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This year the EU's Green Capital is Grenoble in France , Source: The EU's Directorate-General for Environment on Facebook

EU Green Capital and EU Green Leaf 2024: time for applications is almost out

EU Green Capital and EU Green Leaf 2024: time for applications is almost out

Last week the EU Commission held a training workshop aimed at helping cities with their bids for the awards

Last week, the European Commission held the Online Applicant City Workshop, aimed at helping contenders for the EU Green Capital 2024 and EU Green Leaf 2024 awards. As the application process is set to end on 25 March, the Commission has published the session to boost applicants’ bids for the title. If your city is a prospective candidate or you are curious about how the process works, you can watch it in the gallery above.

Both the EU Green Capital and the European Green Leaf awards were conceived as a way to promote sustainable local policies for tackling climate change. EU Green Capital focuses on major cities, above 100,000 people, while the European Green Leaf does the same for smaller municipalities, between 20,000 and 99,000 inhabitants.

Both prizes come with a financial reward, 600,000 euros for larger cities and 200,000 euros for smaller ones. The financial aspect of the award is meant to contribute to the implementation of environmental projects.

The Environmental Indicators

The selection of a city awarded with the title of European Green Capital is assessed based on these 12 environmental indicators:

  1. Air Quality;
  2. Noise;
  3. Water;
  4. Sustainable Land Use and Soil;
  5. Waste and Circular Economy;
  6. Nature and Biodiversity;
  7. Green Growth and Eco-innovation;
  8. Climate Change: Mitigation;
  9. Climate Change: Adaptation;
  10. Sustainable Urban Mobility;
  11. Energy Performance;
  12. Environmental Governance.

Applicants will have to describe the present situation as well as the measures implemented over the last five to ten years. Furthermore, they will have to outline their short term and long term goals for each area.

The European Green Leaf award also assesses candidates based on environmental indicators and they are:

  1. Nature, Biodiversity, Sustainable Land Use and Soil;
  2. Air Quality and Noise;
  3. Water;
  4. Waste and Circular Economy;
  5. Climate Change and Energy Performance;
  6. Sustainable Urban Mobility.

Furthermore, cities that apply for the award will have to outline the current situation and their strategic approach to issues, as well as the state of public awareness and citizen participation.

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