climate change

[Webinar] Transformative climate action and COP26
Are you working to deliver transformative change for a 1.5 degree world? Are you involved in COP26? Join EIT Climate-KIC (...)

Future of the Covenant of Mayors in Europe
Find out what are the results of the survey done during the summer 2020 for the collection of the views on the future of (...)

World Green Building Council highlights innovation in the sustainable building sector with Building A Better Future series
Produced by BBC StoryWorks, the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) films explore how sustainable buildings can address (...)

Madrid, Amsterdam and Milan: Three cities putting citizen participation at the heart of climate action
The Extinction Rebellion or Fridays for Future global actions have shown that citizens around the world want to have a say (...)

[Book] Circular Economy : From Waste Reduction to Value Creation
Due to the challenges of climate change, the collapse of biodiversity and an increase in inequality, it has become necessary (...)

Cassetex from Bangladesh, Sosei from Uruguay and Carbon Craft Design from India win the seventh edition of ClimateLaunchpad
More than 3,000 entrepreneurs from 56 countries participated in the ClimateLaunchpad 2020. This year’s global climate competi (...)

[Webinar] Do not demolish, repurpose !
How to develop adaptive reuse and flexible building design ? The repurposing of existing buildings and the development of (...)

The climate emergency demands bold policy innovations – can cities deliver?
While the challenges of climate change and a global health crisis converge in cities, the economic conditions created by (...)

|Call for abstracts| 13th International Scientific Conference on Energy and Climate Change
The 12th International Conference on “Energy and Climate Change” will take place at the “Kostis Palamas” building, on (...)

Measuring circularity
A webinar organised by HOUSEFUL partner Housing Europe shed light on the many different available approaches to assess the (...)

Revised focus and timeline for the 2020 Roger Léron Award
In March 2020, FEDARENE launched the 2020 Roger Léron Award and its call for nominations in order to celebrate outstanding (...)

Heatwaves can kill – research uncovers the homes most vulnerable to overheating
Around 19% of EU households get uncomfortably warm during the summer and in some countries, the figure is close to 50%. It (...)

EIT Climate-KIC is restructuring to deliver systems transformation for climate change
EIT Climate-KIC is restructuring to provide “systems transformation as a service” for Europe to deliver on its decarbonisatio (...)

The Covenant of Mayors Board calls for a Green Recovery Strategy
In an Open Letter published on May 5th, members of the Covenant of Mayors – Europe Board are calling upon EU decision makers (...)

Need a hand with finding the right green solutions for your city?
The European project URBAN GreenUP has released a digital tool to help cities identify the best Nature-Based Solutions to (...)