There is currently a wide range of EU initiatives that provide opportunities for cities and regions to accelerate the green transition and facilitate the implementation of the European Green Deal. A…
There is currently a wide range of EU initiatives that provide opportunities for cities and regions to accelerate the green transition and facilitate the implementation of the European Green Deal. A…
The EU's climate objectives will require an almost completely decarbonised electricity system by 2035, which is why regions and cities are urging the co-legislators to agree on an ambitious EU…
In a bilateral meeting held on 5 July, the President of the European Committee of the Regions, Vasco Alves Cordeiro, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, focused on the…
Committee of Regions in exchange with top level of European Commission, discussing policy priorities and implications for regions and cities one year ahead of European elections. The President of…
The monthly Green Deal Funding Alert gives you an overview of funding opportunities and initiatives that may be of interest to your city or region. In this edition, we have highlighted three…
How Cohesion Policy could continue to effectively tackle social and economic disparities between regions and support their green transition, while giving to territories the means to overcome major…
On 22 June, the European Commission awarded 15 local initiatives across Europe with the New European Bauhaus prize. Tanya Hristova (BG/EPP), Mayor of Gabrovo and Chair of the Commission for Social…
The external seminar of the CoR's Commission for Environment, Climate Change and Energy (ENVE) was held in Tallinn on 6 June. The event was organized in cooperation with the City of Tallinn,…
Two years after its adoption, it is clear that the EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-27 does not offer sufficient responses to current crises such as the consequences of Russia’s invasion…
The floods that devastated some regions in the north of Italy last week have once again demonstrated the urgency for the European Union to adopt a new collective approach to better deal with risks…
An international conference – co-organised with the Ukrainian, Swiss and UK governments, the OECD and the European Commission – on the role of regions and cities in Ukraine's recovery and…
Setting stricter and more binding targets on urban wastewater treatment and ambient air quality are crucial steps for the EU's zero-pollution ambition and will improve citizen's health and…