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Aujourd’hui, les chefs d’Etat de 162 pays sont attendus à New York pour signer l’accord climatique de Paris, une étape importante concluant des mois de négociations difficiles. Cependant, les villes ne les ont pas attendu pour engager leur transition

Today, 162 countries are expected to sign the Paris Climate Agreement in New York. This is an important step, concluding months of harsh negotiations. However, would they pay more attention to the local policies that have been put in

More than 1.100 experts from all 28 EU Member States were consulted about the relative progress in energy policies of their own countries in the last 3 years. The aim of the survey was to learn from stakeholders and

The EU Emission Trading System (ETS), launched in 2005, is a pillar of EU climate policy and the largest system of its kind. Giving a price to carbon and a limited «right to pollute» through Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission

As Eduardo Lopez Moreno from UN Habitat puts it rightly : «The cities that are most prosperous are not those that strongly compete with each other, but those that strongly cooperate.» Our conference in Bornova on 1-3 June will

The EU campaign Display, launched as early as in 2004, is an information tool to raise the public awareness. Designed by energy experts from European cities and based on operational rating and easy to understand, the certificate displays the

Our member city of Stuttgart, Germany, is developing a tailor-made contracting support service for private house owners. Despite municipal energy subsidies and technical assistance offered by the local energy info centre, the annual energy refurbishment rate of the residential

Lyon Metropole is in constant evolution and is becoming a smart, innovative, sustainable and lively conurbation The local authority wishes to conciliate economic dynamism and sustainable development: it means finding new technologic, urban, social and environmental solutions to improve

Today is World Water Day ! This year’s theme, ‘Water and Jobs’ is a great opportunity to remind the benefits of publicly-owned water and energy services. As much as energy, water is a precious good that should be affordable

10 weeks left before Energy Cities’ Annual Conference kick-starts in Bornova (Izmir) on the Turkish West coast : it will take place from 1-3 June 2016 ! 3 Networking days – 30 Interactive forums – 6 High-level plenaries and