december 7, 2018

December is the perfect time for taking stock of what happened during the year.

In Europe, the Covenant of Mayors community has carried on their efforts to reduce CO₂ emissions, increace local resilience and provide access to sustainable, secure and affordable energy to all.

What have they been doing? What are the results so far? We...Meer lezen

december 6, 2018

Since the beginning of the partnership between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Belfius to promote the development of “Smart Cities” in Belgium, over EUR 1bn in investment in no less than 121 projects has already been financed on favourable terms by the two institutions.

Belfius and the EIB announced a new agreement to provide...Meer lezen

december 5, 2018

Energy, transport and information and communication technologies (ICT) are key to achieve economical and societal benefits and improve citizens' quality of life. They also represent most of the interrelations between people and technology.

A big challenge to offer new interdisciplinary opportunities to make cities smarter is already...Meer lezen

december 4, 2018

Only a few days after adopting a bold climate neutrality vision for 2050, EU leaders arrived in Katowice with a clear objective for COP24: the adoption of clear rules to implement the Paris Agreement.

In “A Clean Planet for All”, the European Commission’s aims to make the EU compatible with the goals of the Paris Agreement, and to...Meer lezen

december 4, 2018

A new guidebook on "How to develop a Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan (SECAP)" has just been released by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre.

Now aligned with the 2030 Covenant of Mayors target, the guidebook has been enriched with information on climate change adaptation, which is one of the three pillars of...Meer lezen

november 29, 2018

The building sector causes the highest share of CO₂ emissions in Europe (36%) and consumes most of its final energy (40%). The cost-effective potential of the sector to move to a zero-emission building stock by 2050 is proven, but the implementation of policies and programmes which would transform the sector is slow. Even if the...Meer lezen

november 27, 2018

Barcelona Provincial Council (Catalonia, Spain) joined the Covenant of Mayors 10 years ago, as one of the first Covenant Coordinators. A specific campaign has been launched to commemorate that the 10th year anniversary of the Covenant .

On October 2nd, Barcelona Provincial Council launched the communication campaign “10 years of the...Meer lezen

november 23, 2018

Today, 23 November, 17 cities and 4 partners from the European Capital Network signed a Call for Action in the current Green Capital, Nijmegen.

Daniel Termont, Mayor of Ghent and member of the Covenant of Mayors Board, signing the Call for Action this morning in Nijmegen - photo by Marscha van Druuten  

The Call for Action is a...Meer lezen

november 19, 2018

The European Commission recently published its evaluation on the implementation of the EU adaptation strategy.

Key findings :

• The current strategy is still relevant and the Commission will be guided by its objectives. Important lessons have been learned in the evaluation process. The strategy has been a reference point to prepare...Meer lezen

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23 projects have been selected as part of the 3rd call of the Urban Innovative Actions. Many of them are led by Covenant cities. They are addressing urban challenges that are...Meer lezen