NetZeroCities

About

Here you will find more information about climate-neutraility, what it means for you and your city, as well as information about how NetZeroCities works to help get you there!

What is NetZeroCities

Introduction from main website

112 Mission Cities

Discover the cities involved in the EU Cities Mission

Information for: Researchers

Publications from the NetZeroCities website

Onboarding

An introduction to the Portal

Pilot Cities Programme

Innovative approaches over a two-year programme

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Twinning Learning Programme

Cities replicating and learning from the work of Pilot Cities

Climate Transition Map

The Climate Transition Map offers you a journey to climate neutrality, supporting you every step of the way with your climate transition

1. Build a Strong Mandate

Aligning people, actions and investments to achieve climate neutrality

2. Understand the System

Understanding the challenge from different perspectives and learning from the past

3. Codesign a Portfolio

Ways to support change using multiple levers

4. Take Action

Planning, implementing and monitoring your actions

5. Learn & Reflect

Building the shared knowledge and capabilities necessary to support change at speed

6. Make it The New Normal

Embedding and maintaining good practice

Learn

Explore our Knowledge Repository to learn from technical resources, case studies and approaches to climate action that you can use to support your work.

You can also contribute your own resources and publications to strengthen knowledge sharing for all.

Knowledge Repository

Climate Neutrality Resource Search Engine

Focus on: Financing

Financial approaches for climate neutrality

Focus on: Social Innovation

People based solutions

Quick Reads

Key focus areas of NetZeroCities at a glance

Focus on: Impact Pathways & Monitoring

Indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of urban sustainability initiatives

Focus on: Systemic Approaches

Coordinated interventions across existing systems

Focus on: Citizen Engagement

Citizen and urban stakeholder participation

Focus on: Partnership and Policy

Policy and EU climate neutrality projects

Focus on: Technical Solutions

Define and implement advanced and innovative solutions supported by technology

NetZeroCities online course

Design Your City’s Net Zero Strategy: Online Planning Lab

Focus on: Climate City Contracts

Discover the innovative governance instrument used by Mission Cities

Connect

Join a group to explore your climate transition in focused ways.

Make meaningful connections across our community, share posts on the social feed to keep connected with others making sustainable change in their community!

Cities

See all cities registered on the NetZeroCities Portal

Community Space

Social feed

Groups

Explore groups to join or start your own

Events

Explore events or create your own

User Directory

See all users on the NetZeroCities Portal

Chat

Chat with all users on the NetZEroCities Portal

Act

The NetZeroCities Portal hosts many tools to support your work, now and into the future.

Explore all tools through the overview page or dive straight in.

Tools Overview

Explore all tools at a glance

Barometer

Data dashboard exploring Mission Cities' progress

EU Climate Projects Navigator

EU climate neutrality initiatives and projects

Solution Bundles

Technical solution portfolios for greater impact

Social Innovation Tool

Explore Social Innovation Actionable Pathways

Finance Guidance Tool

Find the right funding for your projects

Solution Outliner

Technical decarbonisation solution (factsheet) finder

Profile

Access your account

Log out

Settings

Access your account settings

Help

Connect with support

My Groups

See groups you are a member of

Feedback

Share your experience

Back to knowledge

White paper N.2 - Unleashing a Research Agenda for the EU Mission Cities

Unleashing a Research Agenda for the EU Mission “Climate Neutral and Smart Cities” in the 10th Framework Programme

NetZeroCities White Paper | September 2025

Are you interested in joining the Mission Cities events for researchers? Visit the dedicated page and subscribe to the mailing list to receive updates.

Are you interested in the NetZeroCities research activities and publications? Visit the dedicated page.

Contacts

Sabrina Bresciani 1 sabrina.bresciani@polimi.it, Francesca Rizzo 1 francesca.rizzo@polimi.it, Nikhil Chaudhary2 nikhil.chaudhary@climate-kic.org, Joanna Kiernicka-Allaven2 joanna.kiernicka-allavena@climate-kic.org

Contributors

Sabrina Bresciani 1 sabrina.bresciani@polimi.it, Francesca Rizzo1 francesca.rizzo@polimi.it, Marzia Mortati 1 marzia.mortati@polimi.it, Nikhil Chaudhary2 nikhil.chaudhary@climate-kic.org, Emma Puerari emma.puerari@polimi.it, Rohit Mondal 1 rohit.mondal@polimi.it Francesco Ripa1 francesco.ripa@polimi.it , Pirita Lindholm3 pirita.lindholm@errin.eu, Silvia Ghiretti3 silvia.ghiretti@errin.eu , Mari Hukkalainen4 mari.hukkalainen@vtt.fi , Julia Kantorovitch4 julia.kantorovitch@vtt.fi , David Dooghe5 david.dooghe@tno.nl , Ulf Kanne6 u.kanne@southpole.com , Asen Charliyski7 asen.charliyski@bwb.earth Joanna Kiernicka-Allavena2 joanna.kiernicka-allavena@climate-kic.org

1 Politecnico di Milano, Department of Design

2 Climate-KIC

3 European Regions Research and Innovation Network

4 VTT | Technical Research Centre of Finland

5 TNO

6 South Pole

7 BwB | Bankers without Boundaries

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Authors

Sabrina Bresciani Associate Professor - POLIMI

Angelica Gomez Castilla UX Designer - POLIMI

Last update: October 1, 2025

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