Starting this year, Europe will recognize the efforts of its smaller size cities, with between 20,000 and 100,000 inhabitants, for generating green growth and new jobs.

City of Vancouver
News Release
Feb. 8, 2012
Vancouver’s Greenest City 2020 Action Plan wins national Sustainable Communities Award
 
The City of Vancouver was proud to accept a prestigious national award today when the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) named Vancouver a winner of a 2012 FCM Sustainable Communities Award for the City’s Greenest City 2020 Action Plan (GCAP).