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Climate Change Mitigation Advocacy Membership

9 July 2018

ICLEI pushes for climate neutrality, EU cities call on European Commission to raise ambition

The new ICLEI vision for the urban era – the ICLEI Montréal Commitment and Strategic Vision – adopted by the ICLEI Council, calls on ICLEI Members to aim for climate neutrality in government infrastructure and operations before mid-century. “We need more cities worldwide to...

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

3 July 2018

Only one month left to apply for the 2018 Transformative Action Award

With only one month left before applications close, don’t miss your chance to win €10,000 and become recognised as a leader of sustainable urban transformation with the 2018 Transformative Action Award. The award, co-organised by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, the Ba...

Climate Change Mitigation Resilience Sustainable Energy Systems Green Digital Transformation

28 June 2018

Nilüfer shares what winning the 2017 Transformative Action Award has meant to them

An Interview with Ender Acel, Nilüfer Muncipality’s Innovation Center In 2017, Nilüfer (Turkey) won the first edition of the Transformative Action Award for their action which sought to increase civic engagement and participatory local democracy through Neighbourhood Committees. Si...

Biodiversity & NBS Climate Change Mitigation Resilience Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Mobility Procurement Circular Economy Governance Innovation

7 June 2018

EU Commission launch 2021 European Green Capital and 2020 European Green Leaf Awards

The European Commission has launched the competition and the search for the 2021 European Green Capital and 2020 European Green Leaf Awards. The European Green Capital Award (EGCA), now in its eleventh year, is awarded annually to a European city of over 100,000 inhabitants that has shown it...

Biodiversity & NBS Climate Change Mitigation Resilience Procurement Advocacy

25 April 2018

EU Green week to see strong ICLEI representation

For the first time, the EU Green Week (May 21-25) will not take place exclusively in Brussels (Belgium), but instead the opening ceremony will take place on May 21 in Utrecht (The Netherlands), the closing ceremony will take place on May 25 in Madrid (Spain) and the mid-week events will take place, ...

Climate Change Mitigation Membership

20 March 2018

Scotland’s first Low Emission Zone to be introduced in Glasgow before end of the year

Proposals to introduce a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) in Glasgow (UK) by 2018 were agreed by the council’s City Administration Committee in September last year, with the city confident that it will be able to deliver on the project before the end of 2018. Since the decision, the council has engage...

Climate Change Mitigation Resilience

19 March 2018

European cities are working against the clock to adapt to the new climate reality

City council teams in Bratislava (Slovakia) and Manchester (UK) have teamed up with the cities of Paris (France), Bilbao (Spain), top European researchers, and city network ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability to make their cities and critical infrastructures more resilient to the impa...

Climate Change Mitigation Resilience

5 March 2018

CitiesIPCC marks new era for cooperation between science and cities on climate change

A global climate research agenda will be announced at the Cities and Climate Change Science Conference this week in Edmonton (Canada). ICLEI is among the CitiesIPCC partner organisations providing practical support to the conference. In an article published recently in Nature in the lead-up to the ...

Climate Change Mitigation Sustainable Energy Systems

26 February 2018

EU Covenant of Mayors celebrates 10th anniversary

Launched by the European Commission in 2008, the EU Covenant of Mayors brings together over 9,200 local authorities committed to meeting the EU's climate and energy objectives. On 23 February, representatives of the participant cities met in Brussels (Belgium) to celebrate the initiative's annivers...

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