of April
Besançon, France
The forum will be a new edition of the ‘Grafting Cities’ series, which aims to unveil the remarkable actions our members have undertaken to “graft” their cities to accelerate their transition.
The art of grafting shows how a place can flourish by building on its assets and ‘twisting them’. Grafting a city is also a movement to transform street by street, house by house, place by place, increasing diversity and thus resilience.
This year the forum will be held under the theme Weaving connections, which will highlight the power of connections, not only among our community but also at local level, where different actors come together to develop mechanisms and projects that help them create sustainable and resilient ecosystems.
2025 marks the 35th anniversary of Energy Cities and the forum will be the perfect occasion to celebrate it.
Since 1990, we have been creating a community and building strong bonds among our members to work towards a climate neutral future. These connections have allowed us to build a network of committed cities to find innovative solutions and make our members feel more confident in their own transition journey.
During the forum we will discuss all the work our community has done these past 35 years and how we can weave more connections to accelerate the transformation towards a climate-neutral Europe.
