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This book chapter proposes a framework for transforming European cities into carbon-free urban areas, utilizing natural solutions like greenery and innovative solar technologies, tailored to diverse climatic conditions, to achieve net-zero electricity generation and mitigate urban air pollution and climate change impacts.
Green facade with solar panels and vertical garden developed in the Barcelona city, a public project voted for the neighborhood community to bring more green on the saturated streets and generate renewable clean energy. Spain.
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With the roadmap to carbon-neutral cities, offset and trading opportunities will leave the remnants of the unprecedented growth based on fossil fuels with urban air pollution and city impact of climate change. Promoting net zero and positivity in electricity generation can substitute the use of fossil fuels with clean energy but introduces considerable uncertainty on the engagement of different actors and in practice aspects of the energy transition process. In this work, a clear goal to carbon-free cities is proposed with a novel framework based on four pillars. Natural solutions such as greenery and solar energy technologies such as colored eco-designed photovoltaics are optimized at the variable climatic conditions of European cities as a first step to specific targets, performance indicators, and milestones for the urban transformation adventure of all European citizens.
Program / This project aims to accelerate investment in viable cities by assessing needs, frameworks and conditions under which financiers and cities can collaborate.
Feature / Explore key takeaways on how young people can combat air pollution and climate change.
Project / SEI at the University of York is collaborating with the City of York to develop a ertrofit one-stop shop to help the city achieve its net zero goals.
Perspective / This perspective presents ways for the new UK government to begin working to achieve a just fossil fuel transition in the North Sea.
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