On 19 November 2020, during the Just Transition Platform Meeting, the OECD launched a report on ‘Managing Environmental and Energy Transitions for Regions and Cities’. Developed in cooperation with the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission, the report will help policy-makers who seek to implement pathways for the transition to a climate-neutral and circular economy in 2050. It describes how cities, regions and rural areas can manage the tr
- 19 November 2020
On 19 November 2020, during the Just Transition Platform Meeting, the OECD launched a report on ‘Managing Environmental and Energy Transitions for Regions and Cities’.
Developed in cooperation with the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission, the report will help policy-makers who seek to implement pathways for the transition to a climate-neutral and circular economy in 2050. It describes how cities, regions and rural areas can manage the transition in a range of policy domains, including energy supply, conversion, and use, the transformation of mobility systems, and land use practices. The OECD brings together frontier thinking and practical examples, emanating from a series of high-level expert workshops with academic and policy experts organised in 2019 together with the Commission. The cross-cutting lessons will support urban, regional, and rural decision-makers in managing trade-offs and in facilitating and enabling sustainability transitions.
The report is part of the support provided to Member States and regions to deliver the objectives of the European Green Deal, including a just transition, through cohesion policy. The Commission's proposals for a long-term budget including Next Generation EU offer ample investment opportunities for the transition to a climate-neutral and circular economy, leaving no region behind.