Since early 2016, the Urban Water Agenda 2030 has slowly but surely gained momentum. Initiated by the European Commission to promote city action for more sustainable urban water management, a core group of more than 20 cities is taking the process further.

In the 24th edition of ICLEI's Breakfast at Sustainability's (B@S) - taking place at the ICLEI Brussels Office on 28 June 2017 from 9.30 to 12.00 (followed by a light lunch) - representatives of five of these cities will share why they support the Urban Water Agenda 2030 strategy development and why they think cities are crucial to achieving the European Union's water policy objectives.

The event will start with Karen Dalgaard-Sanning from the Clean Water unit of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Environment who will give a presentation on sustainable water management at EU level.

This event is coorganised by ICLEI and EUROCITIES in the context of a joint contract with the European Commission for the development of a strategy for the Urban Water Agenda 2030. A consultation process on the agenda is open until 5 July 2017.

To register (free of charge), contact Serena Scotton at brussels-office@iclei.org by 26 June 2017.

To download the agenda, click here.Image copyright: Image (Freeimages) by "Cicero Kal-El", licensed under License more   23 June 2017 Hamburg invests in electromobilityThe City of Hamburg (Germany) together with Daimler will soon implement a range of measures to improve electromobility in the city.

By 2019, 1,000 charging points for electric vehicles will be built in the city together with 150 charging points exclusively for the use of cars in sharing schemes. Extensive parking facilities for electric vehicles and car sharing cars are also envisaged.

Hamburg will also purchase only emission-free buses as of 2020.

Hamburg's transport authority mobility app, Switchh, will integrate car sharing information so that users can check car sharing, bike sharing and public transport information in the same app.

For more information, click here.Image copyright: Hamburg (Flickr) by "MVolkmann", licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 more

» Publication Date: 26/06/2017

» Source: Iclei Europe

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