Covenant Cities in the Spotlight: And the winners are… [drum roll]


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Floriane Cappelletti

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October 11, 2018

Yesterday, European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Canete announced the winners of the first ever Covenant Cities in the Spotlight awards at the European Week of Regions and Cities. Two of them are members of the Energy Cities network!

Small-sized (<10,000 inhabitants)

Monsano, Italy

Medium-sized (10,000- 250,000 inhabitants)

Sønderborg, Denmark

Curious about what they do?
Sønderborg’s Covenant of Mayors profile
More best-practices in our Cities’ Actions database

Large-sized (>250,000 inhabitants)

Barcelona, Spain

Want to learn more about their actions?
See Barcelona’s Covenant of Mayors profile
More best-practices in our Cities’ Actions database 

Congratulations to these 3 cities that have achieved outstanding progress within the Covenant of Mayors framework. We are particularly proud of our members Sønderborg and Barcelona!

The winners will be part of the EU delegation to the COP24 in Katowice next December, and are invited to take part in the International Conference on Climate Action (ICCA) to take place in May 2019 in Heidelberg, Germany. The ICCA will be held back to back with Energy Cities’ Annual Conference!

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