NetZeroCities project, in which ERRIN is a partner, announced today the 53 selected cities for the NetZeroCities Pilot Cities Programme. The NetZeroCities Pilot Cities Programme is a crucial part of accomplishing the EU Mission 'Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities', which aims for 112 cities to be climate neutral by 2030. The programme is run by NetZeroCities which manages the Mission Platform of the EU Cities Mission.

ERRIN is pleased to see that 35 cities from ERRIN Member Regions have been selected. Pilot Cities will be supported by €32 million in grants from the NetZeroCities project to experiment with new ways to rapidly decarbonise over the course of a two-year programme. They will implement systemic and locally designed innovative activities that span multiple areas, from buildings to waste, and levers of change, including governance, finance and policy.

Over their two-year journey, cities will reflect and learn as they go, providing opportunities for other cities to follow in their footsteps, replicating and/or scaling approaches and solutions relevant to their context. In addition, all the cities that were not selected as Pilot Cities at this stage will have many other ways to engage with the Cities Mission, for example through a twinning and teaming programme that will start shortly.

Pilot Cities represent the start of a longer journey toward climate neutrality: one that will transform cities and bring them together around a shared vision for a just climate transition. Learn more about the Pilot Cities Programme here and check the selected cities belonging to ERRIN members regions below.

• Aachen (DE)
• Amsterdam (NL)
• Barcelona (ES)
• Bergamo (IT)
• Bologna (IT)
• Drammen (NO)
• Eindhoven (NL)
• Florence (IT)
• Groningen (NL)
• Guimarães (PT)
• Krakow (PL)
• Kranj (SI)
• Lahti (FI)
• Leuven (BE)
• Ljubljana (SI)
• Łódź (PL)
• Madrid (ES)
• Malmö (SE)
• Mannheim (DE)
• Milan (IT)
• Münster (DE)
• Padova (IT)
• Parma (IT)
• Prato (IT)
• Rotterdam (NL)
• Seville (ES)
• The Hague (NL)
• Turku (FI)
• Umeå (SE)
• Utrecht (NL)
• Valencia (ES)
• Valladolid (ES)
• Velenje (SI)
• Vitoria-Gasteiz (ES)
• Wrocław (PL)
• Zaragoza (ES)