Manchester City Council Councillor, Angeliki Stogia.BEIS European lead for the COP26 Zero Emission Vehicles campaign, Isobel Neale.COP26 Unit Cities and Regions Engagement Lead, Christine Mosedale.Head of the Europe Strategy Department, Hazel Cameron.Emma Hopkins, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Denmark.High-profile speakers at the workshops included: They will now look to capitalise on a range of new opportunities to collaborate with other European cities through Horizon Europe programmes. This year’s programme also enabled Glasgow and Manchester City Councils to showcase their innovative solutions to European audiences ahead of their presence at COP26. This collaboration will continue to ensure constant learning from each other’s experiences. Aarhus and Gothenburg are already working together and have presented at each other’s local city-council meetings, highlighting the work each city is doing on urban logistics and transformations.
For example, Glasgow, Dublin, Bilbao and Amsterdam are working together to strengthen their circular economy strategies. The Smart and Sustainable Cities project has cemented the UK’s reputation as a climate change leader, while building stronger bilateral and city-to-city links between the participants. Furthermore, the workshops also introduced participants to opportunities for collaborating with city-led projects across Europe, including the future Horizon 2020 Taskforce and Grow Green Cities programme (led by Manchester), “streetscaping” or re-orienting streets from cars to people (led by Barcelona and Arhus), the Green goods delivery (led by Gothenburg and Ljubljana) and the Glasgow Circular Economy Programme. A final session on 16 March brought all the partners together for a final session to raise ambition as part of the Race to Zero campaign. Virtual workshops led by Glasgow, Manchester and Aarhus (Denmark) City Councils encouraged delegates to explore the needs, resources and opportunities for cities to drive support for increased climate action. This concept was delivered through two sessions per city (Share and Solve) and a joint final session (Support) to bring all participants together and allow for cross-fertilisation of ideas. The concept for this year’s edition aimed to create a sense of community through a shared journey using a ‘Share, Solve and Support’ structure.
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