• Mayors call on the EU to match local responsibilities with the means to act

    Mayors call on the EU to match local responsibilities with the means to act
    With great power comes great responsibility. But the reverse is also true: if you have great responsibilities, shouldn’t you have the power to live up to them?As people face increasingly frequent extreme weather events, from heatwaves to wildfires, and spikes in energy prices, protecting citizens is becoming an ever-greater and more essential part of local governments’ day-to-day work. Meanwhile, austerity measures are leading many national governments to increasingly shift more resp

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