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Green cities: European Commission launched the competition of the EU Green Capital and EU Green Leaf Awards 2025

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On 20 January 2023, the European Commission launched the European Green Capital and European Green Leaf awards 2025. These Awards promote and reward the efforts of European towns and cities striving to improve the quality of life for their inhabitants and reduce their impact on the local and global environment.

The Awards are open to towns and cities: the European Green Capital Award is open to cities with over 100.000 inhabitants, while the European Green Leaf Award is open to all towns and cities with 20.000 to 99.999 inhabitants. Applicants will received the application forms and have until 30 April 2023 at 23:59 CEST (GMT +2) to submit them. Green City Accord (GCA) signatories are particularly encouraged to apply. You can learn about GCA becoming a signatory here.

The winner of the Green Capital Award will receive €600.000 and up to two cities will receive €200.000 each as Green Leaf winners. The financial prize contributes to support the winning cities in implementing initiatives and measures to enhance their environmental performance and reach out to citizens, especially during their winning year.

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