HEU project NetZeroCities to be coordinated by EIT Climate-KIC
October 6, 2021Hat: HEU project NetZeroCities to be coordinated by EIT Climate-KIC
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The four years projects NetZeroCities, for climate-neutral and smart cities, funded by the Horizon Europe Framework Programme and coordinated by EIT Climate-KIC, is starting in October 2021. It aims at supporting European cities in radically cutting down greenhouse gas emissions in order to achieve climate neutrality.
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In response to the current climate emergency and objectives set out by the Paris Agreement, the European Union has commited to lead on climate action and cut its emissions by 55% by 2030, with the objective of reaching climate neutrality by 2050.
One of EU’s missions in that context is the “100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030”, that sets the following prioritiy actions:
- Development of a service-oriented platform supported by world-class practitioners;
- Co-creation of solutions needed to achieve net-zero goals in a socially-inclusive way;
- Capacity building on systemic change, citizen engagement and democratic governance, capital and financial structuring, and social innovation;
- Development and promotion of new and existing tools, resources, and expertise into a one-stop shop platform that will be accessible to all cities through an online portal;
- Support of up to 30 pilot cities to help drive rapid learning about how to achieve climate neutrality at the city scale.
EIT Climate-KIC to coordinate Horizon Europe Mission project for Climate-neutral and Smart Cities
Url description: European Institute of Innovation and Technology
Url info description: https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/100-climate-neutral-cities-2030-and-citizens_en
Url info: https://www.climate-kic.org/