Every successful project depends on a community of persons working together. Citizens, private companies, universities, NGOs and the local administration - creating a new way of living towards a common GOAL: making our city a better place to live in!
Program
In 2021, the European Commission selected 100 European cities that come from all 27 Member States, with 12 additional cities coming from countries associated or with the potential of being associated to Horizon Europe, the EU's research and innovation programme. The Mission’s programme supports the 112 European cities known as the Mission Cities in drastically reducing their greenhouse gas emissions to accelerate climate neutrality. The EU Cities Mission supports the European Green Deal objectives for building a low-carbon, climate-resilient future through concrete investments and research and innovation projects.
Cluj-Napoca has been awarded the EU Mission - Climate Neutral & Smart Cities label, placing it among the first 10 cities in the European Union. The Mission label aims to facilitate the municipality's access to European, national, and regional funding, as well as private investments. Following the review process of the submitted documents, the European Commission validated the Cluj-Napoca 2030 Climate Action Plan, and the Municipality of Cluj-Napoca received the Mission label.
About NetZeroCity Program Climate Neutrality in Cluj-Napoca Join the InitiativeRoadmap
Getting papers ready for the EU Mission application
2021
Cluj-Napoca is selected as one if the first pilot cities
03/2022
Cluj-Napoca is selected in the EU Mission
04/2022
Cluj-Napoca 2030 Net Zero City Coalition is set up
11/2022
Blueprint for Net-Zero Apartment-block Neighbourhoods starts being implemented
07/2023
Cluj-Napoc 2030 Climate Action Plan is submitted to the European Comission for validation
07/2023
Cluj-Napoca receives the EU Mission Labell
10/2023
Together, we're making our neighborhood a beacon of climate neutrality, one step at a time.
Ursula von der Leyen
President of the EU
Jan Gehl
Danish Architect & Urban Design Consultant
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Solutions
Mănăștur neighbourhood is the first pilot area in Cluj-Napoca to be fully studied in terms of accelerating climate-neutrality. Through determined pilot activities, we are co-designing a Net-Zero neighbourhood mode.
For You
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The grant is funded by Horizon 2020, the EU framework programme for research and innovation preceding the current Horizon Europe programme. The funding will complement the support provided already by the City Advisors and the Consortium partners of NetZeroCities. The Pilot Cities Programme is a crucial part of accomplishing the objectives of the EU 100 Cities Mission, which aims for these cities to accelerate climate-neutrality by 2030.
