Affordable clean energy

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Ideas advancing SDG 7: Affordable clean energy

Join the Munich Klima-Taler team

Join the Munich Klima-Taler team Munich joined the nationwide Klima-Taler network in 2025. Download the app, join the Landeshauptstadt München team, and collect one Taler per five kilograms of avoided CO₂ from walking, cycling, transit, and energy savings. Redeem at partner shops and services listed in the app. Businesses can join the marketplace for free because the city pays the licence. What you can do - Download Klima-Taler and join the Munich team via Re:think München - Log green trips and household meters, then spend Taler at partners on the in-app map - Shops: offer a reward through Munich Business (no fee) - This is a different city from the existing Frankfurt Klima-Taler listing How it works You can start without giving a name or email. Savings are credited to the city team you join. Offers change, so treat the app marketplace as the live list. Why it matters Playful rewards make everyday climate choices visible and keep spend with neighbourhood partners.

gamification mobility energy

Programme nearbyEnergy Cologne

Join Klima-Taler city teams across Germany in Cologne

Join Klima-Taler city teams across Germany in Cologne More than 50 municipalities use Klima-Taler. Beyond Frankfurt and Munich, residents in Cologne, Aachen, Darmstadt, Königstein im Taunus, Hamm, Kempen, Leer, and many smaller towns join a city team, race friendly CO₂ rankings, and redeem tokens with 500+ partners, including municipal pools. Tokens work across the network, not only in your home town. What you can do - Download the app from klima-taler.com and join your city's team (no name required) - Cycle, walk, or ride transit; link meters if you want energy Taler - Redeem at local partners shown in the app (pools, museums, shops, clubs) - Schools, clubs, and workplaces can start their own teams - Municipal staff: ask via the cities form if your town is not listed yet How it works Blacksquared GmbH (Berlin) runs the software. Cities pay a licence so residents and local traders join free. Treat the in-app marketplace as the current redeem list: we do not copy shop directories here. Why it matters A shared climate currency makes quiet daily trips count in public, and it keeps spend local.

gamification mobility energy

Programme nearbyEnergy Frankfurt

Corporate Sustainability Handprint at GIZ field in Frankfurt

Corporate Sustainability Handprint at GIZ field in Frankfurt Outside Germany, GIZ teams use the Corporate Sustainability Handprint (CSH), a management tool that tracks both footprint (energy, water, travel) and handprint (active contributions such as solar arrays, carpooling, and fair procurement) in Frankfurt. Sustainability officers embed CSH targets in job roles so field offices contribute to the company-wide Sustainability Programme. What you can do - NGOs and development agencies: adapt the footprint/handprint split for your own country offices, track consumption and positive projects side by side - Municipal climate teams: borrow CSH indicators for embassies, twin-town partnerships, or international NGO hubs in your city - Workplace green teams: list one measurable handprint project per quarter (bike racks, PV, reusable event kit) How it works Country offices report CSH categories aligned with climate, procurement, and biodiversity goals. Handprint projects make visible what staff build, not only what they consume. Why it matters Corporate sustainability sticks when offices compete on contributions, not just compliance spreadsheets.

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Programme nearbyEnergy Brasilia

Weigh Brazil's energy transition at SESI Lab

Weigh Brazil's energy transition at SESI Lab Each cycle SESI Lab picks one transversal theme and runs it through exhibitions, educational activities, teacher training, publications, and technical partnerships. For 2025 and 2026 that theme is energy and the energy transition, which turns the museum on the Monumental Axis into a public room for working out how Brazil powers itself. What you can do - See which energy exhibitions and activities are running now on Exposições and the daily programação - Read the free digital curation Eficiência Energética: Aerogeradores, which connects electricity, renewable sources, and the form and function of a wind turbine - Walk the permanent Imaginando Futuros gallery, built to make visitors question the choices and decisions that shape the future (acervo digital) - Watch for the free course for education professionals on energy and sustainability, and for Night Lab evenings that take up the annual theme How it works The theme travels through the whole programme rather than sitting in one room. The interactive show Energia, Sou Watt? placed visitors at ten stations balancing economic growth, social justice, and environmental protection while deciding policy on nuclear power, mobility, production, and housing; it closed on 7 September, so treat it as a format to ask for rather than a live ticket. The Festival Energia brought five free public panels to Brasília: energy scenarios and transition, science communication and the climate emergency, decarbonisation and mobility, climate justice and sustainable development, and art and the climate emergency. Why it matters An energy transition is settled by people who can picture the trade-offs. A museum that hands you the dilemma instead of the conclusion builds exactly the civic muscle that climate policy runs on.

