We participated in the NetZeroCities meeting in Lyon to improve support for mission cities

From October 22 to 24, 33 organizations, including the itdUPM team, participated in the biannual meeting of the NetZeroCities Consortium in the city of Lyon, France, with the aim of improving the current support to mission cities on their path towards climate neutrality and the implementation of the Climate Agreement.

Among the most important aspects addressed during the conference, we highlighted the lessons learned from the Climate Agreements signed so far by mission cities, policy innovations and advanced forms of collaboration to accelerate the mission of achieving climate neutral cities.

In addition, the important role of National Platforms, such as citiES2030 in Spain, in overcoming political obstacles at the national level and the urgent need for cities to attract private investment was emphasized.

The use of an economic model is essential in the decarbonization processes of cities. As highlighted in the Understanding the Economic Case for Decarbonising Cities report, this tool quantifies a baseline of emissions and helps cities analyze costs and benefits as a basis for developing an effective strategic plan for decarbonization. This analysis, which can be downloaded from the NetZeroCities website as a PDF, includes examples of how the model was used effectively in the EU Healthy Clean Cities initiative to help cities analyze costs and benefits as a basis for developing an effective strategic plan for decarbonization.

One of the highlights of this report is the shift in planning to accelerate climate action, which has meant that, after three years of the project, 53 mission cities have received the EU Mission Label in recognition of their sound climate plans, 104 cities are part of the Pilot Cities Program (PCP) and another 56 are participating in the Twinning Learning Program.

The Agora Lyon 2030 initiative, which involves citizens in city council activities related to climate change initiatives, and the Lyon Confluence initiative as a model for sustainable urban development, were also presented at the meeting.

citiES 2030, at the Climate Neutrality Forum

Last October, Julio Lumbreras and Soledad Fontana, from the citiES 2030 platform and members of itdUPM, participated in the Climate Neutrality Forum organized by M100 Hub in Bucharest, the national platform of cities in Romania.

This event presented the ten new Romanian cities selected to be part of the platform with the objective of achieving climate neutrality in their territories by 2030.

The forum brought together key players in Romania in the field of climate neutrality, including high-level officials, municipal representatives, civil society and private sector participants. The objective was to coordinate efforts to achieve the climate neutrality targets set at the European level and to assist cities in their ecological transition process.

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From October 22 to 24, 33 organizations, including the itdUPM team, participated in the biannual meeting of the NetZeroCities Consortium in the city of Lyon, France, with the aim of improving the current support to mission cities on their path towards climate neutrality and the implementation of the Climate Agreement.

Among the most important aspects addressed during the conference, we highlighted the lessons learned from the Climate Agreements signed so far by mission cities, policy innovations and advanced forms of collaboration to accelerate the mission of achieving climate neutral cities.

In addition, the important role of National Platforms, such as citiES2030 in Spain, in overcoming political obstacles at the national level and the urgent need for cities to attract private investment was emphasized.

The use of an economic model is essential in the decarbonization processes of cities. As highlighted in the Understanding the Economic Case for Decarbonising Cities report, this tool quantifies a baseline of emissions and helps cities analyze costs and benefits as a basis for developing an effective strategic plan for decarbonization. This analysis, which can be downloaded from the NetZeroCities website as a PDF, includes examples of how the model was used effectively in the EU Healthy Clean Cities initiative to help cities analyze costs and benefits as a basis for developing an effective strategic plan for decarbonization.

One of the highlights of this report is the shift in planning to accelerate climate action, which has meant that, after three years of the project, 53 mission cities have received the EU Mission Label in recognition of their sound climate plans, 104 cities are part of the Pilot Cities Program (PCP) and another 56 are participating in the Twinning Learning Program.

The Agora Lyon 2030 initiative, which involves citizens in city council activities related to climate change initiatives, and the Lyon Confluence initiative as a model for sustainable urban development, were also presented at the meeting.

citiES 2030, at the Climate Neutrality Forum

Last October, Julio Lumbreras and Soledad Fontana, from the citiES 2030 platform and members of itdUPM, participated in the Climate Neutrality Forum organized by M100 Hub in Bucharest, the national platform of cities in Romania.

This event presented the ten new Romanian cities selected to be part of the platform with the objective of achieving climate neutrality in their territories by 2030.

The forum brought together key players in Romania in the field of climate neutrality, including high-level officials, municipal representatives, civil society and private sector participants. The objective was to coordinate efforts to achieve the climate neutrality targets set at the European level and to assist cities in their ecological transition process.

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