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Cities & regions
Moving from Protection to Prevention: Combating Violence Against Locally Elected Women
In our pursuit of gender equality, the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) is committed to exposing the hurdles faced by women in local and regional politics.
Utrecht-Leon initiative boosts Nicaraguan city
Est. 5minSPECIAL REPORT / An attractive and colourful new district of León, Nicaragua’s second city, where 20,000 people live, was created thanks to an initiative in cooperation with Utrecht.
Regions raise the pressure on climate negotiations
Est. 4minAfter their failure to influence the Lima conference last year, towns and cities are working to make their voices heard on the climate action agenda, a parallel initiative to the official Paris agreement. EURACTIV France reports.
Spain’s Leganés lends a hand to the world’s most vulnerable
Est. 7minSPECIAL REPORT / For the citizens of the Spanish municipality of Leganés, in the autonomous community of Madrid, solidarity with the world’s most vulnerable populations is second nature. EURACTIV Spain reports.
Commission to help fund Spanish rail expansion
Est. 2minThe European Commission has announced that it will invest in the expansion of Spain's high-speed rail network. EURACTIV Spain reports.
Climate change: German and South African cities to tackle threat together
Est. 6minSPECIAL REPORT / In the fight against climate change, local communities are of crucial importance. The cities of Bremen and Durban have teamed up to share expertise and technical know-how in a project that is beneficial for all involved. EURACTIV Germany reports.
Paris teams up with Johannesburg to draft climate strategy
Est. 4minSPECIAL REPORT / South Africa’s economic capital wants to develop an ambitious climate strategy, following in the footsteps of Paris, the first French city to adopt a similar strategy in 2007. EURACTIV France reports.
San Jeronimo and Edegem are proud of their compost project
Est. 8minSPECIAL REPORT / The partnership between the Belgian town of Edegem, and the Peruvian municipality of San Jeronimo has been so successful that many other localities in the Latin American country come to visit and study the project that composts organic waste and uses it for agriculture.
EU’s Energy Union will fail without cities and regions’ help
Est. 5minSPECIAL REPORT / Unless it recognises and supports the role of cities and regions, the European Union’s Energy Union strategy is doomed to failure, campaigners have warned.
Regions push for greater influence in climate negotiations
Est. 4minSPECIAL REPORT / Local authorities are raising the pressure on national governments to increase their CO2 emissions reduction targets. But they are struggling to make their voice heard at the international climate negotiations. EURACTIV France reports.
EU regions’ leadership in Ocean Energy under threat
Est. 4minEuropean regions in the United Kingdom, France, and Ireland are world leaders in pioneering ocean energy, but risk losing that status to international competitors, unless public support for the technology is stepped up.
Alpine macroregion close to launch
Est. 5minThe EUSALP project moves closer towards reality, while its maritime cousin, EUSAIR, struggles to provide results. EURACTIV Italy reports.
Paris’ ecological footprint in decline
Est. 4minCleaner transport has helped reduce the ecological footprint of the Île-de-France region over the last decade, but housing and food are two energy intensive sectors where little has changed. Journal de l'Environnement reports.
Cities reluctant to publish climate risk reports
Est. 4minEXCLUSIVE/ Thousands of cities signing up to the new Covenant of Mayors tomorrow (15 October) will submit reports on their vulnerability to climate change to the European Commission every two years - but are under no obligation to make the information public.
Europe’s regions take climate finance into their own hands
Est. 4minThe EU’s cities and regions are compensating for the lack of climate finance available by issuing their own "green bonds" for sustainable development projects. EURACTIV France reports.
Cre?u includes immigration in EU funding programmes
Est. 2minIn an effort to tackle the refugee crisis, Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cre?u decided on Wednesday (23 September) to let member states make more flexible use of certain EU funding programmes.
Greece ‘lost in translation’ over EU funds
Est. 3minThe European Commission denies a Greek claim that it rejected an official request by Athens for an extension of the 2007-2013 Multiannual Financial Framework. In the meantime, the debt-ridden country risks losing 1.4 billion euros.
Cities and regions call for access to Green Climate Fund
Est. 3minIn a joint declaration published after the World Summit for Climate & Territories, leaders from around the world called for access to the Green Climate Fund to be improved. EURACTIV France reports.
Juncker plan may bring unintended consequences for regional policy
Est. 4minIn order to encourage financial contributions from the EU member states to the Juncker investment plan, the European Commission has agreed to discount any contributions from their calculations of national deficits. But the regions fear that this leniency will lead to a diversion of EU structural funds. EURACTIV France reports.
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EPP holds Damocles’ sword over Cre?u
Est. 4minCorina Cre?u, Romania’s commissioner –designate for Regional Policy, left MEPs with mixed feelings following her confirmation hearing yesterday (1 October). The centre-right EPP reproached her for providing few ideas, and for lacking a proposal as to how to solve a major budgetary problem concerning her portfolio. EURACTIV Romania contributed to this article.
Revamped cohesion policy agreed after one year of negotiations
Est. 5minAfter more than a year of negotiations with the Commission and EU ministers, a Parliament committee has agreed a deal on the EU’s cohesion policy for 2014-2020, paving the way for the €325 billion investment tool for the EU's poor regions to come into force in time, before the end of the year.
‘Last action hero’ sexes up EU climate change gathering
Est. 5minFormer California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, a film star who is also an environmentalist, stole the show at a gathering of mayors committed to climate and energy objectives held in the European Parliament yesterday (24 June).
Northern Ireland peace fund faces EU budget uncertainty
Est. 5minDespite the recent sectarian violence that saw dozens of policemen injured in Northern Ireland, the EU programme for peace and reconciliation in the region could be in jeopardy, senior Irish representatives have told EURACTIV.
France holds out for a large EU regional budget slice
Est. 4minParis eyes an extension of €1 billion for 10 French regions that it says are collateral victims of cuts to the EU budget for 2014-2020. EURACTIV France reports.