The Climate Neutral and Smart Cities Mission: From planning and design to implementation

In line with the aims of EWRC 2024 conference, the session explores common city and regional challenges and innovative solutions. It also provides a platform for capacity-building, learning and exchange of experience and good practice, to facilitate cooperation and networking between cities and regions and to feed into the debate on EU cohesion policy in a wider context. Patrick Child, Deputy Director-General in DG Environment and Manager of the EU Mission Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities, will be the host of the session. He will open the session with some reflections on the state of play of the Mission from the Commission’s perspective, he will moderate a 40 minute discussion with cities representatives and EIB and will then conclude the session recalling the main highlights.