Two thirds of large cities have upwardly revised their climate targets for 2030 following the start of the European Green Deal and adoption of the EU Climate Law according to interim survey results collected by Eurocities. “This shows why international action, such as we hope to see from leaders at the UN Climate Change Conference,…
Ahead of the European Council summit on 10-11 December, mayors warn that the EU 2030 emissions reduction target should be revised upwards to at least 60% by 2030. “Five years after the Paris agreement, the pandemic has shown sustainability to be a crucial issue on which we cannot fail,” says Dario Nardella, President of Eurocities and Mayor…
The cities alliance engaged in regulating Short Term Holiday Rentals (STHR), met last week with the European Commission Executive Vice-President, Margrethe Vestager. The mayors and representatives of cities want stronger regulations on the STHR market in order to counter the harmful impact of STHR on the housing market and make neighbourhoods more liveable. The rise…
