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Climate Change Mitigation Sustainable Mobility Advocacy Membership

12 February 2020

Staff at the City of Ghent are traveling more sustainably

The City of Ghent is working hard to reach climate neutrality by 2050. It is well-known by now that mobility and travel account for a substantial proportion of harmful global emissions. As a result, Ghent has turned its efforts towards a sustainable travel policy. As of February 2020, the staff of ...

Governance Innovation Advocacy Membership

11 February 2020

ICLEI joins call for a European Capital of Social Progress

In 2019, ICLEI Member Umeå (Sweden) hosted the first Social Progress Cities Summit. As part of the Summit, participating cities came together to call for a European Capital of Social Progress Award, a call that ICLEI Europe is proud to officially support. This award would be similar to those ...

Events Biodiversity & NBS Climate Change Mitigation Resilience Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Food Systems Sustainable Mobility Procurement Circular Economy Performance Measurement Governance Innovation Green Digital Transformation Finance Built Environment & Culture Advocacy Membership

6 February 2020

Register now for #Mannheim2020 to take local transformation forward

ICLEI Europe and the City of Mannheim are thrilled to share that registration is now open for the upcoming Mannheim2020 conference, which marks the 9th edition of the European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns. By now, we know that the world faces major environmental, economic and social...

Sustainable Mobility Advocacy Membership

31 January 2020

How one ICLEI Member has inspired another in their pursuit of sustainable mobility

The Guardian newspaper recently profiled city-to-city knowledge-sharing in action, by looking at how ICLEI Member Ghent (Belgium) inspired ICLEI Member Birmingham (United Kingdom). In 2017, the City of Ghent released a mobility plan that works with city zones. In particular, the city is divided int...

Advocacy Membership

23 January 2020

Looking forward as we usher in a new decade

Dear Members, Colleagues, Friends of ICLEI, I hope you all had a nice and relaxing break between the years and a great start to 2020. Of course, this message would be a great opportunity to take a look at the new decade ahead of us. However, these days it is already difficult to find a solid basis ...

Sustainable Mobility Membership

22 January 2020

Oslo’s Governing Mayor launches new e-mobility initiative

Today, ICLEI Member Oslo’s Governing Mayor Raymond Johansen launched a new e-mobility pilot project in the city’s Røverkollen housing cooperative. People across Europe are expected to make the shift from traditional cars to electric ones in the coming years. How can we make that ...

Climate Change Mitigation Advocacy Membership

22 January 2020

ICLEI announced as key partner for Earth Day 50th Anniversary

"Earth Day" has been marked each year since 1970, when 20 million people mobilised for environmental protection. More than 1 billion people now participate in Earth Day activities each year, making it the largest civic observance in the world. The Earth Day Network coordinates annual Earth Days, an...

Sustainable Energy Systems Membership

17 January 2020

Genk's decades-long experience with just transition

For several decades now, ICLEI Member Genk (Belgium) has been transitioning away from its legacy as a major coal mining area. The city and the larger Limburg region (within which Genk is located) have found that transition is about much more than just energy. Rather, it has been a long and comprehen...

Climate Change Mitigation Sustainable Energy Systems Membership