EUROCITIES Briefing note on the revised Waste Framework Directive and Directive on Packaging & Packaging Waste

At the EUROCITIES Working Group Waste meeting in Amsterdam, April 2018, the WG decided to develop a briefing note on the recently revised Waste Framework Directive (WFD) and Packaging & Packaging Waste Directive, specifically on the implications for cities across Europe.

Unique coalition calls upon EU to ramp up climate action

“We believe it is high time for European leaders to rise up to the challenge of climate action. We need Europe to transition to a sustainable society and economy as soon as possible.”

Towns, cities and regions march with youth for the climate: the time for action is now

CoMo case study Turin: Energy efficiency interventions for public buildings and lighting systems

The municipality has undertaken a fruitful collaboration with the University Politecnico of Turin to collect data on energy consumption and costs for the city building stock, with the aim of making more efficient technical and policy decisions. Renovation of public buildings and substitution of public lighting bulbs with LEDs are among the first actions implemented.

PED Cities Workshop and a site visit on 3 and 4 April in Vienna

The Programme on Positive Energy Districts and Neighbourhoods (PED) has the ambition to develop pathways towards implementation of 100 Positive Energy Districts in urban neighbourhoods across Europe by 2025. This is seen as an important contribution to current policies on achieving the goals of reducing Europe’s carbon footprint, managing the energy transition and to cities ambitions towards sustainable urban development. Solid understanding and consideration of cities’ experiences and...

Promote your event as an EU Green Week partner event

EUROCITIES members currently planning an event taking place between 13 April and 9 June 2019 still have the possibility to register it as an EU Green Week 2019 partner event. This year’s EU Green Week will take place between 13 May and 17 May 2019 and will examine the process of implementation of EU environmental laws.

POWER city conference on on Water EnviRonmental challenges, Pisa, 12 April 2019

The conference will provide municipalities with a series of solutions to the engagement of their citizens in global environmental issues that will affect the future well-being of their communities.

Hamburg citizens panel on sustainable consumption makes three recommendations

On 11 February, Hamburg citizens were invited to participate in a panel discussion and workshop about sustainable consumption and responsibility and develop proposals to put forward for discussion at European level.

Nantes citizens panel makes three recommendations on health

As part of our Cities4Europe campaign, Nantes held a citizens' consultation on 28 February to ask if Europe should take better care of people's health and well being.

Big data for evidence-based public policy

Big data for evidence-based public policy: how four waterfront cities are using large datasets to learn how to better run urban administrations.