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Following the European Parliament’s failed attempt to veto a proposal allowing car manufacturers to exceed the European gas emissions limits, 20 European mayors – amongst which five Energy Cities members- published an open letter to denounce the EU lack

Private housing accounts for 80% of Bordeaux Metropole’s housing stock and thus has been made a priority of its buildings’ energy-retrofitting policy. The objective of Bordeaux Metropole (Bordeaux Urban Community) is to implement several financing mechanisms that would ease

Energy Cities’ political 3D vision allows for both a wide-viewing angle and a high precision look at the energy future. Three components that will bring the change : Divest, Democratise, Devolve. The first D – do not see here

Milton Keynes was selected, based on its city-specific plan, as winner of the Go Ultra Low City Scheme which aims to boost electric car use in the UK. This is part of the eco-cities funding to support British industry

The potential to reach social and economic progress through green growth at the local level was the key topic of a German-Greek workshop in Berlin last November. The 35 participants, from our member city of Thessaloniki and the German

Three months left before Energy Cities’ Annual Conference kick-starts in Bornova (Izmir) on the Turkish West coast! From 1-3 June, decision-makers will explore – through the lens of local action – what it means to further open up democratic

The traditional large utility companies may well look at what is happening in the city of Pamplona with suspicion. In this city of 196,000 inhabitants located in North-Eastern Spain, the shift to renewable and decentralised energy has become a

Thanks to the support from the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) Display® is being promoted in the Maghreb. At the beginning of February Ian Turner and Sylvie Lacassagne were invited to Algeria as part of an international

The very new Covenant Capacity-sharing Corner aims at building and reinforcing signatory cities’ capacities to develop and implement sustainable energy & climate action plans. The «Capacity-sharing Corner» is reserved for members of the Covenant of Mayors (CoM) Community (signatories,

Several UK cities, including Energy Cities’ member Milton Keynes, have spoken up against controversial plans from the national government to put restrictions on their freedom to divest from fossil fuels. Once again local leadership is being hampered by obstacles