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Programme nearbyEnergy Copenhagen

Buy Middelgrunden wind shares, Copenhagen

Buy Middelgrunden wind shares, Copenhagen Middelgrundens Vindmøllelaug is a citizen wind coop off Copenhagen. New shares can sell out, but the public Handelsplads still lists peer transfers with a transfer contract. What you can do - Open the Handelsplads and read current share listings - Complete the transfer steps the laug publishes for buyers - Note the listed membership fee before you pay How it works Shares move between members through the marketplace. Confirm fees, contracts, and whether new-issue shares are available on the site. Why it matters Copenhagen residents can still join offshore wind as citizen owners, not only as grid customers.

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Programme nearbyEnergy Stockholm

Get energy-community advice in Stockholm

Get energy-community advice in Stockholm Sveriges Energigemenskaper guides people who want to start or join a local energy community. Visit the Stockholm desk for public advice. What you can do - Open sverigesenergigemenskaper.se - Ask how to start or join a gemenskap near you - Visit Maria Skolgata 83 when advice hours are listed How it works Public guidance is the entry. They do not sell panels on the spot. Bring questions about your building or street. Why it matters Stockholm residents get a clear desk for shared renewable energy.

stockholm energy advice

Programme nearbyEnergy Oslo

Use KlimaOslo climate advice in Oslo

Use KlimaOslo climate advice in Oslo KlimaOslo is the city climate portal for residents who want advice on energy and climate action. Start with the public guidance pages. What you can do - Browse klimaoslo.no - Pick an advice pathway that matches your home or street - Contact the listed desk when a booking form appears How it works Advice is municipal and public. Follow the deepest linked form on the portal. Why it matters Oslo puts climate advice where residents already look for city services.

oslo climate advice

Programme nearbyEnergy Helsinki

Rent a Helen solar share in Helsinki

Rent a Helen solar share in Helsinki Helen lets Helsinki residents rent panels in city solar parks such as Suvilahti and Kivikko. Share production without a roof of your own. What you can do - Search helen.fi for solar share or panel rent offers - Compare Suvilahti and Kivikko park options - Sign only through the official Helen pathway How it works Residents rent capacity in utility parks. Pricing and availability change; check Helen before you commit. Why it matters Helsinki opens shared solar when a private roof is not an option.

helsinki solar share

Programme nearbyEnergy Prague

Use Prague renewable energy desk

Use Prague renewable energy desk PCOE is Prague's one-stop desk for residents who want PV advice and energy-sharing guidance. Start with the about page, then ask for a consultation. What you can do - Read pcoe.cz/o-nas - Ask about rooftop PV or sharing options for your block - Book only through official PCOE contact channels How it works Advice is public and city-linked. Bring building details to make the talk useful. Why it matters Prague residents get one desk instead of scattered PV marketing.

prague pv advice

Programme nearbyEnergy Bern

Join Energie Genossenschaft Schweiz in Bern

Join Energie Genossenschaft Schweiz in Bern Energie Genossenschaft Schweiz plans and installs cooperative PV. Ask the Bern regional team how membership works. What you can do - Open energiegenossenschaft.ch - Ask for the Bern solar team contact - Request membership steps before any install talk How it works Coop membership comes first. Install planning follows for members and partner roofs. Why it matters Bern neighbours can own solar together through a Swiss energy coop.

bern coop solar

Programme nearbyEnergy Athens

Join Attica Energy Community near Athens

Join Attica Energy Community near Athens The Attica Energy Community is a citizen coop for renewable energy around Athens. Use the online membership form to join. What you can do - Visit atticaenergycommunity.gr - Complete the online membership form - Ask about metro-area projects that accept new members How it works Membership is online. Project locations sit across Attica; confirm which ones are open. Why it matters Athens residents can join renewable energy as citizens, not only as customers.

athens energy coop

Programme nearbyEnergy Bonn

Walk historic energy and transport networks

Walk historic energy and transport networks The 2026 motto NetzWERKE: Denkmale & Infrastruktur puts bridges, locks, power houses, rail sheds, and supply buildings in the spotlight. These places once moved people, water, goods, and power. On Open Monument Day they open so you can see how earlier networks still shape streets and rivers. What you can do - Search the programme for industry, Technik, or infrastructure tags near you - Visit a dated listing such as Dresden's Bahnbetriebswerk Dresden-Altstadt when it opens - Ask guides how the site fed a town: water, power, freight, or passenger rail - Carry the pattern into advocacy: keep repairable infrastructure visible in your own city How it works DSD invites owners to present monuments as network nodes, not only as pretty facades. Filter for technical monuments, then pick one deep listing with hours and access notes. Why it matters Energy and transport heritage make climate and mobility conversations tangible. You stand inside the systems that still underwrite daily life.

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