Pécs was acknowledged with 22 other cities part of the EU Mission for Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities, one of the EU Missions under Horizon Europe.
The other cities were Ioannina, Kalamata, Kozani, Thessaloniki (Greece), Heidelberg (Germany), Leuven (Belgium), Espoo, Lahti, Lappeenranta, Tampere, Turku (Finland), Barcelona, Seville (Spain), Malmo (Sweden), Guimaraes, Lisbon (Portugal), Florence, Parma (Italy), Marseille, Lyon (France), Limassol (Cyprus) and Izmir (Turkiye).