Press Release: Environment: Ljubljana European Green Capital 2016

The capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana, won the European Green Capital Award for 2016. The award was presented this on the 24 June 2014 by EU Environment Commissioner, Janez Potočnik, at a ceremony in Copenhagen, which holds the 2014 European Green Capital title. Ljubljana received recognition for raising environmental awareness amongst its citizens, for its sustainability strategy 'Vision 2025', its implementation of a range of urban green measures over the past decade and its impressive transportation network.

The European Green Capital Award was conceived by Mr Jüri Ratas, former Mayor of Tallinn, Estonia in 2006, as an initiative to promote and reward efforts, to encourage cities to commit to further action, and to showcase and promote the exchange of best practice among European cities. Seven cities – Stockholm, Hamburg, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Nantes, Copenhagen, Bristol and now Ljubljana – have won the award so far, from 2010 to 2016 respectively.

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Website: European Green Capital http://ec.europa.eu/environment/europeangreencapital/index_en.htm

ESO: Background information: Environment: 12 cities apply for European Green Capital Award 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-environment-12-cities-apply-for-european-green-capital-award-2016/

ESO: Background information: Environment: Bristol European Green Capital 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-environment-bristol-european-green-capital-2015/

ESO: Background information: Environment: Essen, Ljubljana, Nijmegen, Oslo and Umeå shortlisted for European Green Capital 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-environment-essen-ljubljana-nijmegen-oslo-and-umea-shortlisted-for-european-green-capital-2016/

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/14/498: Green capitals – spreading the green message http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-498_en.pdf

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