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On January 9th, 2024, the third Ready4NetZero webinar hosted a discussion with climate action community engagement experts, which was attended by nearly 70 participants. During the webseminar moderated by Linda Mederake from Ecologic Institute gGmbH, the importance of the Ready4NetZero project was highlighted. The project aims to develop a Guide to Developing Local Climate Neutral Strategies, which includes case studies, key elements, measures, and strategies related to climate neutrality. The webseminar featured three guests from the German municipalities of Osnabrück, Ahrweiler, and Kempten, who shared their success stories of engaging citizens in the journey toward a low-emission future.
Read more: Engaging Citizens for Climate Neutrality - highlitghts from webinar #3
Ready4NetZero consortium are inviting all interested in citizen participation topic to the webinar #3 “Navigating Challenges in Citizen Participation for Climate Neutrality". On the way to climate neutrality, the role of citizen involvement and participatory planning is crucial for a variety of reasons such as ensuring transparency in decision-making, governance openness and ownership over the decisions given to the public. Engaging the community in climate action helps building trust, inclusivity and accountability in the pursuit of net zero solutions. Yet, many municipalities struggle with realizing citizen involvement and participatory planning, as well as with meeting expectations for integrating public feedback into strategies and measures.
The second Ready4NetZero webinar, part of a capacity building series, organized on 21nd of November 2023, hosted over 46 participants: city officials and municipal staff from Croatia, Hungary, Poland and Romania. The event had a highlight on the city of Zagreb and its financial strategy, in the light of their climate transition process. Another important topic on the agenda was the City of Zagreb's Energy Information Centre, a valuable resource for citizens seeking information on renewable energy sources.
The project consortium warmly invites you to participate in the webinar "Financing the Climate Transition" which will be held on November 21, 2023 from 10:00-11:30 a.m. This will be the second event in a series of webinars for representatives of local government units, during which invited experts share their experiences and tips on how to effectively implement climate planning in the city.
Read more: Financing the Climate Transition - invitation to 2nd webinar in series
The first Ready4NetZero webinar from a capacity building series, organized in mid-September 2023, hosted over 50 participants: city officials and municipal staff from Croatia, Hungary, Poland and Romania. Eager to debate the challenges that European municipalities are facing in their paths towards climate-neutral cities, participants engaged in dialogue with the guest speaker, Helmut Muthig, a certified physicist and Managing Director of an MBDA company, known for his expertise in dealing with Climate Changes and Energy Transition.
Read more: Possible way to self-sufficiency and climate neutrality - highlitghts from webinar #1
The Association of Municipalities Polish Network „Energie Cités” invites you to the webinar “Long term approach: A possible way to self-sufficiency and climate neutrality in 2035” organized under the framework of the Ready4NetZero project, which will take place on September 19, 2023 from 10:00 to 11:30.
The special guest of the event will be Dr. Helmut MUTHIG, Pfaffenhofen (Germany) - expert, physicist and board member of the Solar Energy Association, who will bring the participants of the webinar closer to the details of the process of city Pfaffenhofen's path to climate neutrality.
European Union aims to become the world’s first climate neutral territory. To achieve this goal, action is needed at all levels, including the local one. More than half of Europe’s urban population lives in small and medium-sized cities, which have a key role to play in reducing greenhouse gases emissions. Local governments become more and more committed to climate action, however often they have limited staff capacity, restricted financial resources and knowledge gaps that hamper ambitious, coordinated local efforts to become more climate friendly.
Poland, Croatia, Hungary, Romania and Germany have joined forces to support local authorities from central and south-eastern Europe in developing, monitoring and implementing climate neutrality strategies, thus contributing to the EU's 2050 targets.