Manchester's improvement story

Playing our full part in Manchester and taking it on the road

How sharing our approach with other European cities has helped Manchester take its cultural collaboration on climate action and engagement to a whole new level.

By Simon Curtis, Chair, Manchester Arts Sustainability Team (MAST)

Culture connects on climate - Wroclaw's transfer story

By: Kamila Bzowy, Senior Specialist for Climate Action and Piotr Matunin, Project Manager, Wrocław City Hall

Small steps, small change - Sibenik's transfer story

How adapting Manchester’s model of cultural collaboration on climate action and engagement has driven change for the better in Šibenik

By Nikolina Gracin, Department of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Development, City of Šibenik

We Art the Change - Mantova's transfer story

How working with Manchester shaped Mantova’s arts and culture sector as a driver for positive change on climate

Dalle esperienze della città verso URBACT IV e le politiche locali, nazionali ed europee

I risultati dell’azione di ascolto e confronto con le città condotto da ANCI al centro di un evento organizzato nell’ambito dell’URBACT Festival

Gradske knjižnice kao prostori promicanja održivosti i edukacije o klimatskim promjenama

Klimatske promjene sve su češća tema razgovora, a sigurno je da je, nažalost, i jug Hrvatske osjetljiviji na klimatske promjene. Sve češće smo svjedoci i velikih požara, poplava, vrućina i velikih oscilacija u temperaturi. Ovoga problema svjesni su i Šibenčani.

What was this BeePathNet journey? An open door to new adventures!

Nea Propontida was, and still is, a municipality with lots of beekeepers. However there were no honey bees in urban areas till recently. The increased awareness of the people, the disappearance of bees as well as the high interest on the bee products, has resulted in increasing awareness on environmental issues, such as the quality of life in urban areas, the use of agrochemicals and their adverse effects and environmental pollution.

The bees – equal city residents of Ljubljana

The beekeeping tradition in Ljubljana and its outskirts dates back to the time of first prehistoric settlements. A bee and a beehive are on the oldest door sign in the city at the City Savings Bank (Mestna hranilnica) on Čop Street. As many as 3% of all Slovenian beekeepers with over 4500 beehives are active in the area of the City of Ljubljana and urban beekeeping is now flourishing in Ljubljana.

Pollinators on the rise

The Municipality of the 12th District (Hegyvidék) is the local government body responsible for the administration of Budapest’s greenest district, a hilly, partly suburban area in the western part of the Hungarian capital. As the greenest district, Hegyvidék has a huge responsibility to keep an eye on its greenery, to inform and communicate with the residents and to raise their awareness regarding environmental issues, which is why a Green Office, that is responsible for this complex role, had been established in 2016.

Bee good for food in Cesena

Cesena is situated in Northern Italy within the Emilia-Romagna Region, some 15 km from the Adriatic coast. Its geographical position – alongside the banks of the Savio river, surrounded by hills and located on a fertile plain close to the Adriatic coast – offered Cesena a perfect natural predisposition of a “bee friendly city”. Bees are seen as fundamental to maintain biodiversity and to play a part in every aspect of the ecosystem.