Local Green Deal (LGD)

A Local Green Deal is a governance model and action-driven approach that helps cities accelerate and scale up their sustainable transformation. It connects and strengthens existing strategies, policies, market tools, and financial incentives into one coherent framework, enabling cities to put the EU Clean Industrial Deal and other green transition policies into practice locally.

At its heart, a Local Green Deal turns sustainability ambitions into concrete agreements or “deals”—between local stakeholders. These agreements set out shared commitments and coordinated actions to achieve the integrated sustainability goals set by the local government.

Key features of a Local Green Deal:

• Multi-level governance: Aligns action across local, regional, national, and EU levels, ensuring collaboration where needed and enabling cities to influence relevant legislation, initiatives, and financing programmes.
• Integrated action: Breaks down silos between departments and sectors, fostering cooperation to address complex, cross-cutting challenges such as climate change, circular economy, and social inclusion.
• Multi-stakeholder collaboration: Builds long-term partnerships through co-design, co-production, and co-innovation, engaging government, businesses, academia, and civil society in a continuous process of change.
• Action-oriented delivery: Translates agreements into tangible results—ranging from grassroots community projects to large-scale system innovations in energy, mobility, construction, and the circular economy—using tools like regulation, financing, and innovation support.

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