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Events Climate Change Mitigation Circular Economy Biodiversity & NBS Advocacy Membership

4 June 2021

Putting planning into practice: How to implement the Green City Accord indicators & achieve a healthier urban future

On 16 June from 13:00–16:00 CEST, join a Green City Accord (GCA) workshop which aims to facilitate insightful discussions regarding the practical implementation of innovative projects, initiatives, and legislation in the areas of: air, water, nature & biodiversity, noise, and waste & c...

Events Biodiversity & NBS Advocacy Membership

3 June 2021

Nature-based solutions: a path toward a more sustainable future

ICLEI is pleased to have convened an EU Green Week session today (3 June), featuing ICLEI Members sharing their experiences using nature-based solutions to tackle local pollution. The event gathered local experts working across Europe to share why they are certain that nature-based solutions are by ...

Events Procurement Circular Economy Green Digital Transformation Finance Advocacy Membership

2 June 2021

ICLEI Members discuss “building back better” at OECD Champion Mayors Week

Last week, ICLEI Europe Members Braga (Portugal), Glasgow (the United Kingdom) and Mannheim (Germany), together with Freetown (Sierra Leone), joined the OECD Champion Mayors Week to explore how to “build back better” from COVID-19. The session – themed “Could the grass be gr...

Sustainable Food Systems Procurement Advocacy Membership

1 June 2021

ICLEI partners with the FAO to amplify local voices working to transform food systems

The years from 2021-2030 have been designated a Decade of Action dedicated to achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Food systems are critical to this work. The food and agricultural sector is a massive contributor to global climate change; concurrently, resilient food sy...

Biodiversity & NBS Advocacy Membership

31 May 2021

Experts in discussion: International Day for Biological Diversity

In honour of the World Biodiversity Day, marked each year on 22 May, experts Alice Reil, Coordinator of Green Infrastructure & Biodiversity at ICLEI Europe, and Gillian Dick, Spatial Planning Manager, Research & Development, Glasgow City Council, gathered to discuss this year’s Biodive...

Built Environment & Culture Sustainable Mobility Finance Membership

25 May 2021

Economic analysis shows the success and profitability of cycling infrastructure in Helsinki

ICLEI Member Helsinki recently conducted the first-ever 'Bikenomics' analysis of a cycling project in Finland. Bikenomics is a cycling-focused form of cost-benefit analysis. The one in Helsinki evaluated recent work to adapt Hämeentie, one of the major streets in the city centre, for more cycl...

Biodiversity & NBS Advocacy Membership

22 May 2021

Marking World Biodiversity Day with "smart, fast, systematic and global" action

Last month, ICLEI's global secretariat spoke to Cheryl Jones Fur, Deputy Lord Mayor of ICLEI Member Växjö (Sweden) and member of the ICLEI Regional Executive Committee for Europe, regarding local governments' roles in protecting nature. Today, on the occasion of World Biodiversity Day, we ...

Built Environment & Culture Sustainable Mobility Procurement Membership

21 May 2021

ICLEI Members leverage public procurement as a tool to reach climate and environmental goals

ICLEI Members Oslo (Norway), Copenhagen (Denmark), Helsinki and Vantaa (Finland), Amsterdam and Haarlem (the Netherlands), Lisbon (Portugal), and Zurich (Switzerland) are working collaboratively to best use public procurement to meet climate and environment goals. This work is being conducted in th...

Events Biodiversity & NBS Climate Change Mitigation Sustainable Energy Systems Circular Economy Advocacy Membership

18 May 2021

ICLEI Europe gears up for EU Green Week with sessions supporting zero-pollution in cities

ICLEI Europe is pleased to be contributing to this year’s edition of the annual European Green Week conference, via several sessions that promote the local perspective and voices on the EU Action Plan toward a Zero Pollution Ambition. Each of these sessions will support local authorities in tr...

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