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Une vingtaine de PME financée par un nouveau fonds vert parisien

Une vingtaine de PME financée par un nouveau fonds vert parisien | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
La société de capital développement vert Demeter a été sélectionnée pour lancer avant l'été un fonds de 150 à 200 millions d'euros en direction des PME de la transition écologique.
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January 29, 2018 9:28 AM
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Competences of local and regional urban governance actors to support low-carbon transitions

Competences of local and regional urban governance actors to support low-carbon transitions | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Urban areas, being responsible for large shares of global greenhouse gas emissions, are important arenas for achieving global decarbonisation. However, the systemic challenge of decarbonisation requires deep structural changes – transitions – that take place across multiple scales and along entire value chains.
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January 29, 2018 8:57 AM
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Shape or be shaped - The Young Foundation

Shape or be shaped - The Young Foundation | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
The Young Foundation's CEO, Helen Goulden, outlines some of the key recommendations coming out of the review into the Collaborative Economy for the Scottish Government, for which she was chair of this cross-sector panel.
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January 29, 2018 8:51 AM
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Sustainable Development Goal funding gap could be plugged by blended finance | Public Finance

Sustainable Development Goal funding gap could be plugged by blended finance | Public Finance | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
An additional $1trn could be found through so-called blended finances to fill the funding gap for the UN Sustainable Development Goals, a consultation paper has suggested.
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January 29, 2018 8:48 AM
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Energy Union: The way ahead through governance

Energy Union: The way ahead through governance | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
The governance of the low-carbon transition would constitute a litmus test to EU’s international credibility and evolving energy policy-making and enforceability framework, writes Yana Popkostova.  
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January 29, 2018 8:24 AM
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Climate change lauded as ‘opportunity’ in Davos

Climate change lauded as ‘opportunity’ in Davos | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Businesses should seize a $6 trillion opportunity to invest in tackling climate change over the next two decades, the head of an Indian multinational said at Davos on Thursday (25 January).
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January 26, 2018 9:35 AM
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UK to miss legal climate targets without urgent action, official advisers warn

UK to miss legal climate targets without urgent action, official advisers warn | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Vague ambitions, such as banning new petrol cars by 2040, must be turned into solid plans, says the Committee on Climate Change
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January 26, 2018 6:16 AM
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EU is gaining on economy but nor on democracy

Europe is back, the world’s business and political elites heard in Davos this week. But, as Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa rightly cautioned, there is no room for complacency. Indeed, the elephant in the room is plain to see even though few EU officials have publicly said as much: since the big bang of enlargement in 2004, most new ex-communist members have done nothing to strengthen their democracy and rule of law.
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January 25, 2018 12:33 PM
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Les députés français et allemands motivés pour un nouveau traité de l’Élysée

Les députés français et allemands motivés pour un nouveau traité de l’Élysée | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
A l’occasion du 55e anniversaire du Traité, l’Assemblée nationale et le Bundestag ont adopté une résolution commune appelant à approfondir la coopération franco-allemande.
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January 25, 2018 8:43 AM
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Integrated Stormwater management toolbox

Integrated Stormwater management toolbox | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
The toolbox introduces the most commonly used approaches and concrete tools for urban stormwater management. The toolbox is especially aimed at landscape architects, architects, and urban planners and designers, including those interested in or working with the design, planning or management of urban water.
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January 24, 2018 8:53 AM
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From San Francisco to New York, the time to divest from fossil fuels is now

From San Francisco to New York, the time to divest from fossil fuels is now | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Our two cities may be 2,900 miles apart, but our people are united in their determination to fight climate change. We’ve seen firsthand the destruction and
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January 23, 2018 5:11 AM
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Multinationals line up to claim 100% green power label

Multinationals line up to claim 100% green power label | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Renewables are becoming the energy source of choice for corporate electricity users, according to a new report by The Climate Group published in Davos today (23 January), which shows a growing number of multinationals lining up to meet 100% of their power needs from green power.
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January 23, 2018 4:14 AM
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Energies renouvelables : les négociations entre le Parlement et les Etats membres débutent

