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Post-Carbon Cities of Tomorrow

Stakeholder

POCACITO - Post-Carbon Cities of Tomorrow

Type of Organisation: Research

The project Post‐Carbon Cities of Tomorrow – foresight for sustainable pathways towards liveable, affordable and prospering cities in a world context (POCACITO) is a research project funded by the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development. The objective of the project is to facilitate the transition of EU cities to a forecasted sustainable or “post‐carbon” economic model, eventually leading to an evidence‐based EU 2050 post-carbon city roadmap.

At the core of the project is a series of participatory stakeholder workshops in the case
 study
 cities
 of
 Barcelona,
 Copenhagen/Malmö,
 Istanbul,
 Lisbon,
 Litoměřice,
 Milan/Turin,
 Rostock and
 Zagreb. The purpose of these workshops is to bring together local stakeholders to construct a common post-carbon vision for 2050 and roadmap, or action plan, to reach the vision. The workshops will highlight the current successes and challenges facing the city and support a discussion of city-specific innovative measures based on lessons learned from local experience and best practices.

Other initiatives of the project include the development of a typology of post-carbon cities, which will be the basis of the EU 2050 post-carbon city roadmap. Additionally, the project will establish an online “market place of ideas” that supports an international knowledge exchange of urban best practices between cities in the EU and worldwide. The project also organises two study tours that enable city representatives to visit EU best practices in person as well as to connect and exchange experiences with representatives from other cities.

The project’s research supports the sustainable development objective of the Europe 2020 strategy and the Innovation Union flagship initiative.

Contact Name: Ecologic Institute (Germany)

Address

Germany

This project has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological
development and demonstration under grant agreement no 603218.

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