Welcome to the 9th Edition of the CoP-Cities Newsletter. 

We hope you had a restful summer break and that, as the threats of COVID-19 waves slowly fade away, you can soon go back to a more normal working life.  

This gradual return to normality should, however, not make us forget about the other formidable challenges that our cities are still facing. The extreme floods, heatwaves, and fires that occurred this summer have shown that all of us, from north to south, are vulnerable to climate extremes, and highlighted the need to transition to a new model, fairer, greener, and respectful of our environment.  

More than ever, we need to work together to build on our strength and innovation potential to make our cities more resilient and to start implementing solutions quickly and at scale. 

We sincerely hope the CoP-Cities can contribute to bring us closer to these goals and that, with the new school-year, we can now re-energise our network and deepen our interactions. We hope you appreciate this latest edition of our newsletter and we wish you all a productive Autumn. 

As usual, keep in mind that this is a bi-monthly publication, with a new edition foreseen for the end of November. For any feedback on this edition, or contributions to the following one, including highlights of your current work, upcoming publications, or events, please let us know at jrc-kctp@ec.europa.eu. 

The Editorial Team 

 Jean-Philippe Aurambout, Patrizia Sulis, and Giulia Testori