Yesterday, the Covenant city of Lisbon has been awarded Eurpean Green Capital 2020 during the Awards Ceremony in Nijmegen (Netherlands). The cities of Cornellà de Llobregat (Spain) and Horst aan de Maas (Netherlands) won the European Green Leaf Award 2019, established in 2015 to recognise the environmental efforts and achievements of...Read more

As one of Poland's first signatories of the Covenant of Mayors, Warsaw has decided to improve its air quality by radically transforming its public transport system. Currently, the transport system is responsible for about 60% of the city's pollutant emissions and for more than 16% of its CO2 emissions. Additionally, the share of people...Read more

As part of the EU Sustainable Energy Week 2018 (EUSEW) held between 4-8 June, the European Covenant of Mayors Office organised two sessions to highlight successful actions implemented by Covenant cities and focus on their challenges ahead.

On the 6th of June, our session on Energy poverty: inclusive clean energy transition and best...Read more

The Climathon is a 24-hour hackathon taking place on 26 October 2018 simultaneously in major cities around the world. The European Covenant of Mayors, partnering with the event, invites all the municipalities of the Covenant community to join this global movement dedicated to solving the toughest climate challenges cities face...Read more