Energies renouvelables : les négociations entre le Parlement et les Etats membres débutent | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Le Parlement a acté ce qu'il souhaitait comme ambition européenne en matière de déploiement des énergies renouvelables et d'efficacité énergétique. Les négociations avec les Etats membres, dont les positions sont plus mesurées, commencent.
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January 29, 2018 10:23 AM
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Brand new app invites people of Tallinn to have their say on designing the public urban space

Brand new app invites people of Tallinn to have their say on designing the public urban space | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
The urban planners in Tallinn have recently launched the participatory mobile application called AvaLinn for encouraging co-creation and thinking together better solutions for the North Tallinn area and specifically right now for the Skoone Bastion area which is one of our project's Pilot Sites.
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En Suède, la loi impose au gouvernement de concilier politiques budgétaire et climatique

En Suède, la loi impose au gouvernement de concilier politiques budgétaire et climatique | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
La Suède s'est dotée d'une loi climat particulièrement exigeante. Elle va obliger le gouvernement à peser chaque décision budgétaire sous l'angle de
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January 29, 2018 8:52 AM
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Circular economy in the limelight in Davos

Circular economy in the limelight in Davos | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
The first Circularity Gap Report indicates that merely 9% of the world's exploited natural resources are re-used.  EURACTIV’s partner La Tribune reports
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January 29, 2018 8:50 AM
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11 member states smash 2020 renewables targets early

11 member states smash 2020 renewables targets early | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Eleven EU countries have already met their 2020 renewable energy goals ahead of schedule while the bloc as a whole has reached 17%, just shy of the overall target with two years to go, according to new data from Eurostat.
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January 29, 2018 8:47 AM
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IPCC 1.5°C report: A clarion call for EU action on climate

IPCC 1.5°C report: A clarion call for EU action on climate | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
A leaked draft of the IPCC's forthcoming report on keeping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius gives reason to hope that the target is attainable. But only if urgent action is taken immediately, warns Dr Bert Metz.
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January 26, 2018 9:37 AM
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Lloyd's of London to divest from coal over climate change

Lloyd's of London to divest from coal over climate change | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Firm follows other big UK and European insurers by excluding coal companies from 1 April
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January 26, 2018 7:27 AM
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A Amsterdam, le quartier qui veut « pirater la ville »

A Amsterdam, le quartier qui veut « pirater la ville » | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Des habitants ont pris en main le destin de Buiksloterham, un quartier de friches portuaires dans la capitale. Ils veulent en faire un laboratoire pour une ville durable et décentralisée.
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January 26, 2018 5:09 AM
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New publicaton by CEMR: “Europe 2030: local leaders speak out”

New publicaton by CEMR: “Europe 2030: local leaders speak out” | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it

CEMR President hands Commissioner Crețu the new publication “Europe 2030: local leaders speak out”
The unique piece of work of nearly 400 pages that was launched today is the result of two years of discussions and debates within CEMR. It is a collection of ideas from more than 100 local and regional leaders, from all over Europe, and a synthesis of thoughts and analyses. These come at a crucial point in time, as President Juncker and President Macron invite all Europeans to think together about the future of our Union.

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January 25, 2018 8:52 AM
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Smart City Portrait: Barcelona

Smart City Portrait: Barcelona | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
Barcelona has established a massive scale of new technological infrastructure to become smarter and is today following a human-centric smart city strategy.
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January 24, 2018 11:06 AM
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Tower Power could be the future for community energy

Tower Power could be the future for community energy | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
An innovative Edinburgh project is bringing the cost-saving benefits of renewables and advanced energy management hardware to some of Scotland's poorest homes. We'll hear more about these issues at our Low-Carbon Cities Conference on February 20, but ahead of that this blog looks at the Tower Power scheme in more detail.
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£4.4m for a social purpose bond? Not a problem for Ethex investors motivated to address fuel poverty!

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Green crowdfunding: disruption or opportunity? - CrowdFundRES

Green crowdfunding: disruption or opportunity? - CrowdFundRES | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
The disruptive character of digital technologies and startups has been acknowledged by the banks themselves, but the effects of renewable energy crowdfunding on traditional banking do more than pose a threat
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