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November 24, 11:04 AM
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It began in the small Catalan town of Taradell as a plan to provide local people with allotments where they could grow their own food.
Four activists came together with the aim of promoting good environmental practices in local agriculture and business, as well as supplying renewable energy. The project, however, was about much more than growing vegetables.
The town has a strong tradition of community action, and as the initiative gathered momentum, the activists formed a cooperative, Taradell Sostenible, which now has 111 members and supplies power to more than 100 households.
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November 21, 9:24 AM
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Hyped as a driver of economic growth, culture has been systematically devalued and marginalised in public policy over the past few decades. This has led to increased precarity now compounded by predatory AI systems. If GDP is not a good metric to measure the value of arts and culture, how should we rethink their role in our societies?
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November 14, 7:27 AM
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L’Union européenne vise la neutralité carbone en 2050. Dès 2030, 112 villes européennes, dont Dijon, veulent atteindre cet objectif. Dijon a ciblé un quartier politique de la ville, où se côtoient 28 nationalités, pour démontrer que la transition écologique peut être populaire et inclusive. Des médiateurs salariés, des services civiques et des habitants ambassadeurs sont allés sur le terrain afin d’expliquer le projet aux habitants et de les impliquer.
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November 14, 5:35 AM
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La métropole de Lyon est entrée au capital de la « dernière ferme de Lyon » menacée de disparition sous l’effet de la pression foncière. En devenant actionnaire de cette coopérative agricole, la collectivité entend pérenniser l’activité de l’exploitation.
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November 13, 11:10 AM
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Kalamata has been selected as one of the European Union`s Mission Cities within the "100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030" initiatives, earning the prestigious EU Mission Label. This recognition places Kalamata among the leading European cities committed to achieving climate neturality ahead of schedule. Guided by its Climate City Contract, a co-created roadmap, the municipality is working with citizens, businesses, and institutions to implement sustainable solutions in energy, buildings, transport, mobility, and waste management, while promoting innovation, digital transformation, and resilience, setting an example of green urban development in Greece and beyond.
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November 13, 9:55 AM
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Two artists in London are finding ingenious ways to fund a project that puts power in the hands of people. Other communities are watching with interest
It would be easy to mistake artists Dan Edelstyn and Hilary Powell for master magicians. For their first stunt, they made £1m of debt disappear (more on that later), and for their next trick they’re conjuring up a power station from an ordinary, east London terraced street.
Not the wheezing, fossil fuel burning kind, but one fuelled by sunlight, one that prioritises people over profit, and puts power generation in the hands of the communities it serves.
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November 13, 9:37 AM
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The city of Brussels is shifting its policies in the Pietonnier zone due to tensions between cyclists and pedestrians.
Cyclists and pedestrians have clashed in the zone, with cyclists not adhering to the 6 kilometers-per-hour speed limit, leading to complaints from pedestrians.
The city has announced a ban on bikes in the zone most of the day, with bikes only allowed between 4 and 11 a.m., and is considering diverting bikes to a parallel axis along narrower streets to the west.
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November 13, 9:29 AM
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Green heating technologies promise to slash Europe’s emissions, energy demand and energy prices, but that is only feasible if national governments start planning properly now, explains Euroheat and Power’s Aurélie Beauvais.
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November 13, 8:49 AM
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Vinkovci is the third location in Croatia with positive results, as reservoir temperatures exceeding 100 degrees were earlier confirmed in Velika Gorica and Osijek, Croatian Hydrocarbon Agency revealed. The activities are part of a wider project to develop geothermal potential for district heating for six cities and towns.
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November 6, 8:34 AM
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Housing affordability has emerged as a central challenge across Europe, particularly in major cities and tourist hotspots. The issue has rapidly risen to the top of the political agenda: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has named it as one of her key priorities, while the UK government has made it a central mission to deliver 1.5 million new homes over the course of the current parliament. With the EU appointing its first-ever Housing Commissioner, attention is now turning to the forthcoming Affordable Housing Plan, a landmark initiative set to be published in December.
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October 30, 11:34 AM
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A new study on U.S. meat consumption suggests we’ve been missing a crucial piece of the carbon footprint puzzle: where our meat actually comes from.
Researchers found that a person’s “hoofprint,” or meat-related carbon emissions, can vary more than threefold depending on the city they live in, even though Americans eat roughly the same amount of meat nationwide. The difference, they say, lies far beyond city limits.
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October 16, 11:04 AM
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Loin des idées reçues, les personnes précaires éclairent le chemin d’une transition écologique et juste Premières exposées aux effets du dérèglement climatique et de l’effondrement de la biodiversité, les personnes en situation de précarité, souvent ignorées, portent pourtant des savoirs et des expériences concrètes, que le Pacte civique a estimés essentiels pour avancer vers une
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October 15, 9:46 AM
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Britain must prepare for global heating far in excess of the level scientists have pegged as the limit of safety, the government’s climate advisers have warned, as current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate.
