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Bristol, Copenhagen and Frankfurt Shortlisted for 2014 European Green Capital award

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24 June 2019
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Bristol, Copenhagen and Frankfurt have been chosen as the three finalists in the competition to find Europe's Green Capital for 2014. The European Commission's award scheme encourages cities to improve the quality of urban life by systematically taking the environment into account in urban planning. Bristol and Frankfurt are also partners in URBACT projects engaged to examine this area of concern.

Bristol, Copenhagen and Frankfurt have been selected from the 18 cities that applied for the 2014 award. The finalists were proposed by an independent panel of experts, who assessed the entries in 12 different areas: Local contribution to global climate change, Local transport, Green urban areas incorporating sustainable land use, Nature and biodiversity, Quality of local ambient air, Noise pollution, Waste production and management, Water consumption, Waste water treatment, Eco innovation and sustainable employment, Environmental management of the local authority, Energy performance.

Bristol, partner in the URBACT LUMASEC project, Frankfurt, partner in the URBACT projects Cash and EVUE as well as Copenhagen, which will host next URBACT Annual Conference, will present their vision, action plans, communication strategy and their potential to act as a role model for other cities to the Jury on 8 June 2012 in Brussels. The Jury will deliver its verdict at an award ceremony in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain on 29 June.

Four cities have been awarded the title of European Green Capital since its inception in 2010. Stockholm won the inaugural title, followed by Hamburg in 2011, the current holder Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, and Nantes, who will hold the title in 2013.

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