Together in Ljubljana, in early September 2025, our EU-URGE team turned streets, offices, markets, gardens, and riverbanks into sites of research. We met with local organizations and stakeholders, visited city offices, and explored everyday life in between. A city that proved to be more than Slovenia’s green capital; a living laboratory of climate neutrality in both its promises and its contradictions. What does it mean when a city is celebrated for sustainability but under the surface still wrestles with everyday urgencies familiar across Europe? We looked beneath the facade and learned that becoming “climate neutral” isn’t just about technology or policy, it’s about people, habits, and the competing priorities of daily life. So if you spotted a group of researchers lingering at bus stops, markets, or riverbanks looking intrigued, that was us. And yes, we took notes. Lots of them. Stay tuned as we continue unpacking how different cities are navigating the path to 2030.
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