Lobbying to have your voice heard works. That was a key message from the President of the Youth Climate Council of Poland, Kasia Smetek, during a session at the World Urban Forum in Katowice on how city leaders and youth are making climate neutrality a reality. In COP24, there were no young people, noted Smetek; by COP26, the number of...Read more
The Technical Assistance programme aims at supporting 10 municipalities under 50,000 inhabitants in the preparation and development of selected projects included in their SECAP. For this year’s edition, the focus of the programme will be on community energy projects.
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Here's some takeaways from our Covenant of Mayors' webinar entitled "P ublic transport as a key enabler for carbon-neutral and connected cities" which took place on June 23rd 2022. The Covenant Office is organising a series of 5 webinars on policy options to reduce emissions from the transport sector, which kickstarted this 23 June...Read more
Energy poverty - currently experienced by between 30 and 60 million of Europeans - refers to the situation when households are unable to access enough energy to ensure dignified living conditions at an affordable price. Although the direct and indirect drivers and causes are multiple, poor insulation of buildings, high energy bills and...Read more