Energy activity and savings of cities and local governments committed to climate change mitigation and adaptation
Cities and local authorities are key players in addressing climate change. Since 2008, the European Commission endorses and supports their efforts through the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (CoM) and notably through the provision of capacity building, technical assistance, sharing of best practices and peer learning opportunities. This report complements the Covenant of Mayors 2022 Assessment report (Melica et al., 2022), describing the CoM energy activity and estimated savings, based on data declared through the MyCovenant reporting platform. It examines energy consumption and production, and offers an overview on the progress made on energy savings and renewable energy generation. Overall, fossil fuels have the greatest weight in total consumption, followed by electricity, district heating and cooling and lastly, with the minimum share, renewable fuels, suggesting that the transition to a greener energy system still requires more time and additional efforts to achieve EU targets. Meanwhile, the sector with the highest share in the reported consumption is residential buildings, followed by private and commercial transport. The key findings show that the energy savings accomplished by EU-27 signatories amount to 117 TWh/year for 2020 and 27 TWh/year for 2030 commitments, where the highest savings yearly rates correspond to the cities of Dortmund, Mariupol, Budapest and Marbella, saving 1.45, 0.95, 0.85 and 0.72 TWh/year, respectively.
FRANCO DE LOS RIOS Camilo;
MELICA Giulia;
BORGES DA SILVEIRA BEZERRA Paula;
ORTEGA HORTELANO Alejandro;
TREVILLE Aldo;
PALERMO Valentina;
BERTOLDI Paolo;
2023-03-22
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC132632
978-92-68-01051-8 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 31446 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31-446-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC132632,
10.2760/93581 (online),
