We had the honor of participating in the “M100” convention organized by our colleagues from the city of Bucharest at Ion Mincu University. They presented to us their way of participating in the European Union’s Climate Mission 4, which promotes “smart cities” through adaptations to reduce the impact on climate change. Romania has gone a step further in this important activity. In addition to receiving EU support for 3 cities, the state itself has decided to finance changes in 10 more cities.

They hosted numerous colleagues from all over Europe, and we learned a lot and listened with pride to the story of our fellow citizens from Sarajevo. Namely, the functional urban area of Sarajevo, which consists of the Canton of Sarajevo, the City of Sarajevo and the City of East Sarajevo, also signed their own climate agreement. The greatest success of this initiative is the recent renovation of the tram network and the purchase of 25 new trams and 25 new trolleybuses, which allows a large number of citizens to rely on public transport and thus reduce the impact of car exhaust on pollution and climate change itself. A “citizens’ assembly” was also established, which now has a voice on this topic and the opportunity to participate in changes.

These good practices should be replicated and make using public transport a “cool” option for young people as well, which is an absolute key to success.