The EU Cities Mission aims to support 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030 and position them as innovation hubs that will enable all European cities to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. It does so by fostering innovation, collaboration, and solution testing in real urban contexts, involving a wide range of local and regional stakeholders.​

Mission objectives

• Deliver 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030, demonstrating that rapid, systemic decarbonisation in urban areas is feasible and scalable.​

• Ensure these cities function as experimentation and innovation hubs, developing and testing solutions, governance models, and investment approaches that other European cities can replicate by 2050.​

How the Mission works

• The Mission brings together local authorities, citizens, businesses, investors, and national and regional bodies to co-design and implement integrated climate-neutrality pathways.​

• It advances Europe’s transition to climate neutrality by aligning research, innovation, regulation, and funding around city-level climate action and by piloting solutions in real-life urban environments.​

Participating cities

• The Mission supports 100 cities in EU Member States and 12 cities in countries associated with Horizon Europe, all working toward climate neutrality by 2030.​

• These 112 cities were selected from 377 applicants and now act as innovation hubs, testing cross-sectoral solutions and new governance models to accelerate change and inspire all European cities to follow by 2050.​