Europe cannot reach climate neutrality without getting its roads off fossil fuels. Road transport is the EU’s largest source of transport-related greenhouse gas emissions, and electric vehicles are central to the solution, local and regional leaders say.
European regions and cities are calling on the EU to provide legal certainty for millions of displaced Ukrainians beyond the temporary protection they currently benefit from.
Europe needs 2 million new homes a year – but cities fear the EU’s next budget may leave the money behind.
Ukrainian cities and regions risk being sidelined in reconstruction funding decisions, the European Alliance of Cities and Regions for the Reconstruction of Ukraine warns. The alliance called for direct local access to funds and a “localisation marker” in donor planning.