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12 July 2010

UK's North-East moves to implement Whole-Life-Costing Tool

More than 50 public procurers of UK's North East region have been trained in using the Whole-Life-Costing and CO2 Assessment Tool, developed by the SMART SPP project. The Excel-based tool is presented alongside a practical guide explaining the steps a public authority can take to encourage energy ...

9 July 2010

Stockholm to host first European Green Capital Conference

The City of Stockholm (Sweden), will host the first European Green Capital Conference from 20-22 October 2010. The conference will present inspiring examples of how ICLEI member city Stockholm and other European and international cities work towards their common main challenge: meeting the demands o...

8 July 2010

European Democracy Week to focus on fight against climate change

European Local Democracy Week 2010 running from 11-17 October, is a pan-European campaign concerning the over 200,000 municipalities and local authorities in the 47 countries that are part of the Council of Europe. Organised by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe ...

7 July 2010

Hannover makes a climate protection alliance

ICLEI member city Hannover (Germany), has set ambitious targets for climate protection within the scope of its Climate Alliance 2020 programme. The programme aims to cut local CO2 emissions by 40 percent by the year 2020, making Hannover one of the most ambitious cities, both in Germany and internat...

6 July 2010

IEA releases technology scenario roadmap

A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), Energy Technology Perspectives 2010, will provide local government staff with new and valuable material to assist the development of their local sustainable energy action plans and emission reductions scenarios. The information will be a valua...

5 July 2010

Photovoltaic plants for Ferrara

ICLEI member, the Municipality of Ferrara (Italy), is implementing an innovative new project called Photovoltaic for Ferrara. Photovoltaics is a type of solar power where photovoltaic solar panels convert solar radiation into direct current electricity. The project will see the introduction of new p...

2 July 2010

Procura⁺ Manual now available in Russian

Russian speakers now have the chance to find out how to put sustainable public procurement into practice by using the Procura+ Manual. Procura+ is an initiative that supports public authorities in implementing sustainable procurement and then promotes their achievements.The Campaign was established ...

30 June 2010

Informed Cities taking stock and moving ahead

The quarterly Informed Cities Update with the latest news on making research work for local sustainability is now online. The update contains details about free support available to evaluate and benchmark sustainability processes, as well as a recap of the first Informed Cities Forum that brought to...

29 June 2010

Dublin develops Sustainable Energy Action Plan

ICLEI member city Dublin (Ireland), is working with energy agency Codema to achieve a carbon emissions reduction of 33 percent by 2020. The city details it's proposed actions in its new Sustainable Energy Action Plan.The Plan shows how over the next 20 years, the introduction of carbon neutral and l...

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