Decarbonisation pathways for local authorities, citizen and businesses
What is LOCALISED
LOCALISED is a European-funded research project which is developing end-user products and services for local and regional administration and their citizens as well as policy and business decision-makers in ad co-design process, by providing downscaled national decarbonisation trajectories, consistent with Europe’s net-zero target, and helping to upscale the definition and implementation of mitigation and adaptation measures at local level, the establishment of Sustainable Energy and Climate actions plans (SECAPs) and the monitoring of related Sustainable Development Goals.
The LOCALISED project targets the NUTS-3 administrative level for all Europe, to help regions and their local administrations and businesses understand what options they have to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change, and how these can be implemented, taking into account energy justice.
With this it is contributing to achieving the goals of the European Green Deal on reducing its net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 (compared to 1990 levels) in a fair way, leaving no one behind.
For whom
LOCALISED activities and results are interesting for everyone doing, studying and improving climate change mitigation and adaptation measures at local and regional level in Europe: we offer information for local and regional public administrations and public technical bodies, but also to consultancies and sectoral associations, that are responsible for urban planning, energy planning, transport planning, especially those facing limited resources or lacking information; for local and regional businesses and business associations showing a growing interest in planning their carbon reduction; for academics, e.g. social, adaptation and behaviour scientists, participation research and gender studies as well as climate, mitigation, energy modellers as well as for citizens and the general public seeking new forms of participatory innovation.
Our research areas
LOCALISED will establish a reliable framework of the current status of the energy sector at NUTS-3 level to plan feasible future scenarios and to monitor the changes from real data. Providing information at lower scales needs to strike an adequate balance between: 1) the downscaling of existing information on mitigation, adaptation and impacts; and 2) the design of innovative information products and tools to targeted focus groups.
Resources
LOCALISED publishes reports and databases, interviews and videos, presenting our project results. In addition we make available interesting information from external sources on:
- Energy and emission downscaling
- Monitoring local decarbonization plans
- Regional businesses vulnerability to decarbonization
- Synergies between mitigation and adaptation
- Making sustainable decarbonization plans of cities operational management tools
- Narratives of change for citizen
Tools
LOCALISED invites you to participate in the co-design of two web applications: the Decarbonisation Profiler for local and regional administrations and their citizens and the Net-Zero Business Consultant for local and regional business and business associations. The tools will go the “last mile” bringing decarbonisation knowledge to end users. The launch of their final version is planned for the beginning of 2025.
Latest News
Initial insights from stakeholder interaction: LOCALISED identified the most relevant stakeholders to engage in the project
All LOCALISED partners have been involved in identifying the most relevant stakeholders to be engaged in the first phase of the project.
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP): A valuable bottom-up reporting initiative for understanding the implementation of climate actions
Reporting initiatives like the Carbon Disclosure Project database are highly relevant in understanding the implementation status of climate actions throughout Europe.
Data driven service platform to evaluate urban areas and their potential for building stock decarbonization
Political awareness is finally recognizing the significance of building renovation in Mediterranean areas as climate change stretches energy vulnerable households. Nevertheless, without entitling the intermediate sections of decision making with usable information,...
Latest News
Initial insights from stakeholder interaction: LOCALISED identified the most relevant stakeholders to engage in the project
All LOCALISED partners have been involved in identifying the most relevant stakeholders to be engaged in the first phase of the project.
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP): A valuable bottom-up reporting initiative for understanding the implementation of climate actions
Reporting initiatives like the Carbon Disclosure Project database are highly relevant in understanding the implementation status of climate actions throughout Europe.
Data driven service platform to evaluate urban areas and their potential for building stock decarbonization
Political awareness is finally recognizing the significance of building renovation in Mediterranean areas as climate change stretches energy vulnerable households. Nevertheless, without entitling the intermediate sections of decision making with usable information,...