances urban planning.