The Climate Mission is where we can accelerate!
Eindhoven and Helmond are working on an ambitious mission: becoming more sustainable faster. A more sustainable environment not only contributes to clean air and healthy nature but also to the well-being of everyone who lives, works and recreates. Now and in the future.
With the Climate Mission, Eindhoven and Helmond, together with companies, knowledge institutions, organisations and residents, are heading towards fossil-free, circular, and climate-resilient cities. This course consists of jointly defined city themes, linked to mission pathways. With the Climate Mission, we are taking steps together.
Update!
In September, we submitted our plan to Brussels for the EU mission ‘100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities’. The goal is to get a Mission Label and European support. Because the Climate Mission pulls out all the stops to speed up! We expect to know more before the Summer.
Discover the themes
During the labs and conferences in 2023, together with the city, we defined four city themes. Want to know more about Vital Inner City, Sustainable Neighborhoods, Robust Region and Resilient Enterprises? View them here.
Discover the missions
We have defined 22 mission pathways, linked to the city themes. Some missions transcend themes, such as working on climate-neutral mobility for both Sustainable Neighborhoods, Vital Inner City and Resilient Enterprises. Want to know more about the missions? View them on these overview pages.
Discover the projects
Our mission pathways are objectives to achieve climate neutrality but contain no concrete actions yet. Therefore, we translate the pathways into projects with concrete results, which will contribute to our goals for circular, fossil-free and climate-neutral. We keep adding projects and linking them to pathways. For the current overview, look here.





Projects
There are already many projects in Helmond and Eindhoven contributing to a climate-neutral city. Below you will find a random selection of these projects.
Start
2021-04-01
2027-12-31
End
Description
An optimal flow and accessibility of the Brainport region. That is the goal of Brainport Bereikbaar. Facilitating and stimulating mobility solutions that are faster, cleaner, and healthier.
Phase
Facilitation
Residents involved?
No
Start
2024-01-01
2041-01-01
End
Description
The implementation of the Mobility Vision requires collaboration with other disciplines and partners in the fields of redesign, public space, behavior influence, regulation and enforcement, monitoring and adjustment, and financing. This necessitates a working method and organization that ensures cohesion and progress over the years to prevent the emergence of "disconnected" projects that do not complement each other. Therefore, the implementation of the vision will utilize a Multi-Year Implementation Program for Mobility Transition (MUM), which will be managed by a fixed internal coordination team. The precise description of the responsibilities of this team will be further developed immediately after the vision is finalized.
Phase
Lead
Facilitation
Interested
Residents involved?
Yes (individual)
Start
2022-01-01
2030-12-31
End
Description
By measuring and analyzing energy data, unnecessary consumption can be easily identified and prevented. The results vary by building, with savings of nearly 30% in some cases.
Phase
Residents involved?
No
Start
2024-01-01
2025-12-31
End
Description
Within this project, we want to connect organic food to biodiversity and our own living environment: from food chain to food web, from mouth to soil. We aim to make the organic food chain visible through video and blockchain. We want to increase the organic supply in the hospitality sector and promote knowledge exchange and collaboration. We want to set a good example with organic production and consumption - good examples inspire imitation.
Investment
€ 40.000,00
Phase
Lead
Facilitation
Interested
Residents involved?
Yes (individual)
Start
2020-01-01
2024-06-01
End
Description
The green deal events started in 2020 and will run until 2024. The green deal has been signed by 11 frontrunners, event organizers. They have made agreements to develop a CO2 reduction plan on the topics of energy, materials and plastic, food & drink, mobility, diversity and inclusion. They have drawn up an action plan to achieve the objectives in the agreement.
Phase
Facilitation
Residents involved?
Yes (individual)