Riga

Latvia

Ville à mission Ville jumelle Ville pilote
Écosystème national de la mission Latvia
Riga Mission City Label
Population 291k
Zone de la ville 13.0 km²
Ville active depuis June 2022

Riga has undertaken the commitment of becoming climate-neutral by 2030, as evidenced by Riga’s participation in the EU Mission for 100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030 (‘Mission’) and the ambitions integrated into the city’s development planning documents.

 

Sustainability has been important in Riga since 2008, when it was the first European capital to join the Covenant of Mayors. In 2021, Riga signed the Paris Declaration on Climate Change and renewed its commitment to the Covenant of Mayors as part of its continued implementation of climate mitigation and adaptation measures and as a sign of its ambition to continue with them.

 

Participation in the Mission enables Riga to learn extensively from other cities with similar ambitions, helps it mobilise the necessary experts in the field, and makes it possible to update the city’s plans towards sustainable development, raising additional funding, which is one of the main obstacles to consistent emission reductions.

Enseignements clés

Doughnut Economics Approach for Sustainable Decarbonisation and Citizen Engagement - Riga pilot activity

SEED introduces Doughnut Economics as a strategic framework to align climate action with social and ecological wellbeing in Riga. Recognising that climate strategies often operate in silos, the pilot promotes systemic thinking and participatory policymaking — making visible how the city's choices affect social foundations and ecological ceilings at both local and global scales.

Riga Energy Efficiency and Smart Building Control

This resource presents Riga’s approach to improving energy efficiency through smart building controls, CO₂ monitoring and real-time HVAC management. It highlights Latvia’s country-wide CO₂ monitoring portal for schools and social housing, Riga’s deployment of the MESH smart control system across around 300 buildings, reported average energy savings of 10–30%, and next steps towards integrated energy control, linked electricity and heating data, and financial incentives based on verified savings.
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