Climaborough partners meet in Differdange

For three days from 10 to 12 June 2025, CLIMABOROUGH partners met in Differdange, one of the project’s cities committed to Climate Neutrality.

Grazia Concilio (CALL), worked hand in hand with Matteo Giacomelli, Nicola Morelli, David Hick, Graham Colclough, Maria Manez, and Chiara Bernardini in order to align cities around a data-driven approach to monitoring innovation sandboxes—controlled environments where new urban solutions can be tested in real-life settings—with the goal of producing evidence on how the selected solutions contribute to climate neutrality.

It was quickly made evident that reaching Climate Neutrality cannot simply be solved through logistics and technology! A city’s ability to respond to climate impacts also depends heavily on its internal organization and working methods. Still today, many cities struggle with structural issues: siloed approaches still dominate everything from data collection and management to urban planning, policy design, and scenario development. These fragmented systems often leave cities under pressure and without clear direction. Transforming how cities govern and operate is therefore essential to be able to efficiently tackle the climate challenge.