This is the tag for all posts relating to climate change.

Brokerage event: going Green in Seventeen !

14 December, 2016 By Editor

“Going Green in Seventeen (2017)” is a project brokerage session for energy and climate change projects with 2017 deadlines jointly organised by the Assembly of European Regions (AER) and ERRIN ... Read More

Cultural heritage & the environment

30 November, 2016 By Editor

Natural disasters and extreme climate-related events are among some of the risks that are threatening the livelihood of cultural heritage sites. Indeed, climate change is negatively impacting the preservation of ... Read More

COP22 – AER at the forefront of regional climate change fight in Marrakech

17 November, 2016 By Mathieu Mori

After the COP 21 in Paris last year that led to a historic agreement in the reduction of 40% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2013, the COP 22 in Marrakech ... Read More

Join AER at COP22

9 November, 2016 By Editor

AER is pleased to invite its member regions to the AER/R20 and partners joint event at the COP22 entitled Innovative Value Chain & Financial Ecosystem for Sub-national Governments this upcoming Saturday, ... Read More

Sustainable mobility: the way forward

7 November, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

The modernisation and democratisation of means of transports have radically changed how we perceive distances and the world in general. At the same time resource scarcity, climate change and geopolitical ... Read More

Bureau members drive AER to aim for “a strong Europe”

25 October, 2016 By Editor

The AER Bureau is the highest political voice in AER. It provides the political direction and impetus for the work carried out in the network. The Bureau is responsible for ... Read More

Looking for partners to join a new project on “Capacity building in the field of climate change in Turkey”

20 October, 2016 By Agnese Pantaloni

Capacity Building in the Field of Climate Change in Turkey Grant Scheme (CCGS) is a multi-faceted programme to support a wide range of activities required to contribute to the global ... Read More

Funding for smart grid and storage projects

4 October, 2016 By Agnese Pantaloni

The Energy Challenge is designed to support the transition to a reliable, sustainable and competitive energy system. To make the transition to a competitive energy system, there is a need to ... Read More

Regions demand to be involved in shaping Cohesion policy post-2020

28 September, 2016 By Editor

337 Regions, cities, municipalities and interregional organisations demand a strong renewed EU Regional Policy after 2020. Regions send a highly visible and strong signal to the leaders of Europe on ... Read More

Funding for climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials

26 September, 2016 By Agnese Pantaloni

AER keeps its focus on searching funding for projects and initiatives that are facing the challenge of fostering the transition to an economy based on a sustainable relationship between nature ... Read More

BIOTEAM Magazine on bioenergy and sustainability

28 July, 2016 By Editor

On 15 March 2016, the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina together with the Assembly of European Regions hosted the conference ‘Biomass: What are the best ways to use it?‘ in Novi ... Read More

Baltic Rim Economies: special edition on the Arctic

1 July, 2016 By Editor

The Pan-European Institute publishes a discussion forum, Baltic Rim Economies (BRE), which deals with the development of the Baltic Sea region. In the BRE review, high level public and corporate ... Read More

Partner search: Life project on climate adaptation

1 July, 2016 By Agnese Pantaloni

The AER Secretariat is happy to share with its member regions and partners a project opportunity developed by its partner network ALDA – The European Association of Local Democracy with ... Read More

Transparency: a tool for change

28 June, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

Remember the picture? United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon holding a report which outlines the actions of States and Regions with regards to climat change. Because regions are implementing a variety ... Read More

COP22: the final countdown