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February 3, 2021 4:41 AM
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This report explores the association between municipalities pursuing circular economy policy and investments in circular business that create jobs. Additionally, it takes a closer look at how businesses perceive this municipal support for the circular economy. The report summarises the findings of a study by Circle Economy and the Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organisation with the support of the Goldschmeding Foundation.
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February 2, 2021 10:41 AM
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Green Lease Contracting Green leasing contracting is a good way to motivate both building owner and tenant to adopt energy saving measures. By reaching this kind of agreement, energy savings will be shared in a way that both parties will gain on the savings. The contract also contributes to a dialog between partners and puts […]
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January 27, 2021 12:25 PM
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The European Commission has approved an investment worth over €55 million from the European Regional Development Fund to replace more than 68 km of Zagreb's heating pipes with a more reliable and efficient network. This major EU project for the capital of Croatia will reduce heat and water losses and will make the system compatible with renewable heating sources.
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January 21, 2021 7:42 AM
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2021 marks the beginning of the new 7-year Multiannual Financial Framework of the European Union. The European Cyclists' Federation releases today 27 country-specific guides to help local and regional authorities navigate through the EU Structural Funds. The "Unlocking EU Funds For Cycling Investments" report will help them gain access to the European funding available and make Europe a cycling superpower. You can access these guides here.
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January 13, 2021 9:09 AM
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Local authorities in Bulgaria are renewing street lighting systems in projects worth almost EUR 9.2 million in total, of which just one tenth is own contribution while 8.3 million was secured through EEA Grants.
Under a program called Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, funded by the EEA Grants segment of the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism 2014-2020, twenty best-ranked Bulgarian municipalities will receive between EUR 200,000 and EUR 600,000 each to replace street lighting with smart and energy efficient systems.
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December 21, 2020 5:14 AM
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In July 2020, Christine Lagarde, the President of the European Central Bank (ECB), promised to explore every avenue for greening the ECB’s operations, including the asset purchase scheme undertaken to help stimulate the Eurozone economy. Indeed, the rapid and profound economic devastation brought on by the coronavirus pandemic illustrates the vulnerability of our economies to catastrophic shocks and should prompt central banks to hasten progress towards a low-carbon transition. The ECB simply cannot afford to address one crisis whilst neglecting – if not worsening – another.
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December 17, 2020 11:11 AM
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On Wednesday, EP and Council reached a provisional agreement on setting up the Just Transition Fund to mitigate the social impact of greening the economy.
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December 14, 2020 4:31 AM
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Meeting the climate target requires rapid realignment and mobilisation of finance at a massive scale. To avoid greenwashing, the EU's sustainable finance taxonomy needs to establish screening criteria, rooted in science and linked to the metrics of climate change, writes Peter Sweatman.
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December 8, 2020 10:47 AM
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This report offers guidance on how to prepare regions and cities for the transition towards a climate-neutral and circular economy by 2050 and is directed to all policymakers seeking to identify and implement concrete and ambitious transition pathways. It describes how cities, regions, and rural areas can manage the transition in a range of policy domains, including energy supply, conversion, and use, the transformation of mobility systems, and land use practices. It takes stock of discussions between academic and policy experts emanating from a series of high-level expert workshops organised in 2019 by the OECD and the European Commission. Bringing together frontier thinking and practical examples regarding the transition to a climate-neutral economy, the transition to a circular economy, the transition in cities, the transition in rural areas, and financing and scale-up of transition action, this report identifies cross-cutting lessons to support urban, regional, and rural decision makers in managing trade-offs and in promoting, facilitating and enabling environmental and energy transitions.
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November 30, 2020 2:37 AM
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The City of Ghent provides 13 million euros to expand the supply of energy loans for all residents of Ghent. A new system of cheap, long-term energy loans should make it possible to bundle and accelerate far-reaching energy performance. The new plan will start in the spring of 2021. The need for loans is high. Half of the …
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November 26, 2020 3:52 PM
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Regional governments across the EU are bracing for difficult times ahead as they lack technical means and have scarce financial resources, according to a joint survey conducted by the European Committee of the Regions and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. EURACTIV France reports.
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November 12, 2020 11:03 AM
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Ukraine will increase the energy efficiency of some 1 000 public buildings and reduce energy consumption with a €300 million loan from the EIB. The loan will save 1 250 000 tonnes of CO2 and benefit 2.5 million people. Substantial grant contributions from the E5P and the EU are expected to complement the loan. The EU bank’s investment will improve the medium and long-term resilience to COVID-19 of the country’s public buildings, especially hospitals.
