This declaration has been developed by the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union and signed at the High-Level event of European Mayors.
The city of Bilbao, in Spain, was a polluted industrial city but it is now committed to becoming carbon-neutral through a decarbonisation heating strategy.
As cities are responsible for 67% of the world´s primary energy consumption, a broad implementation of Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) should be expected.