EU Mission: Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities (factsheet)
The importance of climate-neutral and smart cities
Cities play a pivotal role in achieving climate neutrality by 2050, the goal of the European Green Deal. They take up only 4% of the EU’s land area, but they are home to 75% of EU citizens. Furthermore, cities consume over 65% of the world’s energy and account for more than 70% of global CO2 emissions.
Since climate mitigation is heavily dependent on urban action, we need to support cities in accelerating their green and digital transformation. In particular, European cities can substantially contribute to the Green Deal target of reducing emissions by 55% by 2030 and, in more practical terms, to offer cleaner air, safer transport and less congestion and noise to their citizens.
- Practical Advice/Guide
English
2022
- General/no specific focus
- Cross-thematic/Interdisciplinary
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Factsheet_cities.pdf (pdf, 1.04Mb)
Entry created by Admin WBC-RTI.info on March 23, 2023
Modified on March 23, 2023
