The Covenant of Mayors and the Smart Cities Marketplace share the common objectives to advise and support cities to access financing opportunities to ensure sustainable solutions for climate and energy actions.

As a follow-up of the joint webinar organised in January 2021, interested Covenant signatories had the opportunity to...Přečtěte si více

The renewed ambitions of the Covenant of Mayors - Europe were officially launched during an online high-level event on 21 April.

Bolder vision, renewed ambitions

2021 is a milestone for the European Covenant of Mayors, as signatory cities are stepping up their climate ambition to reach a common vision:

"By 2050 we will all be...Přečtěte si více

The DECIDE project just announced a Call for Expression of Interest for DECIDE Replicants that will be open from 8 April 2021 to 4 May 2021. The aim of this Call for Expression of Interest for DECIDE Replicators is to apply successful approaches and lessons learned from the existing seven DECIDE pilot sites to other interested...Přečtěte si více

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On April 6th, the Climate Chance Observatory published the 2021 edition of the Global Synthesis Report on local climate action, available in both English and French.

The...Přečtěte si více

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Interview with Chiara Appendino, Mayor of Torino, Italy.

What are Torino’s key actions and results in accelerating a just climate transition?

Turin has made great strides...Přečtěte si více

After a huge enthusiasm around the 1^st call for projects, that received over 250 applications, the European City Facility (EUCF) just opened the second call for proposals with increased resources!

In this second round (29 March - 31 May), an even larger number of local authorities will be selected to benefit from tailor-made,...Přečtěte si více

Building on a survey among local authorities and on the climate-neutrality target of the European Union, the Covenant of Mayors movement in Europe has strengthened its ambitions: signatories are invited to step up their actions and accelerate the climate transition.

Big Buyers for Climate and Environment is a European Commission Initiative for promoting collaboration between big public buyers in implementing strategic public procurement for sustainable solutions. Public procurement can be a key tool in driving the development of innovative goods and services on the European market. By...Přečtěte si více

Are you implementing local climate and energy actions? Looking for inspiring examples to replicate?! Do you have plans to create a local climate pact with citizens and business but don’t know where to start? Are you a frontrunner aiming for carbon neutrality and would like to strategise with peers? Or perhaps you’re looking to...Přečtěte si více

On the 18th of January 2021, the Covenant launched its new peer learning programme, which is open for registrations until 31st March 2021. Regions, sub-regional authorities and energy agencies can participate if they already are a member of the Covenant of Mayors or if they join by June 2021.

The Covenant of Mayors' peer...Přečtěte si více