Through the IUC programme, cities and regions across Europe have entered into partnerships on sustainable development with counterparts from around the globe. For a full list of city pairings so far, see the table below:
Belo Horizonte and Almada are focusing their pairing on addressing climate change. The city of Almada is member of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, has implemented the processes required as part of this agreement, and is currently updating its climate goals and action. Within this framework, it has developed initiatives such as a Climate Action Local Plataform and a Climate Change Fund. The Municipality of Belo Horizonte is interested in adapting both initiatives to its local context. For its part, Almada is keen to learn more about Belo Horizonte’s system of planification and its established goals and agreements.
They plan to reformulate the climate change committee in Belo Horizonte with the expansion of social mobilization and private sector participation, to create a climate fund in BH to finance actions of global confrontation and adaptation in the municipality. Along with the Implementation of a seal of environmental and climatic certification integrated to the urban and environmental plan and the development of an energy efficiency project on public property preparation of a project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the urban mobility sector.