Project description
The important role of municipalities in the transition to a low carbon society
Supporting policy makers and public authorities in their work on the transition to a low carbon society is an important factor in the EU's efforts towards a green economy. The EU-funded PATH2LC project aims to create a network of stakeholders that will enable peer-to-peer learning and will increase the engagement in energy and climate transition. The network will foster the exchange of existing knowledge and experiences among municipalities. It will also improve the cooperation with local stakeholders and civil society representatives. What is more, the network will implement the measures related to the Sustainable Energy (and Climate) Action Plan (SE[C]AP).
Objective
The overarching objective of the PATH2LC project is to support policy makers and public authorities at local level in the transition process towards a low carbon society. Through a holistic network approach, stakeholders in public authorities are linked among municipalities in order to enable peer-to-peer learning and increase the engagement in energy and climate transition. The network approach shall also accelerate the implementation of Sustainable Energy (and Climate) Action Plan (SE(C)AP) measures.
The PATH2LC project will foster the exchange of existing knowledge and experiences among municipalities, enhance coordination among different administrative bodies within the municipalities and improve cooperation with local stakeholders and civil society. It will furthermore provide stakeholders in public authorities with the necessary planning and monitoring tools to implement transition roadmaps.
The following five existing networks are the starting point of the project: UCSA - Joint Office for Environmental Sustainability (Italy), Sustainable City Network (Greece), OesteSustentável (Portugal), Cities Northern Netherlands (NL), Rhône Network (FR).
They benefit from a well-established network process of the so-called learning energy efficiency networks (LEEN), supplemented with in-depth capacity building and support regarding heating and cooling topics. Due to the international composition of the networks, cross-country experiences can be shared. The project is accompanied by a socio-scientific evaluation in order to make the results transferable to other municipalities as well as by a dissemination strategy in order to make network activities visible.
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- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil society
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Call for proposal
(opens in new window) H2020-LC-SC3-2018-2019-2020
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H2020-LC-SC3-EE-2019
Funding Scheme
CSA - Coordination and support actionCoordinator
76131 Karlsruhe
Germany
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.