.@AnneLaureStan @ClrmntMetropole "Last year, we implemented a #citizen convention in Clermont and asked them to work on 3 pillars: energy, social needs, democracy - we have to work on 3 together. The citizens made 40 propositions, 5 were specific to #energyconsumption"

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641379500624576512

.@trzaskowski "You are not doing it without the #cities! The cities are saving the planet, dealing with the #refugeecrisis, as well as with the #energycrisis.
Cities have to be courageous and loud – especially in populist countries. You have to involve #citizens"

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641380940462039040

.@EUClimateAction Laurence Graaf talks about importance of #citizenengagement "The #EUClimatePact was created as part of the #EUGreenDeal to get citizens to embrace the #energytransition. This starts at local level. We will not get there if fairness is not addressed seriously."

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641381775963308037

.@AsaLindhagen "When cities are consulted, the implementation of new reforms is much smoother.

This is really a win for everyone as new reforms will have a larger impact on the #locallevel, and therefore increase our chances of reaching #EU climate and #energysaving goals."

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641386389391507457

The mayor of Križevci @MarioRajn "Locally owned resources should be used for local #energycommunities to strengthen local communities and fight #energypoverty".
#EUCitiesSaveEnergy #CitiesREPowerEU

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641388224542044161

.@trzaskowski_ "We need to start speaking the language that people understand. We talk about benchmarking, Fitfor55… no one understands that! Let’s translate it to what people understand. More social housing, more electric buses... And give us some direct funding to do it."

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641390024410165249

Laurence Graaf from @EUClimateAction concludes

🏃‍♀️Cities are ahead and setting the stage for EU & national governments

🇪🇺 Without cities, the EU will not achieve the #EUGreenDeal - we have to put pressure on national governments to work together with #local & #regional actors

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641391588407402496

🇧🇪 @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

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

"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

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

🔚 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

#EUClimatePact Ambassador @nadia_paleari challenges mayors: "You can't have the #greentransistion without #cities and you can't achieve it without #youth. My message today is: Do not act only for us, but also with us!"

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641382941371641858

.@AsaLindhagen "When listening to youth and children, we will make better decisions. It's a matter for us as politicians and as staff in the city that we listen to children in our daily lives. To bring hope to young people, we need to act." #EUClimatePact #EUCitiesSaveEnergy

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641384600835334145