Covenant Cities in the Spotlight: And the winners are...

European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Canete just announced the winners of the first ever Covenant Cities in the Spotlight awards at the European Week of Regions and Cities.

Small-sized signatory (<10,000 inhabitants)

Monsano, Italy

See Monsano's Covenant of Mayors profile

Medium-sized signatory (10,000- 250,000 inhabitants)

Sønderborg, Denmark

See Sønderborg's Covenant of Mayors profile

Large-sized signatory (>250,000 inhabitants)

Barcelona, Spain

See Barcelona's Covenant of Mayors Action Plan

Congratulations to these 3 cities that have achieved outstanding progress within the Covenant of Mayors framework!

The winners will part of the EU delegation to COP24 in Katowice next December and will be invited to the International Conference on Climate Action (ICCA) to take place in May 2019 in Heidelberg, Germany.