Decarbonisation pathways for local authorities, citizen and businesses
LOCALISED Tools and Data
LOCALISED developed science-based tools that go the “last mile” to bringing decarbonisation knowledge to end users: Climate Action Strategiser, Net-Zero Business Consultant, Sustainable Business Model Canvas, Citizen Engager, Data Sharing Platform. The tools were developed in a co-design approach with the consortium user partners and associated partners, and took into consideration relevant end user needs.
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About LOCALISED
LOCALISED was a European-funded research project which developed end-user products and services for local and regional administration and their citizens as well as policy and business decision-makers in a co-design process by
- providing downscaled national decarbonisation trajectories, consistent with Europe’s net-zero target
- helping to upscale the definition and implementation of mitigation and adaptation measures at local level, the establishment of Sustainable Energy and Climate Actions Plans (SECAPs) and the monitoring of related Sustainable Development Goals.
The LOCALISED project targeted the NUTS-3 administrative level for all Europe, to help regions and their local administrations and businesses understand what options they have to identify and mitigate the impacts of climate change, and how these could be implemented, taking into account energy justice.
By doing so, the LOCALISED project contributed to achieving the goals of the European Green Deal on reducing its net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 (compared to 1990 levels) in a fair way, leaving no one behind.
LOCALISED started on 1 October 2021 and ended on 30 September 2025.
Resources
LOCALISED published reports and databases, peer-reviewed articles, policy briefs, factsheets, interviews and videos, presenting the project results.
Our research areas
LOCALISED established a reliable framework depicting the current status of the energy sector at the NUTS-3 level to plan feasible future scenarios and monitor the changes from real data. Providing information at lower scales needs to strike an adequate balance between:
- downscaling existing information on mitigation, adaptation and impacts;
- designing of innovative information products and tools for targeted focus groups.
For whom
LOCALISED activities and results are useful for everyone studying, improving, and implementing climate change mitigation and adaptation measures at the local and regional levels in Europe. We offer information for:
- Local and regional public administrations and public technical bodies as wel as, consultancies and sectoral associations, that are responsible for urban planning, energy planning, and transport planning, especially those facing limited resources or lacking information;
- Local and regional businesses and business associations showing a growing interest in planning their carbon reduction;
- Academicians, including social, adaptation and behavior scientists, persons engaged in participation research and gender studies, and climate, mitigation, and energy modelers
- Interested citizens and public groups seeking new forms of participatory innovation.