This is the current state of the "Mission 100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities," one of the five Missions under Horizon Europe aimed at addressing some of the major challenges of our time.
Alongside those for fighting cancer (Mission Cancer), combating climate change (Mission Climate), protecting soils (Mission Soil), and oceans (Mission Ocean), Mission Cities represents Brussels' attempt to systematize resources (not just economic, but also human and know-how) and project practices to achieve a critical mass sufficient to have tangible and long-term effects on some of the most relevant fronts for the future of humanity.
To achieve this, the Mission Cities also includes the publication of calls for grants to carry out various projects.
Here is what you need to know about the Mission 100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities and its funding.
What is the Mission 100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities
Launched in the fall of 2021, Mission Cities is probably one of the most successful attempts (at least in its setup) to combine the dual digital and green transition promoted by Brussels in recent years and at the heart of the Green Deal. More than anywhere else, the green transition of cities involves an inevitable digital transition, where one supports the other.
The 100 European cities selected in recent years by the Mission (actually 112) know this well. Brussels aims to cut by 20 years the time to achieve climate neutrality, which in the selected cities should occur by 2030, while for the rest of the Union it is set for 2050.
