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11 September 2018

Monika Zimmermann, former Deputy Secretary General of ICLEI, sets her sights on new challenges after 25 years at ICLEI

As of September 2018, Monika Zimmermann has stepped down from her position as Deputy Secretary General of ICLEI. From organizing the Municipal Leaders Summit on Climate Change in 1993 to acting as the Deputy Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director of the ICLEI World Secretariat, Monika dedic...
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7 September 2018

Strasbourg to host international conference on sustainability

The University of Strasbourg (France) is set to host a conference on international sustainability, 27-28 September. The conference, which is organised by the Upper Rhine Cluster for Sustainability Research, will bring together 27 speakers from France, Germany, Switzerland, Canada and India to discu...
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6 August 2018

2018 Transformative Action Award receives record number of entries

The application deadline for the 2018 Transformative Action Award recently closed, with this year’s award setting a record for the number of applications received. In total 40 innovative and inspiring Transformative Actions from cities, regions and civil society organisations across Europe wer...
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3 August 2018

Münster named Germany’s most sustainable city

ICLEI Member Münster was recently announced as the winner of the German Sustainability Award for Cities and Towns 2019 after beating off competition from ICLEI Members Mannheim and Heidelberg. The German Sustainability Award for Cities and Towns is the national award for excellence in sustaina...
Procurement Membership

2 August 2018

ICLEI Members Aalborg, Copenhagen, Cork and Rotterdam shortlisted for Procura+ Awards

The shortlist of nominees for the 2018 Procura+ Awards were recently announced. The awards, which are organised by the Procura+ European Sustainable Procurement network, reward successful, already running, sustainable and innovative public procurements in three categories: Innovation Procurement of ...
Advocacy Membership

1 August 2018

Today the earth has used up all its resources for 2018

Today marks Earth Overshoot Day 2018, the date when humanity has used more ecological resources and services than our planet can renew for this year. Since the event first started, a worrying trend has been observed with Earth Overshoot Day falling on an earlier date almost every year. In 2000, Ear...
Procurement Membership

31 July 2018

Dutch ICLEI Members launch action plans on sustainable procurement

ICLEI’s Dutch Member cities Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Tilburg and Utrecht are among the 150 governmental bodies in the Netherlands that have formally agreed to implement green and socially responsible procurement in their organisations. The agreement is in line with the Dutch Manifesto on Socially ...
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30 July 2018

Basque municipalities launch report on contribution to SDGs

In a recently published report, ICLEI Member Udalsarea 21 analyses the contribution made by the Basque municipalities in their network to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Udalsarea 21 is a Basque network of municipalities working on sustainability policies and projects. Founded in 2002, th...
Sustainable Mobility Membership

25 July 2018

ICLEI Member Dunkirk to offer free bus fares from September

In an attempt to increase the rate of public transport usage in the city to 10 percent by 2020, ICLEI Member Dunkirk (France) will offer free bus fares across their network, which will come into effect from 1 September 2018. In order to celebrate and promote the initiative, the city will host a con...
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