About CrAFt

The project Creating Actionable Futures – CrAFt is part of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative of the European Union. The project is placing the transition to climate neutrality at the heart of urban stakeholders.

We cooperate with the Mission Board on Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities and the NetZeroCities platform. And support cities in designing and deploying Climate City Contracts based on the experience from CrAFt’s Sandbox Cities —Bologna, Prague, and Amsterdam—, as well as more than 100 CrAFt Reference Cities (pdf).

We are testing and sharing collaborative local governance models to harness the value of inclusiveness, aesthetics and sustainability towards climate neutral cities. Download the project’s fact sheet.

Support to the European Mission on Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities

Assist the NetZeroCities Mission Platform, the Mission Cities with the design and deployment of Climate City Contracts, and the New European Bauhaus.

Conduct sandbox testing in three cities

Test and share collaborative local governance models in three Sandbox Cities —Amsterdam, Bologna and Prague— to harness the value of inclusiveness, aesthetics and sustainability towards climate neutral cities.

Promote cooperation among 100+ CrAFt Cities

More than 100 cities have joined the CrAFt community of cities. Find out more about them (map and pdf)

Write a Guidance Package for Climate-Neutral & Smart Cities: NEB Edition

Guidance and pathways to climate neutrality based on 160 collaborative local governance models, tools, examples, and testimonials and featuring 80 emblematic projects.

Develop a NEB Impact Model

A New European Bauhaus-inspired Impact Model to evaluate the quality in urban transformations towards climate neutrality. Check the initial version of the NEB Impact Model.

Engage with the arts and cultural sectors, property owners and citizens

More than 30 European universities and schools of arts and design will be engaged in supporting their local cities, with more than 100 students engaged in STEAM teams, internships and local capacity building.

Coordinate Mutual learning exercises

Testing and sharing knowledge on collaborative local governance models and Climate City Contracts.

Build long-term local capacity: Next-Generation NEB

Shape the next generation of NEB doers through think/do tanks, STEAM teams, university-city agreements, design challenges, hackathons and action research.

Create a storytelling campaign on actionable climate-neutral futures

Compelling and inclusive narratives for, with and by citizens and communities to spur more sustainable and climate-friendly practices.

What CrAFt can offer you

CrAFt helps you to bring together cities and their citizens, policymakers, arts and academia to jointly shape the transition to climate neutrality.

Work with us to test and share collaborative local governance models to harness the value of inclusiveness, aesthetics and sustainability towards climate neutral cities.

Project’s fact sheet

Cities

The CrAFt (Creating Actionable Futures) platform will help cities to make their climate-neutral transformations beautiful, inclusive and sustainable.

Universities

With universities and schools of arts and design, we aim to create a bridge between science and practice to speed up the transformation towards climate-neutral cities across Europe.