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A new report argues that the urban canopy should be considered—and funded—as a part of a city’s public health infrastructure. 
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Renovating existing buildings and making sure new builds are fit for purpose are the crucial tenets of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), which is being voted in the European Parliament's industry committee this week. EURACTIV.com takes a closer look at the detail of the revised bill.
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The German city is working to shake off the coal dust of the industrial Ruhr, but will green tourism be profitable enough to regain its former economic strength?
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Within the EU, the acknowledgment of the need to phase out fossil fuel subsidies as a key part of the global effort to stem climate change has materialised in multiple policy decisions including the Europe 2020 Strategy and the recent EU 2030 Energy and Climate governance framework.
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Depuis le 1er juillet 2007, les marchés de l'électricité et du gaz naturel ont été complètement ouvert à la concurrence dans l'Union européenne : si certa
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Raquel Rolnik discusses how finance has taken over built spaces in cities around the world.
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GUST project results in Urban Living Labs Handbook and Massive Open Online Course | JPI Urban Europe
The GUST project from JPI Urban Europe’s Second Pilot Call exemplifies dissemination and implementation of the project results. GUST stands for ‘Governance…
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Municipal governments have played a crucial role in addressing climate for decades, complementing larger efforts and taking the lead when their national governments wouldn't.
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EU citizens increasingly concerned about climate change and see economic benefits of taking action, survey shows
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Climate and energy policy could emerge as a make-or-break topic in Germany’s coalition negotiations, after Sunday’s election result put Angela Merkel’s Conservatives on a path to forming a government with the Liberal and Green parties.
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Decarbonisation of energy systems requires deep structural change. The article "Tracking sectoral progress in the deep decarbonisation of energy systems in Europe" proposes a methodology to track the decarbonisation of energy systems of the European Union (EU). Furthermore, the authors analyse the decarbonisation rates in electricity, residential, transport. The results show that the EU has made significant progress in decarbonising its energy systems.
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Après l’avoir fait pour le petit éolien terrestre, le petit photovoltaïque, l’hydroélectricité et la production de biogaz, Bruxelles valide les soutiens français au grand éolien et aux centrales photovoltaïques de moyenne puissance intégrées aux bâtiments et aux centrales solaires au sol. Un article de notre partenaire, le Journal de l'Environnement.
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Le projet de TramFret aura pris du temps avant de voir le jour… annoncé pour 2016 puis pour avril 2017, c’est en juin de cette année que le transport de marchandises par tram a pu enfin être testé à Saint-Etienne. Retour sur une première expérience.
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EU member states can enable the upscaling of good examples of local climate action by closing loopholes in the Effort Sharing Regulation, a centerpiece of the EU's climate policy, write Claire Roumet and Femke de Jong.
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Lancée le 14 novembre 2016 lors de la COP 22 à Marrakech, sous l’égide de l’Union pour la Méditerranée (UpM) et de ses deux coprésidences, l’Union européenne et le Royaume de Jordanie
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This new tool - Moblity as a Service (MaaS) Readiness Level Indicators for local authorities – offers a new approach to understand how local authorities can speed up the process of MaaS in their local context. It can be used as a discussion tool and a check list to develop measures in the local authorities. The tool has been developed as part of the CIVITAS ECCENTRIC project and was launched at the CIVITAS Forum 2017 in Torres Vedras. Find out more in the document below.
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Among the numerous activities proposed by the municipalities of Brussels-Capital are exchanges of views on the topics of local democracy, good governance, dialogue between authorities and citizens, as well as conferences on youth participation and a colloquy on e-participation.
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Le vélo dans les villes européennes : mentalités, pratiques et politiques urbaines - Métropolitiques
Contribuer au débat international sur une ville sûre, saine et attractive – tel est l'enjeu de Cycling Cities, une historiographie comparative qui
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Maximising the synergy between renewable energy and energy efficiency can drastically reduce energy-related carbon emissions.
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Member States to benefit from over €222 million investments for environment, nature and climate action
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The European Parliament on Wednesday (3 October) backed a resolution that calls on the EU to increase its 2030 climate targets and to come up with a mid-century zero-emissions strategy by an all-important UN summit in 2018.
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Ludovic Dupin writes on the Novethic website about the push by France’s national energy agency to get the financial industry more involved in the energy transition. While this is important for France, it is also important for all of Europe to see these efforts. ADEME calls on the world of finance to mobilise on…
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EU member states risk undermining the diminishing confidence Europeans have in the Union by playing a two-faced game on climate change, warns Wendel Trio.
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The integration of the EU power market is regressing instead of progressing, warns Peter Styles of EFET. Regulations have become too complex,
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The necessary ambition of a common energy policy must be backed up by tangible projects that can be readily understood by all European citizens, writes Michel Derdevet.
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