Registration for “Climate neutral and Smart Cities” Unite!WIDENING workshop is open until May 12th. The workshop is organised by the project’s partner Politecnico di Torino (PoliTo) on May 17th, and will take place online and in-person (in Turin).
“Climate neutral and Smart Cities” is an ambitious EU initiative aiming to deliver 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030. This mission is part of the Unite!WIDENING project, started in January 2024 and designed as part of the Alliance of European Universities – Unite!
One of the specific objectives of the project is to strengthen the global competitiveness and international visibility of the 9 European Universities that are part of the project, creating critical mass in key areas such as the green transition, digitalisation and the Horizon Europe Mission areas.
To identify the main areas of research, development and innovation (RD&I) the project will analyse relevant policies and documents at EU level, such as the 5 EU Missions Horizon 2030 (in particular Mission Cities, Mission Adaptation and Mission Ocean) among others. This analysis will result in the identification of the strengths and needs of countries expanding in the green transition, reinforced by the identification of RD&I areas of interest for common research projects.
This EU Mission is a catalyser for new ways of collaboration and coordination that recognises the importance and complexity of the challenge of climate neutrality in transport.
Paulo Ferrão, Full Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico and President of the Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research (IN+), who will be part of the EU Council for the “Climate neutral and Smart Cities” mission until 2025, will participate in this Workshop.»
