Environment

Members:

• Lombardy: Directorate-General Environment and Climate Change
• Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Direction Environment and Energy
• Baden-Württemberg: Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector
• Catalonia: Ministry of Climate Actions, Food and Rural Agenda

Aims:

• exchange between regions among environmental policies
• sharing information, experience and best practice example
• transfer to the European institutions a common position of the regions about environment and climate change policies and priorities
• initiate cooperation projects with stakeholders from leading European regions

Current topics:

• Climate change and transition to a zero emissions economy
• Resource efficiency: eco-innovation, energy efficiency, circular economy 
• Education for sustainable development
• Air quality
• European funding opportunities and possibilities for joint project proposals

Milestones:

• Participation of the regions at the Under2 Coalition
• Pan-European Days of Environmental Education towards Sustainability (annual event)
• Project ideas and proposals in the framework of Interreg