In the recent Clean Energy for All Europeans Package islands found a special place as territories that may “provide platforms for pilot initiatives on clean energy transition and can serve as showcases at international level”. Covenant of Mayors (CoM) and Pact of Islands (PoI) have been instrumental in setting the ground for island local and regional authorities to design their own path towards energy transition and climate adaptation and commit to reaching their targets.The European Commission launched in 2017 the Clean Energy for EU Islands Initiative to support the islands’ decarbonisation. In 2019 the European Islands Facility was also established to provide financial assistance for island clean energy projects.
First two in the series of the Covenant of Mayors Webinars that aim at the empowerment of islands to achieve their Energy & Climate Targets will focus on Greece and Croatia. The Spanish, Portuguese and Nordic Webinars will follow.
In the first Greek webinar, the discussion will focus on how Greek PoI and CoM island signatories can be supported to implement their iSEAPs/SEAPs/SECAPs, how adhesion to PoI is streamlined with CoM and how signatories can align their plans in view of the 2030 targets for climate adaptation. Then, the official support by the European Commission, namely the Clean Energy for EU Islands Secretariat and the European Islands Facility (NESOI H2020 project) will be presented. Finally, we will present successful climate and energy solutions and methodologies amongs the islands community such as the Greek island projects TILOS and Naeras, the climate adaptation planning of the Strovolos Municipality in Cyprus and the clean energy transition of the Samsoe, Orkney and Madeira Municipality in the frame of the H2020 SMILE project.
Greece
Date: Friday, May 29th 2020| Time: 12.00 – 14.00 CEST
Programme in EN – Programme in GR
Croatia
Date: Tuesday, June 9th 2020| Time: 10.00 – 12.00 CEST
Programme in HR
