Forty cities from across Europe have been announced as NetZeroCities’ first cohort of Twin Cities, joining the growing network of cities engaging with the EU’s Cities Mission to make more than 100 cities climate neutral by 2030. The successful applicant cities, which include seven from Associated Countries of the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, will now be matched with a Pilot City or cluster of cities already innovating and piloting decarbonisation activities as part of the Cities Mission.
The Twinning Learning Programme is a 20-month programme that aims to transfer knowledge and build capacities across the Pilot Cities and Twin Cities engaged in the programme. It will start at the end of September 2023 and will end in May 2025. experience are at the core of the exchange. They will also have access to support from world-class practitioners and experts to help them achieve their goals.
Cities have several opportunities to get involved in the learning journey proposed by NetZeroCities, whether as a Mission City, Pilot City’, or Twin City, depending on their commitments and progress to climate neutrality. The next call for applications to become a Twin City Cohort 2 will take place in spring 2024. In the meantime, the 40 Twin Cities are expanding the impact of climate neutrality-oriented actions taking place not only across the Cities Mission, but in an expanding network of cities engaging with the goal of climate neutrality by 2030.
From Türkiye;
ESKİŞEHİR is paired with Pilot City Budapest’s and KONYA is paired with Pilot city Rivne. Twin and Pilot Cities with a similar thematic focus in realising climate neutrality have been matched to actively shape each other’s development through knowledge exchange and collaborative problem-solving. Relationship building as well as the mutual learning
İSTANBUL was selected as a Pilot city before with their project named “Green and Carbon Neutral Building Transition Guide-İstanbul Model”. Now, OR YEHUDA (ISRAIL) and MYTILENE (GREECE) are paired with İstanbul. The new Twin Cities will capitalise on the achievements and experiences of Pilot Cities by learning and reproducing good practices.
More information: https://netzerocities.eu/2023/09/25/dozens-of-twin-cities-across-europe-to-receive-support-and-join-the-eus-drive-to-100-climate-neutral-cities/
