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Rome mayor to tackle carbon emissions with building renovation wave – EURACTIV.com

Rome mayor to tackle carbon emissions with building renovation wave – EURACTIV.com | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Buildings are accountable for 53% of carbon emissions in the city of Rome, and this is the main issue that needs to be addressed in order to achieve climate neutrality, Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri told EURACTIV in an interview.
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Resilient urban and peri-urban agriculture

Resilient urban and peri-urban agriculture | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
The City of Rome developed a participatory urban gardening project. The aim of the project is two-fold: it fights social exclusion and poverty and allows brownfield recovery.
Working with NGOs, citizens, disadvantaged people and minorities, the city uses the urban and suburban agriculture as a means to improve governance processes. Alongside employment policy, social and intercultural dialogue has a pre-eminent role to play. The importance of other factors such as housing, health, culture and communication should also be acknowledged.
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Urban planning - a must have for future cities

Most modern cities depend on quality urban planning to direct their growth and development, and to best cope with the challenges they face. Lack of urban planning usually leads to wild, unplanned sprawl which creates a host of problems, ranging from lack of infrastructure to high vulnerability to any kind of disruption. Good urban planning can help cities become greener, more resilient, more efficient, healthier, and a nicer place to live with rich cultural offerings and stronger community core.
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Mayor Raggi opened "a new meeting place for everyone, full of greenery and history"

Mayor Raggi opened "a new meeting place for everyone, full of greenery and history" | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
After years of construction works on the Metro C project, the city of Rome has reopened the gardens on Via Sannio, in the city’s San Giovanni district. The large public gardens, completely renovated, were opened by the mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi. “Today we have opened to the public the new Gardens in via Sannio, …
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