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6 December 2023

Glasgow engages with citizens in local stocktake event ahead of COP28

On 26 October, ICLEI Member Glasgow City Council (Scotland) brought together local communities and business representatives to discuss Glasgow’s progress on its local climate targets and hear their ideas about a way forward to a just, sustainable city. The effort came as an official contributi...

21 November 2023

Four ICLEI Member Mayors are finalists for 2023 World Mayor Prize

Four of the nine leaders finalists for the 2023 World Mayor Prize and Awards hail from ICLEI Member Cities. The winner will be announced in January 2024. Initially, there were 92 contenders for 2023 World Mayor Prize and Awards, but only nine emerged as finalists. Since its inception in 2004, this ...

9 October 2023

ICLEI Member Aalborg sets the stage for local participation

"Aalborg 2024 is a unique platform where participants can exchange ideas, learn from each other, and develop new approaches to promote sustainability in our cities. And, while professionals and decision-makers discuss sustainability at the conference, Kildeparken will be buzzing with green activitie...

2 October 2023

Constituency of cities, towns, regions and other subnationals release climate position statement ahead of COP28

The Local Governments and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) Constituency has released its official position in the lead-up to COP28, which includes ten requests as part of a call to action for COP28. The LGMA is the voice of cities and regions in the climate negotiation process. Every year at COP, the LG...

21 July 2023

ICLEI Members are finalists for the 2025 European Green Capital Award

Finalists for the prestigious 2025 European Green Capital (EGCA 2025) and 2025 European Green Leaf (EGLA 2025) have been announced, including ICLEI Members Graz (Austria) and Guimarães (Portugal)! Graz and Guimarães are finalists for the EGCA 2025, alongside the City of Vilnius (Latvia...

4 July 2023

Open call: Energy funding available for local and regional actors

Local and regional governments can receive European support in the transition towards an energy-efficient, renewable energy-based, climate-neutral and resilient economy. Until November, calls under the Clean Energy Transition (CET) sub-programme of LIFE are offering a total of 99 Million Euros acros...

22 March 2023

ICLEI welcomes new Members this March

ICLEI is pleased to announce the addition of four new cities to its network! València (Spain), Marmara Municipalities Union (MMU) (Turkey), Bitola (Republic of Northern Macedonia) and Eilat (Israel) are warmly welcomed into our sustainable development community. València (Spain) Val&...

9 March 2023

Apply now for the Intelligent Cities Challenge

ICLEI Members are encouraged to apply to the Intelligent Cities Challenge (ICC), one of the EU’s most strategic city support programmes supporting a network of pan European cities in their twin green and digital transitions. The ICC is now starting its second phase and has a total duration of ...

6 March 2023

ICLEI political representatives call for multi-level governance approach to achieve climate neutrality and EU Green Deal

Mayors and political representatives from across Europe met on 3 March 2023 in Freiburg (Germany) to discuss their shared ambition to achieve climate neutrality and advance the implementation of the European Green Deal at local level together with ICLEI.  As part of ICLEI’s European Regi...