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European Green Capital Award - News list (30)
RSSTallinn participates in the UN Climate Change Conference COP28
An example where Green Capitals can contribute with their expertise and achieve more visibility is the yearly COP conference.
Valencia kicks off 2024 as new European Green Capital
Over 400 activities and events will be organised across the city throughout 2024, all aimed at raising awareness of the triple planetary crisis of pollution, biodiversity loss and climate change.
Green cities: European Commission launches competition for the 2026 European Green Capital and Green Leaf Applicants
The Awards promote and reward the efforts of European towns and cities that strive to reduce their impact on the local and global environment improving the quality of life for their inhabitants.
Network meetings shine at this year’s European Green Capital awards ceremony
What better way to celebrate the new winners than by having a reunion of the European Green Capital Network members?
Sneak preview into the 2024 European Green Capital’s plans
Valencia is getting ready for a very special and memorable year. In 2024, the city will represent the European Green Capital at the European and international level.
Elsinore and Velenje to share the European Green Leaf title for 2024
The next cities to take over the title of the European Green Leaf in 2024 are Elsinore (Denmark) and Velenje (Slovenia). Both cities are busy preparing their title years.
Winners of the European Green City Awards 2025
The winners of the European Green Cities 2025 Awards are Vilnius (Lithuania), Viladecans (Spain) and Treviso (Italy).
European Green Capital & European Green Leaf Ceremony 2025, in Tallinn
We are pleased to announce that on 5 October at 18:00 (EEST, that is 17:00 Brussels time), the winners will be revealed during a festive ceremony in Kultuurikatel in Tallinn. Past and present winner cities will be gathering to honour this key and exciting moment of the Awards.
Sustainable cities: five finalists for the European Green Capital & Leaf Awards
The Commission announces the finalists of the European Green Capital and Green Leaf Awards 2025.
Increasing tree coverage to 30% in European cities could reduce deaths linked to urban heat island effect
Issue 602: The cooling effect of trees is well known, but no study has so far aimed to quantify how many premature deaths might be prevented through this ecosystem service.