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November 24, 9:56 AM
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On a blue-skied summer morning, Place Pasteur in the historic center of Besançon is abuzz with colorful market stalls selling trinkets and antiques. But it’s also here that residents bring a different kind of valuable good every weekday, to give away for free.
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November 21, 9:11 AM
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Governments across the continent have attacked green rules with increasing ferocity – all while professing their commitment to existing climate targets. The unusually wind-powered and cycle-friendly Nordic nation – whose ruling Social Democrats suffered a setback in elections on Tuesday – promised on Monday to cut planet-heating pollution by at least 82% by 2035 from 1990 levels. The goal inches past the UK’s landmark 81% target for that year and races ahead of the EU’s rather wide goal of 66.3% to 72.5%.
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November 14, 5:51 AM
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Les eurodéputés ont approuvé le 13 novembre leur version de l’omnibus sur le devoir de vigilance des entreprises avec une majorité allant du Parti populaire européen à l’extrême droite, et l’appui d’une poignée de centristes et de sociaux-démocrates. C’est la première fois qu’un texte de cette importance politique et législative est adopté par cet attelage à droite toute. La détérioration continue des relations entre les formations centrales rend la suite de la mandature plus imprévisible encore qu’auparavant.
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November 14, 5:26 AM
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Porteuses des deux tiers de l’investissement public civil, les collectivités locales jouent un rôle déterminant pour réussir la transition bas-carbone. Le prochain mandat municipal sera décisif pour atteindre les objectifs climat que la France s’est fixée à l’horizon 2030. À l’heure des débats sur le projet de loi de finances 2026 et à la veille du Congrès des maires, les marges de manœuvre budgétaires des territoires suscitent de nouvelles interrogations. Les analyses d’I4CE montrent que les investissements des collectivités en faveur du climat ont progressé depuis 2017, mais cette dynamique pourrait marquer le pas en cette fin de mandat. Par ailleurs, les montants engagés demeurent encore insuffisants au regard des besoins identifiés pour contribuer aux objectifs nationaux de réduction des gaz à effet de serre. Le prochain mandat doit donc être celui d’un changement d’échelle. Pour réussir, État et collectivités doivent changer de méthode afin d’activer pleinement les leviers existants et renforcer l’action locale en faveur de la transition.
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November 13, 11:05 AM
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Tampere’s story is one of changes, and the city has reinvented itself repeatedly. Beginning as the cradle of Finnish industrialisation, moving onto being an ICT hub and home for Nokia and finally transforming into a developing smart city, Tampere has come a long way to become one of the most advanced cities in northern Europe, while keeping its clean urban nature. Tampere is not only Finland’s third largest city with its 241 000 inhabitants, it is also the Sauna capital of the world.
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November 13, 9:52 AM
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A first-of-its-kind energy initiative aims to make the green transition more accessible, delivering affordable solar power to those most in need
A scheme in London is delivering clean, affordable energy directly to residents in social housing via newly regulated solar microgrids.
Rooftop panels have existed on housing estates such as Frampton Park in the borough of Hackney for some time, but they only feed into the grid.
However, a new, first-of-its-kind scheme enables tenants to benefit directly from the power generated on their rooftops.
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November 13, 9:36 AM
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On Amsterdam’s 750th anniversary, it continues to be a leader in climate adaptation — showing how a city can thrive in overcoming existential challenges.
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November 13, 8:51 AM
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The European Union must slash its emissions to one tenth of 1990 peak levels by the end of the next decade, the European Parliament agreed on Thursday in a series of sometimes secret votes, with the yes camp outnumbering the noes by almost two to one. Despite concerns over growing opposition within the ranks of the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP), 409 lawmakers backed a deal agreed earlier in a centrist alliance with the Socialsts & Democrats, liberal Renew group and the Greens.
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November 12, 11:49 AM
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As the European Commission prepares to unveil the Citizens’ Energy Package in 2026, energy communities and campaigners see an opportunity to shape Europe’s energy transition into a more inclusive and democratic process. However, questions remain about whether the package can adequately address energy poverty and ensure fairness, or whether it will fail to meet its potential.
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November 6, 8:28 AM
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The authors discuss the challenges of curbing land take and the complexity of achieving the net-zero limit. They call for a shift in perspective beyond the restrictive logic of traditional land-use planning and suggest that the regenerative potential of cities be unleashed.
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October 23, 2:24 AM
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À Strasbourg, la nouvelle mandature écologiste a mis en œuvre plusieurs dispositifs de participation, mais qui s’avèrent peu appropriés par les habitants et ne transforment pas le fonctionnement des institutions qui les soutiennent.
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October 15, 10:04 AM
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Placemaking Week Europe turned Reggio Emilia into a living laboratory, with 600+ participants co-creating solutions in five neighborhoods. Through Local Challenges, locals and internationals tested ideas—from quick actions to long-term strategies—showing how participatory approaches make cities more liveable, inclusive, and resilient.
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