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Cultural routes in Europe

Discover the transnational routes that help tourists discover how Europeans have lived since ancient times. This policy brief presents the Council of Europe’s Cultural Routes Programme, the EU’s policies on Cultural Routes, and good practices.
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Funding energy efficiency through financial instruments

Europe faces the challenge to renovate its building stock and achieve its carbon emission targets. Both public funds and investment from private funds are needed. Read more about how public authorities can help to leverage private investment through financial instruments.
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Promoting active modes of transport

Regional authorities prioritise the encouragement of active transport thanks to its health and other benefits such as reduction of car use, congestion, and air and noise pollution.
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Eco-innovation

Production-consumption trends are putting excessive and unsustainable strain on the environment. Resource input costs are becoming volatile. Read in this policy brief why eco-innovation is a potential solution.
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Renewable energy communities

At its most basic, renewable energy communities involve the generation of energy from renewable resources and technologies, which are partly or wholly owned by local communities.
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E-mobility

Electric mobility has emerged as one of the most promising technological solutions to replace fossil fuels and has the potential to power most forms of personal and public transport.
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Behaviour change for energy efficiency

As buildings account for 40% of energy consumption in the EU and more than 35% of CO2 emissions, improving their energy performance has become a key policy aim in order to meet long-term climate and emissions targets.
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Food Waste

This policy brief highlights policies and approaches which have been taken to prevent and reduce food waste, with focus on EU waste policy developments and regional actions.
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Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans

Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans are planning instruments for cities that encourage joint decision-making across sectors and between stakeholders, for providing high-quality, sustainable mobility.
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Role of green public procurement in improving resource efficiency

Public procurements representing approximately 19% of EU GDP. By using procurement as a tool strategic policy goals can be reached. This policy brief addresses the EU policies, approaches and good practices aimed at promoting green public procurement.
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