Exemplary projects and initiatives are implemented and replicated at local and regional level. The following best practices are categorised by topic and geographic area.
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To support SMEs in their transition to a more sustainable approach in Central Finland, the Regional Council, together with the City of Jyväskylä, the Chamber of Commerce and Entrepreneurs have created a platform for business about mutual learning in sustainability.
Read more >>Discover the creation of TerriSTORY® led by AURA-EE, a tool made to track the environmental transitions in the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region in France.
Read more >>Due to high energy prices in the last years, many households are facing the problem of energy poverty. This was fought in the Medjimurje region by MENEA and the implementation of project CO-EMEP, oriented towards this phenomenon.
Read more >>The Union of Cyprus Communities and the Cyprus Energy Agency participate in the project “Tackle Energy Poverty in Households with Disabled People and Support Social Integration”, aiming to fight energy poverty at national level with a particular focus in households with disabled people.
Read more >>Discover how 3 Counties Energy Agency and Corcra Ltd will equip heavy good vehicules (HGVs) in Ireland with smart technology to reduce carbon emissions by 10% and save up to 10% on their fuel costs.
Read more >>Find out how little by little, La Gomera, island of the Canary Archipelago (Spain), is becoming fueled by 100% renewable energy, helped by the Canary Islands Institute of Technology.
Read more >>Learn how the project CARING (Clean energy initiatives targeted to small islands), carried by ESIN, enables six small islands in the EU to advance their clean energy transition. One of those islands, Ile aux Moines in Brittany, which is part of the Ponant Islands Association, will implement electric mobility on the whole island.
Read more >>Read about the establishment of the Action Plan for the Clean Energy Transition of the island of Crete, in Greece, led by the Crete Regional Energy Agency.
Read more >>Discover how the Greek Islands adapted to the National Plan for E-mobility and the obligation for all Municipalities to develop Electric Vehicle Charging Plans (EVCPs), accompanied by AEGEA in collaboration with DAFNI.
Read more >>From 2012 to 2017, Wallonia has supported the commitment of municipalities to the Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy – Europe through the Climate and Energy Policy Programme (POLLEC) implying a number of missions including financial support to the municipalities but also the development and implementation of their Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans.
Read more >>The Regional Energy Agency Kvarner prepared the first Joint Sustainable Energy and Climate Action plan in Primorje Gorski Kotar County in Croatia, to adapt to climate change focusing on the sectors of Water supply, Health and Tourism.
Read more >>The first crowd-investing initiative in Croatia implemented the crowd investment, a micro-loan model, to involve its citizens in the sustainable development of their city – Križevci.
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