📢 Part 2 of our Conference is about to start, kicked off by a key-note video-speech from @TimmermansEU !
Did you miss the beginning of the Conference? You can still catch it live 🔗 http://bit.ly/3ZfTB5n
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641374425021923328
.@TimmermansEU
"you are best placed to know what the most suitable solutions are to improve the #energyefficiency of buildings in your cities. You can engage citizens & local communities to develop solutions while taking into account the social reality of your neighbourhoods."
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641376246293463040
For our 2nd Panel, Director from @EUClimateAction Elina Bardram will discuss with 4 Mayors & 2 youth #EUClimatePact ambassadors how to engage citizens and youth to ensure these short-term #energysaving measures feed into long-term #ClimateAction
🟢Live http://bit.ly/3ZfTB5n
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eumayors/status/1641376666021658625
.@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
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
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
🇧🇪 @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