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Ukraine towards Carbon Neutrality

Project description

Bridging climate gaps in Ukrainian cities

As climate change accelerates, Ukrainian cities are facing escalating urban challenges such as environmental pollution and resource depletion. Lacking access to comprehensive strategies and technical know-how, these municipalities struggle to transition to sustainable practices, which hinders their ability to meet European standards and the EU vision of the European Green Deal. In this context, the EU-funded U_CAN project fosters collaboration between eight Ukrainian cities, Dresden, NGOs, research institutions and the EU Mission: Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities. Its aim is to empower local communities to embrace climate neutrality through innovative, community-driven solutions. By facilitating partnerships, workshops and pilot implementations, U_CAN charts a path towards climate neutrality. Led by EU and Ukrainian organisations, this initiative ensures broad stakeholder involvement, promoting climate mitigation practices across diverse urban landscapes in Ukraine.

Objective

U_CAN facilitates a practical bottom-up approach with Ukrainian cities towards climate neutrality. Following the European standards and the European Green Deal (EGD), the project starts with a core group of 8 Ukrainian cities, Dresden as a Mission City, NGOs and research institutions. This networking and co-creation process addresses the current challenges of the Ukrainian cities and their key sectors. Within 48 months, the CNSC-UA twinning partners exchange experiences with further network municipalities throughout the country, adapting to European climate standards with experts like DIN and transitioning together. The core stakeholders work closely with their city administration in building capacities in the key sectors identified. In light of the war, co-creation and Citizen Science augmented training activities ensure an effective, value-based and needs-oriented approach. Communication and dissemination by EU partners near the UA borders enable – besides an online platform – the personal exchange of experiences with the CNSC twin cities. This step-by-step synergy building and facilitation includes vision workshops, road mapping and stakeholder co-creation to twin European and Ukrainian cities. This leads to use case development in each pilot city supporting pilot implementation of measures for climate mitigation and adaptation. This is combined with an extensive plan for dissemination, exploitation and communication led by European and Ukrainian umbrella organisations, standardisation initiatives, and local and national representatives. These efforts are assisted through functioning and already working city partnerships, seamlessly integrating the Ukrainian Cities into the vision of the EGD. The given diversity in geopolitical characteristics ensures the involvement of all relevant sectors and the equal distribution of support, ranging from smaller cities to the Ukrainian capital and most important lighthouse City Kyiv.

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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions

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(opens in new window) HORIZON-MISS-2023-CIT-02

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Coordinator

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN
Net EU contribution

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€ 797 500,00
Address
HELMHOLTZSTRASSE 10
01069 Dresden
Germany

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Region
Sachsen Dresden Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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€ 797 500,00

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