Covenant of Mayors - Europe @eumayors@respublicae.eu

Strong start to the event 🚀 Mayors discussed with @KadriSimson how cities handled the #EnergyCrisis & #RepowerEU , taking stock of the past winter and looking ahead to coming winters.

The conversation continues with the Conference ⏭️

🔗Stream live http://bit.ly/3ZfTB5n

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641344549149712386

🗝️ Key messages:
➡️ National governments need to involve local actors in decision-making in energy and climate policy - without cities, targets will never be reached
➡️ Cities need to be given the resources & tools to implement action at local level & make the transition happen

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641343015733145601

@AnneLaureStan : "Energy can be a tool to empower citizens: when citizens take control, they are really able to change the future. We as local leaders have to have the tools to help them fulfil that potential."

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641341995082735616

.@EricPiolle : "People have hope. We really push for more direct connections with Europe so that people can see the direct actions Europe is taking and they can see that they are changing their daily lives."

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641341350804111362

.@OBMartinHorn: "There is a lot of motivation at the local level for the speeding up process: this is what we offer - that we bring our powers together. You are the decision-makers and we are the change-makers: we offer our help and support and direct cooperation."

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641341108851552257

.@trzaskowski_ "Thank you for keeping energy at the top of the agenda. I think EU institutions can create strong synergies with with cities and regions. We are at the forefront of change. Without us it would be almost impossible to realise EU priorities."

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641340647704502274

⌛️ Conference starts in less than 10 minutes!
There is still time to make it to the📍Charlemagne Building of the @EU_Commission ➡️ 170 Rue de la Loi, Brussels

🔗 Follow online ➡️ http://bit.ly/3ZfTB5n or

🐦 Live tweeting here

#EUCitiesSaveEnergy #CitiesREPowerEU

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641340260914274310

🇪🇺 Mayors - @eumayors board & Conference speakers - are gathered together to meet with @KadriSimson over a coffee before the event takes off!

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641339560297734144

1⃣@cinea_eu is here to present its #LIFEprogramme & #CEFEnergyprogramme @cleanenergy_EU
2⃣@eucityfacility to present its funding programme
3⃣@EUSmartCities & #CovenantofCompanies to present their initiatives
👋Come say hello

#EUCitiesSaveEnergy #CitiesREPowerEU

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641338659247882241

🎪 Many initiatives & programmes are participating in our exhibition at today's event!

🧭 Come discover what each one has to offer to #localgovernments to support them in their #ecologicaltransitions ⤵️🧵

#EUCitiesSaveEnergy #CitiesREPowerEU

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641336958793453570

⌛️ Conference starts in 1 hour!

Our team is ready to greet you, the speakers are arriving & the room is almost ready!

Don't miss out:
📍Charlemagne Building of the @EU_Commission ➡️ 170 Rue de la Loi, Brussels

🔗 Online ➡️ http://bit.ly/3ZfTB5n

🐦 Live tweeting here

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641327620443848706

You're not in Brussels for our @eumayors Conference?

Don't worry! 🟢You can follow live via web streaming 🔗 https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/cities-on-the-frontline-of-the-energy-crisis-conference-of-the-covenant-of-mayors-2023-03-30

⏰ Starts at 9.30 am CET! Don't miss out!

👉 Follow us on twitter for live updates!

#EUCitiesSaveEnergy #CitiesREPowerEU

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641318961273872385

More about this at tomorrow's event, @BartSomers will give the closing speech

🔚 That's a wrap for the 2023 @eumayors Board meeting!

☀️Rise & shine tomorrow for our big Conference tomorrow📍Charlemagne Building of the European Commission ➡️ See you there at 9.30 am!

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641120966397902859

It’s time that “We, Mayors, take control of climate policy and transform it into action”

@BartSomers explains how he did this through the Flemish Pact 🇧🇪 and invites Mayors to create an alliance & mobilise local actors across Europe

Find out more 👉https://bit.ly/3zbzU48

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641116567197872128

🟢 Now the Board meets with Vice-President-Minister of Flanders @BartSomers to discuss

➡️ the future of the @eumayors initiative
➡️ the inspiring example of the Flemish Pact
➡️ the 2024 Belgian Presidency of the EU & how it can put cities in the spotlight 🔦

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641115334794002443

🗝️ Messages

➡️ With the #energycrisis, energy policy has now become the biggest question for Europe🟰opportunity to accelerate local #energytransition
➡️ As a result "Our energy future will be more decentralised and more democratic and offers more opportunities" @JorgensenJuul

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641089430042689540

.@beli8370 insists on importance of facilitating creation of local #energycommunities
.Tne Heyse shifts focus to also increasing #energyefficiency "Don’t forget to consume less & engage our citizens and stakeholders to do so"

#EuCitiesSaveEnergy

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641088180542660617

"We need thousands more regional and local players"

@OBMartinHorn & @EckartWuerzner insist on the importance of regional and local energy agencies to facilitate cooperation at local level.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641085640124030980

@trzaskowski_ asks EU to hold national governments accountable to the EU mandate to engage local level in energy & climate policy-making with #NECP process & insists on importance of direct financing to cities for cities to implement urgent measures.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641083528665350147

@Energy4Europe is now focusing on coming winters & structural changes to reinforce #energytransition

➡️ many of this needs to happen at local level
➡️ @JorgensenJuul applauds the #EUCitiesSaveEnergy Sprint as excellent effort of what can be done locally & urges it to continue

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641081270854721537