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November 12, 2020 10:41 AM
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Making European societies and economies more energy-efficient will play a key role in allowing the EU to meet its climate ambitions, create growth and improve well-being, particularly to meet the goal of making the EU carbon-neutral by 2050. Whilst energy efficiency has not always been considered as an attractive investment by the financial sector in the past, this CORDIS Results Pack features 10 EU-funded projects that have set a new dynamic for accelerating and upscaling private financing of energy efficiency investments across the EU, as well as making such investments much more attractive to investors.
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February 3, 2021 4:20 AM
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Solar parks proliferate in Europe and boost development of renewables, but the issue of land use is often raised.A new trend is to produce energy and cultivate crops at the same time, in other words use agrivoltaic systems. One example is the Torreilles solar park, in the South West of France. The plant’s total power capacity is 9.6MWand stretches for 43 hectares along the so-called “Route du soleil”, near Perpignan. It can produce 14,000,000kWh per year, enough to supply 5,200 families or allow 1,400 electric cars to travel around the world, saving1,100 tons of CO2.The system consists of 96 greenhouses equipped with solar panels. It hosts an “organic” poultry farm, which isfree-range, with the animals fed on grains grown on site. Fruit plants are also grown, with a section for exoticspecies. The Torreilles park is innovative not only for its structure, but also for its financing system linked to a Europeancross-border campaign to crowdfund renewables. Platforms Lumo, based in France, and Oneplanetcrowd, in theNetherlands, co-financed the project collecting 800 thousand euros in two rounds, coming from 350 Frenchinvestors, and 130 Dutch investors.en energy.
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February 2, 2021 10:28 AM
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In recent years, financial regulators have encouraged financial actors to take account of “climate risks” in order to ensure both financial stability and the efficient functioning of markets, the two traditional objectives of regulation. This risk-based approach is an important first step, but will it be enough to deliver on climate objectives?In this full study, as in the summary for policymakers available here, I4CE explores the specific actions that financial regulators could implement in order to go further and to accelerate the financing of the low-carbon transition.
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January 21, 2021 8:13 AM
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A survey aimed at encouraging private entities to participate in the renewable energy financing mechanism has been launched by the European Commission. Open until 15 February, the seven-point questionnaire aims at providing the Commission with indicative feedback on potential participants to the mechanism, in preparation for the first call for proposals. Adopted in September 2020, the EU renewable energy financing mechanism is now in its implementation phase. At the end of last year the Commission invited EU countries to express their interest in participating in the mechanism as a host or contributor.
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January 13, 2021 9:10 AM
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Romania’s energy supplier Restart Energy and US-based fund Interlink Capital Strategies have established a joint venture to develop USD 500 million investments in green energy in Romania and neighboring countries, as well as a blockchain platform in the US.
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January 13, 2021 6:45 AM
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December 17, 2020 11:37 AM
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Le Club des villes et territoires cyclables vient de publier un guide des coûts des politiques vélo. Destiné aux élus et techniciens territoriaux, il vise à répondre aux questions qu'ils se posent lors de l'établissement d'un plan vélo et à faciliter les estimations et budgets prévisionnels des politiques cyclables.
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December 14, 2020 7:52 AM
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Après un mandat municipal qui a vu fleurir les démarches de budgets participatifs en France, celui qui s'ouvre sera-t-il celui de la consolidation de ce processus dans les collectivités concernées ? Réunis virtuellement à Clermont-Ferrand les 2 et 3 décembre pour les cinquièmes rencontres nationales des budgets participatifs, des élus ont en tout cas exprimé leur ambition en la matière. Celle notamment d'impliquer des habitants à toutes les phases de la démarche, dans un esprit à la fois de pédagogie et de transparence.
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December 14, 2020 4:29 AM
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The European Commission will present in early 2021 an “ambitious” sustainable finance strategy to mobilise the private investment needed to meet the EU’s climate targets.
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December 8, 2020 5:00 AM
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- 8 billion EUR earmarked for European territorial cooperation
- More resources to climate and social issues
- Increased support for small projects
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November 26, 2020 4:59 PM
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The City of Ghent will be providing low-interest long-term loans to its citizens. The advantageous funding amounts to 13 million euros and is meant to facilitate the energy transition of households and the city as a whole. The new system is expected to start operating from next spring.
The residents of the Flemish city are in great need of energy loans as half of them lack the financial means to invest in climate renovations. This is what a study by Professor Johan Albrecht from the University of Ghent and the Agoria Industry Federation have concluded. Based on their findings and on the need to improve the quality of life of local residents, the city administration decided to launch a rolling fund with advantageous loans, open to everyone who needs them.
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November 18, 2020 5:01 AM
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There needs to be more effort in easing access to financial backing in order to take full advantage of Europe’s Renovation Wave, says Louise White and Reinhard Six from the European Investment Bank (EIB)
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November 12, 2020 10:47 AM
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The EU investment arm's climate roadmap ends lending to airport expansions but does not require all the bank's intermediaries to have decarbonisation plans
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