The Prato Carbon Neutral project has a duration of 8 years (2022-2030), the period of time that casts us directly to the goal of achieving the climate neutrality objective that the Municipality of Prato will undertake to realize.

The application stage

• November 2021: opening of the call for expressions of interest of 100 cities for climate neutrality
• January 2022: call for expressions of interest is closed
• April 2022: announcement to the cities selected for the mission 
• June 2022: cities onboarding

Co-design path

• October - December 2022: working tables with stakeholders and citizens
• January – December 2023: awareness events

Call for city pilots

• September 2022: opening of the call for pilots
• November 2022: closure of the Open Call for pilots
• January 2023: approved project results

Implementation of the Action Plan for climate neutrality

• March 2023: action plan for climate neutrality in the city of Prato

Signing of the Climate Contract City with the European Commission

• October 2023: signing of the contract

Call for Twin Cities

• June 2023: opening of the call for twin cities
• July 2023: closing of the tender for the twin cities
• September 2023: results of the call for twin cities