Local authorities and energy planners interested in conducting better heating and cooling planning in line with their local sustainable energy and climate action plans are invited to join the free online training programme organised by ICLEI and the THERMOS project. In three online live sessi...

Built Environment & Culture Membership

Conference

27 - 30 October 2020

Cultural Heritage Leading Urban Futures

ROCK Open Knowledge Week

The ROCK project invites you to join its Open Knowledge Week, a virtual journey and interactive online experience. Cultural heritage and the cultural sector have been heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. But this moment has also become an opportunity to rediscover how heritage and cultural ac...

Procurement

Webinar

23 October 2020, 10:00 - 12:00

How collaboration is boosting the procurement of solutions for climate neutrality

Join this webinar to learn about the results of one year of collaboration amongst the three Big Buyers groups, who worked together to use procurement strategically to achieve the organisational climate ambitions. The three Big Buyers groups worked on circular construction materials, zero emissi...

Events Sustainable Energy Systems

Webinar

22 October 2020, 09:30 - 11:00

Social Innovation for Energy Transitions

Participatory Lab

In light of the climate crisis, Europe urgently needs a radical transformation of its energy systems. Local governments have long been at the forefront of this change, helping to shape a decentralised and renewable energy future alongside their citizens. This lab, co-organised by Energy Cities and I...

Sustainable Food Systems

Webinar

21 October 2020, 11:30 - 13:00

34th Breakfast at Sustainability's

Making Farm to Fork strategies work

What synergies are possible between the Farm to Fork Strategy and the FAO Framework for the Urban Food Agenda? What opportunities for short food supply chains do they offer? What role is there for regional and local actors who want to be change makers for more sustainable and resilient food system...

Resilience Sustainable Energy Systems Circular Economy

Workshop

19 October 2020, 16:00 - 18:00

Fair and Sustainable Energy for All With Integrated Low Emission Development Planning

Join Urban-LEDS cities at Daring Cities

Within a city, a vast amount of different actors, sectors and activities contribute to overall emissions and linked pollution levels. Currently, strategies for emission reductions are often sectors specific with limited cross-linking between sectors that could generate synergies in efforts. Cross-se...

Procurement

Webinar

19 October 2020, 12:00 - 13:15

Unpacking Mechanisms to Embed Sustainability in Public Infrastructure Procurement to Achieve Carbon Neutrality

Public institutions spend a large portion of their budgets on the procurement of goods, services and works related to the service delivery of infrastructure. For example, public money is spent for the design and construction of new infrastructure, the continued operations and maintenance of existing...

Procurement

Webinar

19 October 2020, 16:00 - 17:15

Flavours of Change – Exploring the Unique Role of Procurement for Climate Action and Covid-19 Recovery in Urban Food Systems

Although local and regional governments have considerable leverage over several facets of a city-region food system – from nutrition and health to economic development to land use and resource management – few of them integrate food in a cohesive manner across their different thematic de...

Circular Economy

Webinar

15 October 2020, 10:00 - 11:00

Virtual Study Tour - PlastiCircle pilot in Alba Iulia

Circular Week 2020

As part of the Circular Week 2020, PlastiCircle is organising a virtual study tour to the pilot in Alba Iulia (Romania). City authorities, waste managers, procurers, companies and other plastic stakeholders are invited to join this meeting taking place next October, 15 (10:00 - 11.00 CEST). The Pla...