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Events Climate Change Mitigation Biodiversity & NBS Advocacy Membership

14 May 2021

Engage with the Green City Accord at EU Green Week

The Green City Accord (GCA) is an ambitious movement of mayors and local government leaders from across Europe who are committed to making their cities cleaner, greener and healthier. Learn more about this ambitious new movement – which ICLEI Europe, alongside EUROCITIES and CEMR, is supportin...

Advocacy Membership

11 May 2021

'Europe Day' kicks-off a year-long consultation process for EU citizens to shape the future

On 9 May, also known as 'Europe Day', the Conference on the Future of Europe officially kicked-off a year-long consultation process. The process launched with an inaugural event in ICLEI Member Strasbourg (France), which invited European citizens to propose their ideas and priorities for Europe acro...

Biodiversity & NBS Governance Innovation Advocacy Membership

11 May 2021

Zagreb prioritises citizen well-being with nature-based solutions

ICLEI Member Zagreb (Croatia) had a challenging 2020, facing the COVID-19 pandemic and two earthquakes, which tested the limits of the city's response capacity. Now, Zagreb is looking towards a brighter future, choosing to implement innovative nature-based solutions (NBS) to improve well-being of ci...

Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Mobility Procurement Membership

5 May 2021

41 suppliers selected to design artificial intelligence solutions to help cities reach carbon neutrality

In December 2020, a 'Buyers Group' of six cities and regions launched a Request for Tenders, inviting suppliers to submit innovative artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in the fields of energy and mobility, which will help cities and regions to reach carbon neutrality. This represented the first ...

Climate Change Mitigation Resilience Sustainable Energy Systems Governance Innovation Advocacy Membership

28 April 2021

Racing toward a climate neutral Europe

Interview with Giorgia Rambelli, ICLEI Europe Coordinator, Climate Policy and Energy Governance In the lead up to COP26, and with the European Green Deal’s ambitious target of reaching ‘climate neutrality’ by 2050 on the table, local leaders are gearing up to take bold climate act...

Events Climate Change Mitigation Sustainable Energy Systems Biodiversity & NBS Governance Innovation Advocacy Membership

27 April 2021

Baltic cities invited to learn more about the Green City Accord

Since its launch last year, Mayors from across Europe have been steadily joining the Green City Accord, a European Commission initiative to encourage city authorities to take further action to make their cities cleaner and healthier, and thereby improve the quality of life for their citizens. About ...

Sustainable Energy Systems Advocacy Membership

21 April 2021

ICLEI Members help develop online tool on the diverse benefits of energy efficiency measures

Introducing energy efficiency measures in cities can bring about many non-energy benefits, like emissions reduction, improved health, better air quality, and new employment opportunities. But how can cities assess and monitor these impacts? And how can they use knowledge about multiple energy impact...

Biodiversity & NBS Advocacy Membership

19 April 2021

Nature-based solutions improve urban wellbeing

Increasingly, research indicates that proximity to nature is linked to better health and wellbeing in urban environments. Two opinion pieces by experts in the field of nature-based solutions highlight interesting findings on this front. Can nature-based solutions even impact mortality? Clair Cooper...

Climate Change Mitigation Resilience Sustainable Energy Systems Procurement Circular Economy Advocacy Membership

15 April 2021

ICLEI Europe helps connect local action with European and global initiatives

Those working for a city are often approached to join initiatives or to become signatories to Commitments, Declarations and Messages in the area of sustainable development. Given the number of such initiatives, one wonder, “why are these important and why should my city participate? Does it su...

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