NetZeroCities is forging alliances with key projects, initiatives, and networks to scale and speed up the impact of the EU Cities Mission.
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.
Alice
ALICE, the European Technology Platform for logistics and supply chain management, brings together leading industry experts and companies to drive research, innovation and market deployment toward affordable net zero transport and logistics operations in Europe.
AMIGOS
Started in June 2023, AMIGOS (Active Mobility Innovations for Green and Safe Solutions) is a 4-year project funded with €9.1 million by the EU’s Horizon Europe programme. It aims to address mobility challenges in 5 cities (LLs) and 10 urban areas (SIAs) through co-creation activities and innovative digital tools.
BIPED
BIPED (Building Intelligent Positive Energy Districts) is a European project focused on designing and implementing neighbourhoods that produce more energy than they consume, using Local Digital Twins (LDTs) and integrated renewable energy solutions.
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.
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.
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.
CLMS-Cities
CLMS-Cities supports the transformation to climate neutrality and energy efficiency in cities, contributing to Global Stocktakes, by monitoring the implementation of different CO2 reduction technologies in buildings and transport, as well as the implementation of spatial planning interventions targeting climate change mitigation.
Commit2Green
Commit2Green supports eight European cities in developing integrated, participatory greening strategies to embed nature-based solutions within city planning and accelerate the transition to climate neutrality and urban resilience.
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.
DUT Partnership
The Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) Partnership to a sustainable future is an intergovernmental research and innovation programme addressing key challenges of urban transitions. DUT’s Vision: a climate neutral and resilient urban future for all. DUT’s Mission: to fund transformative research and innovation to build capacities of urban stakeholders and empower them to drive urban transitions in Europe and beyond.
ELABORATOR
ELABORATOR is the Horizon EU European Living Lab on designing sustainable urban mobility towards climate-neutral cities. ELABORATOR uses a holistic approach for designing and implementing innovations to foster a mobility that is safe, inclusive, and accessible to everyone.
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.
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.
JUST STREETS
JUST STREETS brings together 32 international partners to help 12 cities transform their streets into inclusive, human-centered spaces that prioritise active mobility and sustainable urban living.
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.
NEXTLOGIC
NEXTLOGIC combines Digital Twins, Extended Reality and advanced data analytics to help cities, industry, researchers and citizens co-create smarter, more efficient urban freight and mobility solutions on the path to climate neutrality by 2030.
RE-VALUE
The Re-Value partnership consists of nine European waterfront cities and selected European organisations that seeks to make the urban transition irresistible for their local folks and professional stakeholders. They will demonstrate how climate neutrality and urban quality can be aligned, by re-valuing the cities’ connection to their waterfronts, strengthening co-benefits and mitigating potential adverse impacts.
Scalable Cities
Scalable Cities is a European Commission initiative bringing together 142 cities involved in 28 Smart Cities and Positive Energy Districts projects to drive innovative, sustainable, and city-led climate action.
Shift2Sustain
Shift2Sustain is a Horizon Europe-funded project that develops, tests, and evaluates measures to improve the acceptability and effectiveness of Mobility Management Plans, supporting behavioural shifts towards more sustainable travel choices in urban areas.
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.
SPINE
SPINE aims to accelerate progress towards climate neutrality by integrating public transport systems with new mobility services, sharing schemes, active transport modes, and micromobility.
SUN4Ukraine
SUN4Ukraine is a four-year initiative supporting Ukrainian cities in achieving climate neutrality by pairing them with EU Mission Cities for knowledge exchange. Through capacity-building and technical support, it helps integrate Climate Neutrality Plans into urban recovery strategies for a sustainable future.
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.
UPPER
The UPPER project aims to spearhead a public transport revolution that will strengthen its role as the cornerstone of sustainable mobility and innovation in cities, ultimately leading the transition towards a future of zero-emission mobility.
URBAN PROSUMERS
The URBAN PROSUMERS project supports the implementation of the Cities Mission at the local level in Tampere Region (Finland). It strengthens the role of local Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) as focal actors of transdisciplinary research and action in sustainability issues. By leveraging citizen science and participatory research methods, the project actively involves residents and local stakeholders in developing solutions focused on sustainable mobility, food systems and energy.
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.
World Green Building Council
The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) enables property and construction markets around the planet to develop equitable, sustainable and resilient buildings, cities and communities.

