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12 August 2024

Communities transform from vulnerable to valuable

Communities and individuals play a key role in designing and implementing sustainable development and climate adaptation initiatives. Indeed, transforming cities, regions, and communities through technological, behavioural, and social changes is a complex challenge that requires input and engagement...

Procurement

7 August 2024

Public buyers can upgrade expertise with procurement training

Municipal public buyers can take part in training opportunities designed to improve the administrative capacity of the staff with key procurement functions in European central purchasing. The programme offers a combination of practical and academic approaches, allowing participants to benefit from t...

Circular Economy Procurement

6 August 2024

Sustainability in action at Paris 2024 Olympics

As our summers grow hotter, Europe’s cities are increasingly seeking new ways to provide their citizens opportunities to cool down. A river in the middle of a city can go a long way to that end, but as Olympic triathletes found out, cleaning up river waste is no easy feat. Cleaning up the Sein...

Governance Innovation

2 August 2024

Strengthening municipal company equity in Germany

How can local authorities manage the heating transition? Without being able to raise the billions in needed investment themselves, their energy supply companies need a stronger equity base to take out sufficient loans. At a workshop run by FaFin and ICLEI-Europe recently, the concept for a supportin...

Justice, Equity & Democracy Sustainable Energy Systems

31 July 2024

Powering change: charting a path for just energy transitions

"Europe is overheating at twice the speed as the rest of the world... we need to do better and ... continue down the path of the green transition towards a more sustainable future." Maroš Šefčovič, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission at the Initiative for Coal Region...

Biodiversity & NBS

30 July 2024

Join the Berlin Urban Nature Pact

Cities and regions are grappling with a multitude of escalating, interlinked global crises. As they chart their course through the challenges of biodiversity loss and climate change, local and regional governments emerge as critical players to spearhead bold biodiversity action to protect nature, an...

Green Digital Transformation Sustainable Mobility

29 July 2024

Advancing climate goals through city collaboration and data-driven solutions

Cities require precise and readily available data along with digital tools that aid in decision-making and future planning to successfully reach their targets for climate neutrality and environmental action. Facilitating this dialogue at the European Urban Resilience Forum (EURESFO) 2024 in Valencia...

Biodiversity & NBS

19 July 2024

Enhance soil literacy for a sustainable future

The EU's "A Soil Deal for Europe" mission aims to establish 100 Living Labs and Lighthouses by 2030, promoting sustainable land and soil management. This ambitious goal needs a societal shift towards greater soil literacy. Achieving this requires comprehensive education and targeted training to info...

Built Environment & Culture