The Covenant of Mayors initiative in the Eastern Partnership countries (CoM East) was launched in 2011. Since then, it has evolved, and its scope has enlarged. Today, hundreds of local authorities are part of the initiative in the Eastern Partnership region committed to acting against climate change. The Joint Research Centre provides scientific and technical support to DG ENEST and is in charge of evaluating the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAPs). This report provides an assessment of the status of implementation of the initiative since its inception. Results show that the CoM East initiative continues raising interest among local authorities in the region. Technical expertise and capacity for SECAP development show increasing improvement, although further enhancement would be needed especially in countries, where involvement of municipalities remain low. The emission reduction commitment proposed are ambitious, usually in line or higher than the minimum target for the area. As for adaptation to climate change impacts, the most common hazards are extreme heat, heavy precipitations and droughts & water scarcity. Almost all sectors are reported to be vulnerable to extreme heat which is consistently the most targeted climate hazard by adaptation actions.

DAVIDE Marinella;  MELICA Giulia;  PALERMO Valentina;  SUKHODUB Iryna;  RYBAK Olena; 

2026-06-24

Publications Office of the European Union

JRC145840

978-92-68-40338-9 (online),   

1831-9424 (online),   

EUR 40746,    OP KJ-01-26-249-EN-N (online),   

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC145840,   

10.2760/1317536 (online),