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The Covenant of Mayors is the mainstream European movement involving local and regional authorities, voluntarily committing to increasing energy efficiency and use of renewable energy sources on their territories. By their commitment, Covenant signatories aim to meet and exceed the European Union 20% CO2 reduction objective by 2020.
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Covenant in figures
16 May 2012 - 16:40
Three Covenant of Mayors cities have been shortlisted to be crowned 2014 European Green Capital...
15 May 2012 - 09:34
As part of their commitment to the Covenant of Mayors, European cities and towns organise so-called « energy days » on a yearly basis to raise awareness of sustainable energy issues and engage with their citizens. ...
8 May 2012 - 17:46
“Our experience in building sustainable energy concepts with cities dates back to 2007 with the creation of the Covenant of Mayors,” said European Commissioner Günther Oettinger at the opening session of the EU-China urbanisation partnership held last Thursday in Brussels. The high-level event gathered 500 participants out of which 200 Chinese delegates...
7 May 2012 - 17:43
The Covenant of Mayors initiative featured high on the agenda of the 6th Finnish Climate Conference, organized on 3-4 May in Tampere...
4 May 2012 - 15:29
On the occasion of the ESOLi conference, held on 17 April with the support of the Association of Municipalities of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Region, a room full of participants listened with interest to the presentations delivered by Covenant of Mayors Signatories about energy saving public lighting projects all over Europe. ...
