Covenant of Mayors - Europe @eumayors@respublicae.eu

RT @euroefe: Alcaldes de toda la UE se reunieron en Bruselas para situarse "en primera línea" de la lucha climática y reivindicar la labor que hacen los municipios para acelerar la transición ecológica durante la actual crisis energética.

@EU_CoR @eumayors
https://euroefe.euractiv.es/section/europa-de-las-regiones/news/alcaldes-de-la-ue-reivindican-la-labor-municipal-para-la-transicion-ecologica/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641465341116121092

RT @EU_CoR: "We stand ready to show climate leadership and pave the way to a healthier future" - mayors and heads of local governments met today with Commissioner @AdinaValean. Their message is clear:
climate-neutral cities by 2030 are an achievable outcome if we work together.

#EUmissions

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641450885275615232

Follow the discussion live 👇
RT @EU_CoR: 📝Follow the updates in our LiveBlog: https://committeeoftheregions.liveblog.pro/lb-committeeoftheregions/blogs/617281fdddfe08350d5e51d1/index.html

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641428862574768128

Following our Conference, we now go to the @EU_CoR where @eumayors & #EUMission cities meet with Commissioner @AdinaValean to continue discussing the importance of cities in reaching EU #climateneutrality targets & importance of involving local leaders in national policy making
RT @EU_CoR: 🤝Today the CoR hosts the meeting of the Second Chamber of @eumayors Political Board.

Together with Commissioner @AdinaValean, Mayors of #EUMission cities and Covenant National …

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641428031863418880

.@BerendJanJoris
1⃣Give us the tools to accelerate permitting procedure for #localrenewables
2⃣The signal for Europe on hydrogen should be stronger
3⃣Focus on border areas and cross-border energy projects

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641413219158749185

@beli8370 to @EUClimateAction
💬 The EU should ask big cities and frontrunners to involve and cooperate with smaller municipalities, bringing them in the transition also - "If you go alone, you will not get anywhere"

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641412194519613442

@trzaskowski_ to @EUClimateAction

1⃣ direct financing for concrete actions, taking diesel buses off streets, retrofitting...
2⃣ pressure national governments to stay true to EU mandate on multilevel governance
3⃣ express loud support to cities implementing EU milestones

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641409964957728770

.@EckartWuerzner insists on the importance of having long-term programmes, going beyond pilot projects, and funding on longer term.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641404120132116482

.@kurtvandenbergh from @EUClimateAction: "The implementation of #EUGreenDeal is now - cities are a key ally". He goes over the new programmes that involve cities directly @NetZeroCitiesEU, #socialclimatefund, #PSF & opens discussion with Mayors on future framework and programmes.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641403571240411137

The Conference has ended but the conversation continues! ▶️ The @eumayors Board now meets with Director-General of @EUClimateAction @kurtvandenbergh to discuss concretely how the EU can support local governments implement #EUGreenDeal in territories 🇪🇺🌿

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641402204371185669

At @eumayors events, we "eat by example" 🧑‍🍳🥕

Today's lunch is provided by @LaTricoterie, a 100% #local #sustainable caterer in Brussels, that uses local seasonal products, minimises #foodwaste & has near #zerowaste policy.

Find out more 👉 https://bit.ly/3M1wOXX

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641401889613815810

RT @Mayors4Climate: "Be couragous, be loud and talk to the people” GCoM Board Member, Mayor @trzaskowski_ at the @eumayors Cities on the frontline of the Energy Crisis Conference.

🔴 Follow live: https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/cities-on-the-frontline-of-the-energy-crisis-conference-of-the-covenant-of-mayors-2023-03-30

#EUCitiesSaveEnergy #CitiesREPowerEU

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641397665538666497

🔚 of Live Tweeting
NEXT UP ➡️ @eumayors join the @EU_CoR National Ambassadors meeting, alongside @NetZeroCitiesEU to discuss the importance & future of EU cities initiatives🟢 Follow @EU_CoR for live updates

#EUCitiesSaveEnergy #CitiesREPowerEU #CitiesStandwithUkraine

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641396710936068096

That's a wrap for our 2023 Conference ✅

👏 Thanks moderators, speakers, panelists for the great conversation
👏 Thanks participants for joining
👏 Thanks everyone for another successful @eumayors event
👋 Hope to see you for next year's 2024 Belgian Presidency Conference

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641395933995728899

"It is time to let the mayors speak" 💬@BartSomers

Flanders will use the Belgian Presidency 2024 to create an alliance between all local governments, bring them together to tap into their superpower: mobilising local actors across 🇪🇺.

🖋️📅 MARK YOUR CALENDARS March 12 2024

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641394680519614465

In Flanders, 🖋️ 294 of the 300 municipalities have signed the Local Flemish Pact, aimed at translating European ambitions of #Fitfor55 into tangible goals for every citizen 🎯 How can we bring this to the European level?

➡️ More about the Flemish Pact: https://bit.ly/3zbzU48

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641393886072381441

RT @EricPiolle: En tant que Maire de la Capitale verte de l'Europe 2022, j’intègre aujourd'hui le bureau de la Convention des Maires pour le climat créée par la Commission européenne ! 🇪🇺

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641393842011222017

🇧🇪 @BartSomers closes the Conference 💬"It is my deepest conviction that the global challenges we are facing will be solved at the local level"

➡️He cites the ex of Flemish municipalities' short-term response to #energycrisis & long-term strategy with the Local Flemish Pact

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641393149271580673