Beyond re-naturing cities: Integrating social justice and health equity in urban greening
Working languages: English, Catalan, Spanish (simultaneous translation service available)
Urban green and blue spaces have gained recognition over the past few years for their ability to create multi-functional public spaces, improve ecological connectivity, and provide benefits for urban communiti...
On 15 November 2018, the award ceremony of the 2018 Transformative Action Award will take place at the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) in Brussels (Belgium).
The 2018 Transformative Action Award, which is co-organised by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, The Basque Country...
Environmentally and socially just and resilient cities – What can blue and green infrastructure offer?
The 1st ENABLE Stakeholder Dialogue “Environmentally and socially just and resilient cities – What can blue and green infrastructure offer?” will provide an opportunity to share experiences on embedding green and blue infrastructure in urban planning and development and ensuring eq...
Final conference of the RESIN project, co-organised by the RESCCUE project
Climate Resilient Cities and Infrastructures 2018 will explore the latest advances in research and practice addressing climate change and resilience in cities, including issues of risk and vulnerability assessment, adaptation pathways, optioneering for financing adaptation, and how to successfully i...
Supporting city climate adaptation with the RESIN tools
In 2016, hundreds of local government practitioners and leaders from 40 countries gathered in Bilbao to endorse the Basque Declaration, outlining new pathways for European cities and towns to create productive, sustainable and resilient cities for a liveable and inclusive Europe, and supporting a ra...
In our increasingly urban world, cities and their surrounding regions have a growing influence on global patterns of production, consumption, innovation and technological development. At the same time, they are experiencing rapid change, brought about by urbanization, climate change, shifting demogr...
Green Week Partner Event: Building resilience to climate change: Developing regional-urban approaches
Adapting to climate change is a major challenge that cuts across sectors and levels of government: from transnational to regional and local. Cities and regions must work together if they are to develop effective strategies to address their local vulnerabilities and boost resilience.
This half-day s...
ICLEI Europe is an associate partner for the EU Green Week (21-25 May), organised by the European Commission (DG Environment). During the opening event in Utrecht (The Netherlands), ICLEI will organise two sessions as part of the plenary programme: a European Mayor’s roundtable on nature-based...
The fifth Open European Day at Bonn Resilient Cities will bring together key adaptation actors from different organisations: cities and city networks, regional and national governments, researchers, adaptation experts and European representatives.
This year’s Open European Day will build on l...