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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…

In order to encourage the actors and citizens of the territory to act to fight against climate change, Brest métropole is offering them tools for mobilisation and commitment. On the 7th of July, 70 professionals, elected officials and citizens took part in an evening of information and discussion on this theme. Several companies, associations, municipalities and institutions were present, reflecting the diversity of actors interested in these issues. Glen DISSAUX, Vice-President in charge of the…

A new publication by Energy Cities takes a closer look at the processes that a city can put in place to acquire the necessary knowledge on its territory with regards to climate challenges. The authors present and analyse six examples of local authorities that put in place such processes and set ambitious climate targets with local stakeholders - a very relevant information for the #CitiesOfTOMORROW! They call them local PACTs, or Local Participatory Agreements for the Climate Transition…

TOMORROW's Irish partner Codema will lead the roll-out of €20M energy projects in Dublin. Thee DeliveREE project (funded by the Horizon 2020 programme) will provide funding of €1.2M to test and develop a one-stop-shop project implementation unit for energy-efficient and renewable energy projects in Dublin. This will include over €20 million worth of upgrades to council buildings and sites within the region. The DeliveREE project will support the retrofit of a range of council facilities such as…

València has reduced its energy consumption by 17.9% and greenhouse gas emissions by 30.9% in the last 12 years. These findings were reported in the first evaluation report of the commitments signed under the European Covenant of Mayors. The report assess the evolution of the city from 2007 to 2019 and do not reflect the effect of the pandemic. "These are very positive figures that show that Valencia City Council is committed to the fight against climate change" said City Councellor Alejandro…

On May 11, TOMORROW’s partners went on a virtual visit to Brest. We would have liked to do this visit in person, but the current sanitary measures prevented us to do so – again! Luckily, our French pilot city organised a very interactive event, with presentations and fun games that allowed us to discover Brest’s climate and energy plans and actions. Find more about their Local Climate Plan on their official website [in French] While the Local Climate Plan, with its 60 key actions involving 13…

TOMORROW's partner ABMEE has convened a new online meeting of Brasov Energy Transition Team at the end of April, to learn what each member's future development plans are, how can these be connected to the local vision and what potential do these actions include in relation to Brasov CO2 reduction targets. Signatory of the European Covenant of Mayors since the beginning of the initiative in 2008, the Municipality of Brasov committed for at least 40% CO2 reduction by 2030 and climate neutrality by…

In this blog we share some of the main insights of organising and facilitating an online learning programme for cities aimed at empowering change makers to accelerate sustainability and just transitions in cities through participatory governance processes. Lesson #1: Use the right tools to be applied into practice As part of the Relay, participants were able to learn various transition tools they can use in their own contexts. Most of the tools are included in the Workbook for Urban Transition…