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Green Deal Going Local Handbook - Slovakia

The Green Deal Handbook is an interactive guide aimed at assisting local and regional authorities in finding the best green solutions for the challenges that they are facing, as well as potential funding and technical assistance sources. The Handbook is focused on the area of adaptation, but is envisaged as an evolving resource with other policy areas being covered in the future.

 
Green Deal Going Local Handbook - Romania

The Green Deal Handbook is an interactive guide aimed at assisting local and regional authorities in finding the best green solutions for the challenges that they are facing, as well as potential funding and technical assistance sources. The Handbook is focused on the area of adaptation, but is envisaged as an evolving resource with other policy areas being covered in the future.

 
Green Deal Going Local Handbook - Portugal

The Green Deal Handbook is an interactive guide aimed at assisting local and regional authorities in finding the best green solutions for the challenges that they are facing, as well as potential funding and technical assistance sources. The Handbook is focused on the area of adaptation, but is envisaged as an evolving resource with other policy areas being covered in the future.

 
Green Deal Going Local Handbook - Poland

The Green Deal Handbook is an interactive guide aimed at assisting local and regional authorities in finding the best green solutions for the challenges that they are facing, as well as potential funding and technical assistance sources. The Handbook is focused on the area of adaptation, but is envisaged as an evolving resource with other policy areas being covered in the future.

 
Green Deal Going Local Handbook - Lithuania

The Green Deal Handbook is an interactive guide aimed at assisting local and regional authorities in finding the best green solutions for the challenges that they are facing, as well as potential funding and technical assistance sources. The Handbook is focused on the area of adaptation, but is envisaged as an evolving resource with other policy areas being covered in the future.

 
Green Deal Going Local Handbook - Latvia

The Green Deal Handbook is an interactive guide aimed at assisting local and regional authorities in finding the best green solutions for the challenges that they are facing, as well as potential funding and technical assistance sources. The Handbook is focused on the area of adaptation, but is envisaged as an evolving resource with other policy areas being covered in the future.

 
Green Deal Going Local Handbook - Italy

The Green Deal Handbook is an interactive guide aimed at assisting local and regional authorities in finding the best green solutions for the challenges that they are facing, as well as potential funding and technical assistance sources. The Handbook is focused on the area of adaptation, but is envisaged as an evolving resource with other policy areas being covered in the future.

 
State of the European Union: regions and cities answer the call and stand ready

President von der Leyen' speech on the State of the European Union is a good sum up of the challenges Europe is facing and a clear demonstration of political will and ambition to overcome them. On behalf of regions and cities from all the Union, represented by the European Committee of Regions I would like to make it clear that we answer her call to win over these challenges and we stand ready to do our part in the European common effort.

 
Multilevel Climate and Energy Dialogue: UNFCCC COP 27

In partnership with the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union , the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is organising the Multilevel Climate and Energy Dialogue on the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (COP27).

 
How to design green cities with citizens - Insights from BiodiverCities

The event will be a snapshot of results and debate about policy and other enabling conditions to ensure that citizens are engaged in the co-creation of urban green infrastructure. The programme includes a number of conversations and storytelling from representatives and practitioners of the ten cities involved in the project, as well as interventions by EU and local policymakers.

 
External meeting of the Council of Ministers of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate

An external meeting of the Council of Ministers of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate will take place in Brussels on 6​ September 2022 at the European Committee of the Regions. The overarching theme for this external cabinet meeting is the European Green Deal with its chances and challenges for the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

 
Sustainability Days

From 6 to 9 September, South Tyrol is holding its very first Sustainability Days, an international platform for discussing the sustainable development of rural Europe. The European Committee of the Regions is partner of the event, which will bring experts and policymakers from a wide range of backgrounds together to explore the question of sustainable development.

 
ICLEI, WWEA and Global100RE call for renewable energy equipment for immediate humanitarian relief in Ukraine

With the ongoing war in Ukraine, more and more areas in the country are cut off the electricity supply, including hospitals and other places which urgently require access to power. In order to help civilians, the World Wind Energy Association WWEA and the Global 100% Renewable Energy Platform Global100RE (http://www.global100re.org/), supported by Global100RE Ambassador Ruslana (https://ruslana.ua/en/), are calling for donations of equipment which can supply power independently from the national grid, after all small and stand alone solar systems including batteries, power banks etc.

 
New call for best practices and climate commitments

The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is launching a new call for best practices to its members and alternates, Young Elected Politicians (YEPs) and members the CoR network of local and regional councillors to collect and promote low-carbon and sustainable projects as well as climate commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from local and regional authorities across the EU. Does your region or city have a specific project that targets the objectives of the European Green Deal? Has your region or city set a target to reduce GHG emissions by 2030 or 2050? Then this new call is right for you.