Towns’ and regions’ cooperation on climate and development

On the fringe of the official negotiations of the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21), local decision-makers from all over the world are expected at Paris City Hall on December 4 2015, to commit in favour of the climate.

Climate change is a global challenge yet affects locally all cities and regions from Europe and their counterparts in the rest of the world. International cooperation at the local level (also known as decentralised cooperation) enables cities and regions to share their expertise, technical skills, and know-how in a project that is beneficial for both developed and developing countries.

This week EURACTIV showcases local governments' cooperation projects providing solutions in the fight against climate change.

This Special Report is also available in French (lire la couverture ici) and in German (hier finden Sie unsere Berichterstattung).

• San Jeronimo and Edegem are proud of their compost project

  News | Cities & regions 30-11-2015

  Est. 8min
  

  SPECIAL REPORT / The partnership between the Belgian town of Edegem, and the Peruvian municipality of San Jeronimo has been so successful that many other localities in the Latin American country come to visit and study the project that composts organic waste and uses it for agriculture.

• Climate change: German and South African cities to tackle threat together

  News | Cities & regions 02-12-2015

  Est. 6min
  

  SPECIAL REPORT / In the fight against climate change, local communities are of crucial importance. The cities of Bremen and Durban have teamed up to share expertise and technical know-how in a project that is beneficial for all involved. EURACTIV Germany reports.

• Paris teams up with Johannesburg to draft climate strategy

  News | Cities & regions 01-12-2015

  Est. 4min
  

  SPECIAL REPORT / South Africa’s economic capital wants to develop an ambitious climate strategy, following in the footsteps of Paris, the first French city to adopt a similar strategy in 2007. EURACTIV France reports. 

• Spain’s Leganés lends a hand to the world’s most vulnerable

  News | Cities & regions 03-12-2015

  Est. 7min
  

  SPECIAL REPORT / For the citizens of the Spanish municipality of Leganés, in the autonomous community of Madrid, solidarity with the world’s most vulnerable populations is second nature. EURACTIV Spain reports.

• Utrecht-Leon initiative boosts Nicaraguan city

  News | Cities & regions 04-12-2015

  Est. 5min
  

  SPECIAL REPORT / An attractive and colourful new district of León, Nicaragua’s second city, where 20,000 people live, was created thanks to an initiative in cooperation with Utrecht.

Agrifood

San Jeronimo and Edegem are proud of their compost project

30/11/2015

7 min. read

Cities & regions

Climate change: German and South African cities to tackle threat together

02/12/2015

6 min. read

Cities & regions

Paris teams up with Johannesburg to draft climate strategy

01/12/2015

4 min. read

Cities & regions

Spain’s Leganés lends a hand to the world’s most vulnerable

03/12/2015

6 min. read

Cities & regions

Utrecht-Leon initiative boosts Nicaraguan city

04/12/2015

4 min. read