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Climate Change Mitigation Resilience Sustainable Energy Systems

30 March 2023

ICLEI President Martin Horn calls for more direct support to municipalities at Covenant of Mayors Event in Brussels

On 29-30 March, Mayors part of the European Covenant of Mayors came together in ICLEI Member Brussels (Belgium) to discuss local climate and energy action in times of crisis. ICLEI Europe president Martin Horn, Lord Mayor of Freiburg (Germany), travelled to Brussels as a Covenant of Mayors board mem...

Resilience Built Environment & Culture Justice, Equity & Democracy

29 March 2023

ICLEI and the European Committee of the Regions present new Action Plan expanding cooperation on local sustainability and climate action

Today, ICLEI Europe President, Lord Mayor of Freiburg, Martin W.W. Horn, and the Chair of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) ENVE Commission, the Mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski presented the ICLEI - CoR Action Plan for the years 2023/24. This document delineates concrete activities for...

Communications Member Relations Climate Change Mitigation Resilience

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&...

Climate Change Mitigation Resilience Justice, Equity & Democracy

16 March 2023

New project aims to incorporate social equity in climate interventions

Good climate measures are social climate measures, but too often these ideas are seen as separate and competing for resources and prioritisation. This concept is emphasised in the recently launched INCLU:DE project, which met for the first time on 7 March in Dortmund (Germany). Here, ICLEI met with ...

Events Climate Change Mitigation Resilience

14 March 2023

ICLEI looks back at EURESFO 2022 - with a glimpse to the future

The 9th edition of the European Urban Resilience Forum (EURESFO) took place on 14 and 15 September 2022 in Athens, Greece. Once again, the Forum, organised by 20 partners, provided an exceptional platform for 70+ speakers and 300+ participants from across Europe and abroad to come together in 17 ses...

Climate Change Mitigation Resilience Sustainable Energy Systems

13 March 2023

Online capacity building programme shares insights on smart energy solutions

A new e-learning platform on sustainable energy solutions has just launched. The online Capacity Building Programme created by SESA - Smart Energy Solutions for Africa, is designed to close the knowledge gap around renewable and smart energy solution technologies and aims to help participants unders...

Resilience Built Environment & Culture

8 March 2023

New webinar series explores digitalisation as an approach to build urban resilience in Ukraine

With the ongoing war in Ukraine, thousands of people have lost their lives, with economic, environmental and social stresses putting the country’s local communities, cities and regions under pressing challenges that have forced millions of people to leave their homes. This has initiated wider ...

Communications Member Relations Climate Change Mitigation Resilience Governance Innovation

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...

Resilience Built Environment & Culture Advocacy Membership

27 February 2023

Culture: a Cornerstone for Sustainable Development

Culture and cultural heritage have unique abilities to imagine and push forward sustainability efforts, especially at the local scale. Not only can cultural assets be a source of creative collaboration and strengthened social cohesion, but they can also be included in planning to create livable, inc...

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