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Resilience Built Environment & Culture Justice, Equity & Democracy

29 March 2023

ICLEI and the European Committee of the Regions present new Action Plan expanding cooperation on local sustainability and climate action

Today, ICLEI Europe President, Lord Mayor of Freiburg, Martin W.W. Horn, and the Chair of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) ENVE Commission, the Mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski presented the ICLEI - CoR Action Plan for the years 2023/24. This document delineates concrete activities for...

Built Environment & Culture Circular Economy Advocacy Membership

28 March 2023

The state of circular economy in European cities

A growing number of cities see that shifting from a linear to a circular economy is essential to address challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, economic instability and global value chain disruptions. The current take-make-waste system accounts for almost 50% of global CO2 emissions a...

Built Environment & Culture Procurement Circular Economy

15 March 2023

New tools help local governments increase demand for skills in circular construction

The EU-funded project BUS-GoCircular has developed two tools to stimulate demand for skills in circular construction. These are a policy guidance brief and a slide deck of training material. Both documents are aimed at public authorities in local and regional governments and seek to boost demand for...

Resilience Built Environment & Culture

8 March 2023

New webinar series explores digitalisation as an approach to build urban resilience in Ukraine

With the ongoing war in Ukraine, thousands of people have lost their lives, with economic, environmental and social stresses putting the country’s local communities, cities and regions under pressing challenges that have forced millions of people to leave their homes. This has initiated wider ...

Communications Member Relations Sustainable Energy Systems Built Environment & Culture

28 February 2023

ICLEI joins European Alliance of Cities and Regions for the Reconstruction of Ukraine

ICLEI Europe has joined the European Alliance of Cities and Regions for the Reconstruction of Ukraine launched by the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) to support and coordinate efforts towards helping the recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine. Cooperation with the Alliance comes at the heel...

Resilience Built Environment & Culture Advocacy Membership

27 February 2023

Culture: a Cornerstone for Sustainable Development

Culture and cultural heritage have unique abilities to imagine and push forward sustainability efforts, especially at the local scale. Not only can cultural assets be a source of creative collaboration and strengthened social cohesion, but they can also be included in planning to create livable, inc...

Sustainable Energy Systems Built Environment & Culture

8 February 2023

Historic 16th century palace finds new life as a plus-energy apartment building

ICLEI partner project EXCESS has engaged in a new building project in Valladolid (Spain) to refurbish and transform a 16th century Renaissance palace into a plus-energy apartment building. The project aims to give a new life and purpose to the palace by turning it into a highly energy efficient resi...

Built Environment & Culture

6 February 2023

ICLEI supports calls for ambitious measures in the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive

Local governments across Europe have committed themselves to ambitious climate and energy targets, but tackling the decarbonisation of buildings and improving their energy efficiency remains a significant challenge. Buildings are responsible for 40% of energy consumption and 36% of greenhouse gas (G...