Plan4CET: Improving Clean Energy Transition planning at local and regional level

Introduction

Cities and urban areas have been identified as the main opportunity in reaching climate neutrality, as they consume 78% of the world’s energy and produce more than 60% of GHG. This need and vision are shared across EU cities and regions, but the climate neutrality transition process is complex, and many barriers have been identified.

Challenges

Even local and regional authorities have shown commitment to achieve climate neutrality; however, the following challenges slow down the development of these processes:

• Lack of appropriate horizontal and vertical CET governance
• Need for integrated and holistic solutions
• Insufficient capacity (knowledge and resources) to develop and implement CET plans and strategies

Project Objective

The general objective of the PLAN4CET project is to support European regions and cities to design, develop, and implement Clean Energy Transition plans according to their needs and possibilities.

Project Outputs

To achieve this objective, the project has been conceived as an initiative where different project outputs will be generated, including:

1. Methodologies
2. Tools
3. Capability building and technical assistance

These outputs will specifically support EU regions, particularly medium and small municipalities that face capacity challenges, in their CET planning, implementation, and monitoring activities.

Pilot Regions

The project will directly support three EU regions in improving the Climate and Sustainable Energy Action Plans through pilots to be carried out in:

• Navarra (ES)
• Skåne (SW)
• Emilia Romagna (IT)

These regions represent different types of EU regions and will serve as samples for many others, allowing for the transfer of learnings and best practices.

Consortium

PLAN4CET will be executed by a consortium composed of a group of 11 entities located in four European countries: Spain, Sweden, Italy, and Belgium. This consortium involves different types of local and regional public authorities, along with other entities.