The planet is warming up, and a lot of us feel pretty powerless to stop it. No matter how many rubbish paper straws you drink out of or plastic packages you recycle, it never feels like enough. Any real change has to come at a much larger scale – entire cities dedicated to sustainability. Luckily, those cities exist, and the European Green Cities Awards exist to recognise their efforts.

The awards have been running since 2010, when Stockholm became Europe’s first-ever Green Capital. Nordic cities generally tend to dominate sustainability rankings, such as the Global Destination Sustainability (GDS) Index , but the Green Cities Awards recognise successes throughout the entire continent.

Cities are named two years in advance, and 2027’s winner was just announced at a huge celebration

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