Valencia Province empowers municipal action to accelerate solar deployment and promote change locally

The Province of Valencia, located in Spain’s Comunitat Valenciana, is home to 266 municipalities with very diverse demographic and territorial characteristics. While a small number of coastal cities concentrate a large share of the population and economic activity, the vast majority of municipalities are small or medium-sized, often with limited technical and financial capacity to address climate and energy challenges on their own.

This context clearly illustrates why intermediate levels of government can play a decisive role in accelerating local climate action. Since 2016, the Diputació de València has acted as Territorial Coordinator of the EU Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (CoM), providing strategic, technical and financial support to municipalities and enabling them to turn political commitments into concrete results.

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