Cagliari is among the ten candidate cities for the 2025 edition of the European Green Capital Award , an initiative proposed by the European Commission. These are the candidates: Cagliari, Brescia and Novara for Italy ; Logroño for Spain; Guimarães for Portugal; Poznan and Rzeszow for Poland; Graz for Austria; Brasov for Romania and finally Vilnius for Lithuania.

After the second place of last October 2022 behind the Spanish Valencia, the Sardinian capital is proposing itself again for the title of European Green Capital, a competition that rewards the European city that has most distinguished itself on sustainability policies in the areas of greenery, the waste cycle , mitigation and adaptation to climate change, water quality, air, noise pollution .

In the coming weeks, the prize secretariat will announce the finalists who will compete for the coveted prize in Tallinn (Green Capital 2023) on 5 October 2023 .

«Cagliari presents its candidacy for 2025 on the strength of last year's second place - comments the mayor Paolo Truzzu - and of the many existing projects, which will make our city even more green and citizen-friendly: I am referring to forestation projects, which provide for the planting of 45,000 new trees in the city, the renovation of 52 school gardens, the recovery of 24 green areas and 9 playgrounds, the new urban park in Via Roma; the redevelopment of historic avenues, from Viale Buon Cammino to Viale Trieste; interventions on sustainable mobility and incentives for the use of public transport; upon completion of the replacement of city lighting lamps; to improve the differentiated waste collection service".

"All these interventions, some already completed, others in progress - the conclusion - aim to make Cagliari more sustainable and an example for our island".

(Unioneonline/vl)

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