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26 October 2023

Resilience demands integrated governance and action

We are in a unique moment in time – the transition to climate neutrality is accelerating, all while various overlapping crises continue to destabilise society. These include, of course, biodiversity, growing urban inequality and climate crises. But we are furthermore still working to recover i...

6 October 2023

Izmir Metropolital Municipality to work with ICLEI to build community-led resilience approaches

ICLEI Member Izmir (Türkiye) has been named one of only eleven cities worldwide selected to join the Climate Resilience for Communities Project ('Toplumlar için İklim Dayanıklılığı Projesi' in Turkish) to enhance local resilience to climate-related risks like flooding and extreme h...

12 September 2023

European Urban Resilience Forum invites city leaders to create a resilient future

From 18 - 20 October, the European Urban Resilience Forum (EURESFO) will bring leading city representatives and resilience professionals together in ICLEI Member Cascais (Portugal) to mark the flagship event’s 10th anniversary. Through interactive sessions, study visits and discussions, t...

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...

3 July 2023

National workshops bring local leaders together to address climate adaptation

Successful climate change adaptation measures need to be appropriately adapted to local contexts – a challenging task that can be made easier through peer support. That is why national workshops organised by the Covenant of Mayor’s Policy Support Facility (PSF) are bringing together loca...

15 June 2023

ICLEI Member Bonn recognised as a ‘Resilience Hub’

This week marked the inauguration of a brand-new Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) Resilience Hub – i.e. a city with a history of resilience-building, and a mandate to share their experiences with other communities. During the MCR2030 Resilience Hub and Local Governments Forum at ICL...

9 June 2023

ICLEI Europe welcomes its three newest Member Cities

ICLEI Europe is pleased to share that three more ambitious European cities are now ICLEI Members. Welcome to: Athens and Thessaloniki (Greece), and to Łódź (Poland)! Athens Situated along the Mediterranean coast, Athens, the capital and largest city of Greece, has a population of over 3 m...

23 May 2023

Using Google’s EIE to accelerate climate action and sustainable urban mobility

Cities are working to identify sources of transport emissions to establish accurate emission reduction goals, and to define policies that effectively drive sustainable mobility transitions. Assessing climate impact from transportation at the local level is, however, complex. It requires multiple emi...

18 May 2023

Action on Mission Adaptation: €21 million will support 100 regions and communities

Communities and regions are hard at work building climate resilience and adaptation. In fact, according to the European Committee of the Regions, 90 percent of climate change adaptation measures are led at the local and regional level. How can we make sure that these cities and regions have the capa...