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Interview with Flavia Boghiu (City of Brasov), Ann Cloet (City of Mouscron) and Giorgia Silvestri (DRIFT) If you want to trigger big change in a city you essentially need 2 things: a great deal of political will and people in the administration who know how to go about it. Such a massive change is underway in the cities of Brasov in Romania and in Mouscron in Belgium. Both cities have been working with the so-called “transition management” approach which should make them carbon-neutral by 2050…

The second episode of "City Stories - Voices of TOMORROW" has just been released! How do you engage individuals and local organisations in the energy transition? What does it need to make them allies in the journey towards greener cities? And what if people get tired of workshops around the city of TOMORROW? In this episode, Anne-Claire Urvoas from the city of Brest and Alejandro Gomez of Valencia Clima i Energia shared valuable insights on community-building and participation as a key enabler…

Energy Cities' "City Stories" the monthly podcast on new, collaborative practices to foster sustainable transitions at local level is proposing a mini-series dedicated to the pilot #CitiesOfTOMORROW! The series is called "Voices of TOMORROW" and the first episode just came out today! The episode focuses on Valencia and Dublin, and how they co-created their 2050 vision. Jordi Peris Blanes, General Coordinator of Urban Strategies and Sustainable Agenda of the València City Council, and Katie…

Learn how to build a participatory Transition Roadmap for your city Do you work in a local authority, or do you collaborate with a municipality, and work on supporting governance for sustainability transitions? Are you interested in learning how to design a participatory transition roadmapping process in your city? Join us for the TOMORROW Energy Transition Roadmapping Masterclass, an intensive peer-learning programme for elected officials, civil servants and civil society actors working on…

Inspired by the work on its roadmap, at the end of 2021 Brasov's municipality took some important steps towards its climate neturality 2050 objective. Renewable energy for public buildings Brasov signed a contract to buy green electricity for the 75 public institutions under the authority of the Local Council, for the public lighting, traffic lighting and the ski area. This energy comes from renewable sources, making the city a national pioneer in this field! "Brasov aims to become the Green…

A recent article in the local magazine "Levante" highlighted the progress of Valencia in the field of the energy transition and climate. Below, we summarised the main action Valencia's City Council has been carrying on in the past years, in the framework of TOMORROW. You can read the original article in Spanish here. In September 2020, Valencia's City Council create the Energy Transition Table to to design and promote its Fair and Inclusive Energy Transition Strategy, defining in a collaborative…

The City of Mouscron organised the first Transition Forum "Un Pas Vert Demain" (A green step tomorrow) on 23 October! The event was an opportunity to bring together, the actors of the territory such as citizens, companies, institutions and to show them they have the support of the City Council. The themes and the 17 objectives of Sustainable Development were discussed during workshops, conferences, live discussions or via social networks. Workshops for adults and children on the themes of the…

The City of Mouscron is active in mobilizing the construction / renovation sector in order to decarbonise its buildings and reach the A label (best energy performance standard) in 2050. A training course for architects was held at the end of September to test the new renovation policy instruments set up by the municipality: the Quickscan, the Roadmap to 2050 and the Building Passport. Quickscan is a new web tool for raising awareness of energy performance. In a few clicks, and without the…

For a whole week, Brașov has been the scene of the Green Cities Forum, an event the city has developed believing in the carbon-free future the world needs to leave as legacy to the next generations. Green Cities Forum welcomed an International Conference on Environmental Public Policies, from 9 to 12 September, as well as community events to promote and advance the green transition, to educate, inform and raise awareness, from 6 to 12 September. Supported by Covenant of Mayors Europe and Energy…

The mayor of Valencia, Joan Ribó, and the mayors of Madrid, Seville and Barcelona have signed this Wednesday an agreement to transform their cities, and accelerate the energy and ecological transition before 2030, an agreement that is part of the citiES 2030 initiative, promoted from the El Día Après platform . As Mayor Ribó stated during the rubric, "the challenge is not only that cities become climate neutral, but that they do so as soon as possible." During his speech at the event, held on…