About the project

While cities lead the climate transition through Climate City Contracts, many of the infrastructures and activities that drive emissions and resilience are located beyond city boundaries – along mobility corridors, in logistics hubs, industrial zones and energy systems in peri-urban territories. These areas are not peripheral to the transition; they are essential to making it work.

ALTHEA elevates peri-urban areas at the centre of Europe's transition to climate neutrality. Based on the Transition Super Living Lab (TSLL) approach, the project brings together five TSLLs and three replicator sites – spanning cross-country, cross-region, cross-city and city/peri-urban configurations – to form a shared learning ecosystem where public authorities, industry, research actors and civil society co-design solutions adapted to diverse peri-urban realities.

ALTHEA delivers 59 targeted interventions across four innovation axes: sustainable mobility, connecting peri-urban and urban areas through low-carbon, integrated mobility systems; decarbonised energy systems, boosting local renewable production and smart energy management; zero pollution industry, driving cleaner, circular industrial activity; and cross-sectoral governance, strengthening collaboration across institutions and territories.

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Key Thematic Areas

Clean fuels and vehicles

Smart & connected mobility

Integrated & inclusive planning

Public involvement