Decarbonisation pathways for local authorities, citizen and businesses
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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...
Air pollution in the city down by more than 30%
Measures introduced in Barcelona City - LOCALISED partner - since 2015 to boost sustainable mobility and cut the number of vehicles generating emissions have led to better air quality and a 31% reduction in air pollution. The growth of the bike...
The role of emerging carbon removal solutions in the future of the EU’s climate policy and energy security
The LOCALISED partner, CMCC has published a paper in the journal of Frontiers in Chemical Engineering where it has developed a game theoretical framework to analyse and understand the interaction among the key players in the EU’s climate and energy...
Overview of Renovation Wave policies in 4 EU countries reveals a common theme and approaches
The Renovation Wave (RW) initiative has been designed by the European Union (EU) to tackle the dual problem of economic growth and energy saving in the building sector. In particular, it aims to double the annual energy renovation rate throughout...
Intensive and inspiring days of sharing knowledge about climate change and nature-based solutions for our partner Metropolitan Area Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot
The educational project “Climate in the Schools of Metropolis” implemented by Metropolitan Area Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot is entering a new stage. Training for nature, biology and geography teachers from 40 schools participating in the project has been completed.
Explore the recent paper on Urban Adaptation plans in Europe of LOCALISED partner University of Twente
A group of scientists evaluated urban adaptation plans in 167 European cities to understand if there is an evolution on plan quality over time.
“Transformative Climate Media for Urban Futures” – Report on the international and interdisciplinary symposium
From 24-25 January 2023, Tobias Gralke and Bernd Hezel from the LOCALISED project partner Climate Media Factory co-hosted the international and interdisciplinary symposium “Transformative Climate Media for Urban Futures” at the Brandenburg Center...
The City of Barcelona, partner of LOCALISED, is the first-ever European Capital of Democracy
On January the 18th it was announced that The City of Barcelona - LOCALISED partner - is the holder of the first-ever title of European Capital of Democracy (ECoD). The city will host events on citizen participation and democracy, starting from...
The partner Climate Media Factory is co-organising the international symposium “TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE MEDIA FOR URBAN FUTURES”
On 24-25 January the international symposium "TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE MEDIA FOR URBAN FUTURES" will take place in Potsdam (Germany). The event is co-organised by Climate Media Factory - LOCALISED partner - and Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF,...
Support mechanism to foster the implementation of Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAPs) in the Mediterranean
The Catalan Research Center (IREC) – partner of LOCALISED – is part of an initiative launched in 2021, the SEACAP 4 SDG project, which fosters the implementation and improvement of Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Action Plans (SECAPs) to achieve Med integration through uniform adapted assessment and financing methods, for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in a smart society.