NetZeroCities (NZC) is part of the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme in support of  European Union’s Green Deal. NZC has been designed to help cities overcome the current structural, institutional and cultural barriers they face in order to achieve climate neutrality by 2030.

NZC will support the EU’s Mission of “100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030” newly-launched as part of the Horizon Europe programme. The project will work as a service-oriented platform supported by world-class practitioners. It will help European cities by providing them with the support and solutions they need to achieve their Net Zero goal in a socially inclusive way.

New and existing tools, resources and expertise will be developed and promoted into a one-stop platform accessible to all cities through an online portal. Dedicated services will be designed to support cities that are part of the EU’s Mission “100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030”. 

In addition, NetZeroCities will support a series of Pilots to help drive rapid learning about how to achieve climate neutrality at city scale, an run a Twinning programme to enable peer-learning.

Objectives

• Develop an approach to support climate-neutral transformation in cities.
• Help cities build capabilities and ways of working to advance systemic change using innovation.
• Forge a platform for cities to use for all services & expertise critical to climate neutrality.
• Facilitate a pipeline of cities accelerating towards climate neutrality.

Partners

• CLIMATE-KIC HOLDING BV
• EUROCITIES ASBL
• ICLEI EUROPEAN SECRETARIAT GMBH (ICLEI EUROPASEKRETARIAT GMBH)
• LGI SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION
• AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH
• BWB CONNECT CLG
• CLIMATE ALLIANCE - KLIMA-BUENDNIS - ALIANZA DEL CLIMA e.V.
• FUNDACION CARTIF
• CENTRE D ETUDES ET D EXPERTISE SUR LES RISQUES L ENVIRONNEMENT LA MOBILITE ET L AMENAGEMENT
• DARK MATTER LABORATORIES BV
• DEMOS RESEARCH INSTITUTE OY
• THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY AISBL
• EIT KIC URBAN MOBILITY SL
• ENERGY CITIES/ENERGIE-CITES ASSOCIATION
• EUROPEAN REGIONS RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NETWORK ASBL
• FRANKFURT SCHOOL OF FINANCE & MANAGEMENT GEMEINNUTZIGE GMBH
• FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
• INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AISBL
• MATERIAL ECONOMICS SVERIGE AB
• STICHTING METABOLIC INSTITUTE
• OPEN & AGILE SMART CITIES
• POLITECNICO DI MILANO
• STICHTING GLOBAL RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK
• REGIONALNA ENERGETSKA AGENCIJA SJEVEROZAPADNE HRVATSKE
• RUPPRECHT CONSULT-FORSCHUNG & BERATUNG GMBH
• SOUTH POLE CARBON ASSET MANAGEMENT AG
• TALLINNA TEHNIKAÜLIKOOL
• FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION
• NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO
• UNION INTERNATIONALE DES TRANSPORTS PUBLICS
• UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID
• Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
• TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY

Start date: 1 October 2021 - End date: 30 September 2025