Accordingly to the SECAP, by 2030, the city of Valmiera will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 50% compared to 2005. It was decided in an interdisciplinary working group.

Accordingly to the SECAP, by 2030, the city of Cēsis will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 50% compared to 2000.

Vidzeme Planning Region (VPR) is one of five NUTS3 regions in Latvia comprising 11 municipalities located in the Northern part of Latvia with an area of 19 809 km2 (1/3 of the whole country) and 276 000 inhabitants (14, 7 % of the entire country).