Environment

In office since January, Lisa Bandari has taken on energy transition, innovation, growth and investment as key areas.

On 23 and 24 May, the city will host the first edition of the NBS Summit Urban Edition, an event organised by the National Association of Green Roofs .

The Porto Innovation Hub hosted a workshop dedicated to the city of Porto, as part of the European project SSH Centre, a project funded and led by Energy Cities, which uses formative monitoring research to generate recommendations with an impact on public policy-making.

Porto is now part of the international network Tree Cities of the World.

Last week, the municipality announced the progress of two projects that have proved fundamental to this endeavour: ASCEND and WAKE UP!.

The Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences of the University of Porto and Too Good To Go are already part of the active community of partners.

Dozens of Porto Climate Pact subscribers plant trees in Parque de São Roque.

Thanks to a seven million euros investment, the municipality will be able to save 2.3 million euros on its electricity bill every year.

The creation of retention basins and increasing the territory's permeability are some solutions pointed out by the Plan for the Valorisation and Rehabilitation of the Water Lines of the Municipality of Porto.

Among the leaders was the Deputy Mayor of Porto, Filipe Araújo, who is responsible for the Environment and Climate Transition.