Archivo de categorías para "ENERGY CITIES"

Different cities, shared needs and goals

As cities across Europe intensify their efforts to tackle climate change, SPARKLE stands out as a beacon of collaborative innovation and knowledge-sharing. Through its recent workshops, SPARKLE sheds light on the varied yet interconnected needs of local and regional

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Local Transitions Learning Centre: Discover our rich learning offer!

Have you already explored our Local Transitions Learning Centre? A range of free courses awaits you, designed to help you effectively tackle pressing urban and environmental challenges related to governance, fossil-free districts, community energy, and fair economies. Our educational

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Why cities need a capacity-building programme

What’s capacity building? Why did a group of sustainability experts feel a free learning offer financed by the EU LIFE programme was needed? We discuss this and the crucial role cities play in achieving the EU climate and energy

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Urban agriculture: the example of Guimarães

Guimarães, a historic city in northern Portugal and Energy Cities’ member, is characterised by a mosaic of urban, peri-urban, and rural landscapes. In recent years, the municipality has faced significant challenges due to the abandonment of agricultural lands, particularly

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Let’s meet SPARKLE’s cities: Calenzano

Located in a green area of central Italy, between Florence and Prato, 90% of the municipality of Calenzano‘s territory is covered by woods, agricultural land, and other natural areas. To preserve its connection with the surrounding environment, strengthen its

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Križevci decided to put its residents at the heart of its energy independence, and is now leading solar energy production in Croatia

Križevci might be a small city north-east of Croatia, but it is taking large strides when it comes to transitioning to a low-carbon and sustainable place. Rich in sunlight and surrounded by fertile agricultural land, Križevci understood that if

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People and nature at the heart of resilience

Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and intense, placing local governments on the front line. With climate impacts intensifying, adaptation has shot to the top of the agenda for city officials. In Rennes Métropole – long accustomed to

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Housing rights: Metropolis of Lille’s challenges and solutions

 The European Metropolis of Lille needs to address a high demand for housing, 6,200 dwellings per year, in a very large area (672km2) that includes urban centres and rural municipalities. Access to housing is very difficult for intermediate and

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Civic engagement as a driver for the ecological transition in Bourgogne-France-Comté Region

The POTEs* network (POTEs – Ordinary Pioneers of the Ecological Transition), was founded in 2017. Its goals are to give visibility to its members and their initiatives in order for them to spread, to spawn collective projects and to

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European Energy for European Homes and Industry

Geopolitics are forcing different levels of government (European, national and local) to see gas imports as Europe’s Achilles heel. The solution is European energy for European homes and industry. -Last year, 15 Member States called for a new EU heating

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