The Urban Transitions Mission (UTM) will mobilise decision makers across all levels of government to prioritise climate-neutral and net-zero pathways enabled by clean energy and systemic innovation across all sectors and in urban governance.
By accelerating capacity-building and closing the gap between research, development and deployment, the Mission will empower cities to adopt innovative solutions and help reach tipping points in the cost and scale of those solutions for urban transitions.
Launched at COP26, the UTM is one of the seven missions of Mission Innovation. Mission Innovation is a global initiative catalysing a decade of action and investment in research, development and demonstration to make clean energy affordable, attractive and accessible for all.
UTM is currently working with 117 ambitious cities worldwide.
By 2030, the cohort aims to total 300 cities.
Engaging UTM Cities
A globally designed framework
helping cities to strengthen their own climate plans and strategies, prioritise actions, and reap the benefits of systemic approaches to reach their net-zero target. Cities will showcase their innovation and progress via existing reporting commitments.
A global platform for knowledge exchange,
that provides cities with direct access to good practices, integrated solutions, peer-learning opportunities and guidance for each step of their city climate journey.
Help to identify needs-based solutions in partnerships with the UTM Global Innovation Alliance, other Missions and in collaboration with other cities across the globe, also granting high international visibility.
The opportunity to apply innovation, test, pilot and scale up solutions and to access dedicated capacity building and R&I funding, and to participate in the annual Global Innovation Summit
Engagement with the national level to foster innovation, access climate finance and collaborative governance models.
The Urban Transition Mission (UTM) and the transnational R&I funding platform Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) are co-organizing a webinar series titled Cities on the move!…
At COP30, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability convened the session “Keep Building Resilient Urban Energy Systems”. The event marked the launch of the new Practical Implementation Guide:…
On 17 October 2025, the Urban Transitions Mission Centre (UTMC) hosted its Final Conference in Brussels, bringing together partners, cities and mission-aligned initiatives for a…
