Jane McLaughlin and Ed Synnott have been working with NetZeroCities since early 2022 to advise cities within the EU’s flagship Mission – ‘100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030’ as part of the ‘NetZeroCities’ project.
NetZeroCities supports Europe and in particular European cities to drastically cut down greenhouse gas emissions through climate action to achieve ‘climate neutrality’, one of the biggest challenges our societies face today.
NetZeroCities provides the platform for cities in the EU Mission 100 Smart and Climate Neutral Cities by 2030. The Mission is the most far reaching and radical programme to achieve climate neutrality for cities globally. Reaching climate neutrality by 2030 for most cities is extremely challenging and requires systems transformation in governance, and in approach and delivery across the entire city (not just within the local authority). This requires a systemic whole-of-city approach to be taken, and the programme provides innovative governance tools to help cities encourage wider stakeholders to get on board with the journey, known as Climate City Contracts.