Image Image Urban Agenda for the EU Let's celebrate 10 years of the Urban Agenda for the EU! Ten years ago, the signing of the Pact of Amsterdam marked a new chapter for cities in Europe. Agreed under the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2016, the Pact of Amsterdam launched the Urban Agenda for the EU, creating a unique framework for cooperation between cities, Member States, the European Commission and other stakeholders to address Europe's most pressing urban challenges. Now, 21 Thematic Partnerships later, we return to where it all began.
Image Image Greening Cities Measuring green infrastructure demand: the ESPON-GILL methodology is now available The ESPON-GILL Methodology for Quantifying the Demand for Green Infrastructure at Local Level is now publicly available. Developed under the Action 1 of the Urban Agenda for the EU Greening Cities Partnership, it provides municipalities with a flexible, evidence-based framework, interactive user manual and case-study dashboard to help identify where green infrastructure is most needed and inform local planning and investment.
Image Image Building Decarbonisation From National Plans to neighbourhood Action: How URBANEW and the Building Decarbonisation Partnership are reinforcing each other in Spain What happens when two major EU decarbonisation obligations land on cities at the same time, but without a clear mechanism to connect them? The URBANEW - EMC3 project and the Building Decarbonisation Partnership are using that institutional gap as an opportunity to redesign how local energy planning is done: bringing together building renovation at neighbourhood level, heating and cooling planning, and every level of government needed to turn EU ambition into operational reality.
05 Dec 9:00am Public Webinar on Cost-Benefit Analysis in Public–Private Partnerships for Green Infrastructure Online
08 Oct 4:30pm European Week of Regions and Cities: the Sustainable Tourism Partnership Talks In person
