From 26 February 2024, all European cities will have the opportunity to enroll in the EUCityCalc project's learning programme to learn how to collect data and use the EU City Calculator tool, which is a free, open source online platform that allows local councils and other stakeholders to visualise and simulate low-carbon scenarios for their towns and cities, as well as to assess the trade-offs related to available choices.

Cities can integrate their Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan (SECAP) data as well as some key socio-demographic trends into the tool. The model completes any missing data (energy, emissions, activity data) thanks to a rich database at the level of each European country. The web tool can then provide public officials with critical insight and foresight into the implications and ramifications of various policy choices and investments. The European City Calculator provides cities with an overview of the different measures and their effects on emission reductions and indication of costs. Cities can build their own climate and energy scenarios, discover their impacts and compare them with their climate and energy targets. The web tool is ultimately designed to make the decision-making and implementation of climate and energy strategies easier for European cities.

The EUCityCalc project, funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme, has tested the tool in 10 pilot cities in different stages of their climate neutrality transition as they have developed locally owned and inclusive transition roadmaps. 

Learn more about the EUCityCalc learning programme here.