100 Climate Neutral Cities by 2030
EU Has a Mission: 100 Climate Neutral Cities by 2030. The UN Conference on Climate Change Wrapped-up in Glasgow With Disappointments For Some, But Forward Looking Mayors Are on Board for Net Zero
How to finance lasting climate solutions?
That is the trillion dollar question. A good paper here on what is at stake, by Mark Carney, UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance and the UK Prime Minister's Finance Adviser for COP26.
EU Mission: Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities
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25 November 2021: Horizon Europe Will Announce a Call for Expressions of Interest
EU to Launch 350 Million Euros Funding to Make 100 Cities Climate Neutral
The EU is ready to deploy financing and grants through its Horizon Europe funding framework programme for tech companies and other innovators that will help cities achieve the ambitious goal of 100 cities climate neutral by 2030.
A feasible goal if mayors and others are on board, particularly the private sector. Horizon Europe is the EU’s funding programme for research and innovation with a budget of €95.5 billion for the period from 2021-2027.
The UN Brief interviewed Matthew Baldwin, European Commission Deputy Director-General for the Mobility and Transport Directorate-General to speak about the cities that already signalled their interest during COP26 , including Marseille with a population of 861,000, and Mannheim a 309,307 inhabitants city in Germany.
Zaragoza in Spain too, with a population of 666,880 inhabitants in its metropolitan area, is working towards that goal. Cities from across the world were pushing and pulling levers to advance their ways of addressing climate change at COP26.