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Sustainable Energy Systems Built Environment & Culture

10 August 2023

Best practices are available for decarbonising Europe's heating and cooling sector

Through its European Climate Law and Green Deal, the EU has set itself the objective to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 and set an intermediate target for 2030 to achieve at least a 55% reduction in greenhouse gas. One of the key challenges for achieving these objectives will be the decarbonisati...

Biodiversity & NBS Built Environment & Culture Membership

31 July 2023

ICLEI Europe welcomes new members Bethlehem & Limerick

ICLEI is delighted to extend a warm welcome to its two newest members, Bethlehem (State of Palestine) and Limerick (Ireland). These vibrant cities join a community of forward-thinking municipalities dedicated to driving sustainable urban development and combating climate change. With their inclusion...

Built Environment & Culture Climate Neutral Cities Sustainable Mobility

28 July 2023

New cultural hub and bike station opens in Bologna city centre

For a decade, ICLEI Member Bologna (Italy) has been on a mission to connect and integrate its cultural heritage assets with growing ambitions around sustainability. In a new strategic vision launched by the local administration, Bologna highlights a central and crucial role of the cultural sector in...

Built Environment & Culture Membership

30 June 2023

The role of culture in urban resilience in Wrocław

“We see that we have to be ready for the unexpected.” This is the message that Bartłomiej Świerczewski, Director of the Department of Social Affairs in ICLEI Member Wrocław (Poland), wants to share. He refers with this not only to the pandemic and the outbreak of war in neighbouring U...

Built Environment & Culture Procurement

29 June 2023

Apply for consultations on public buyers' needs

The Big Buyers Working Together (BBWT) Project, coordinated by ICLEI Europe alongside Eurocities and BME on behalf of the European Commission, aims to help public buyers across Europe to find innovative and sustainable solutions to their current procurement challenges. To build the foundation for fo...

Sustainable Mobility Built Environment & Culture Advocacy Membership

22 June 2023

ICLEI Europe commends longstanding network leader Ana Oregi

As a network, ICLEI Europe is governed by the ambitious local governments that make up its membership. Cities steer the organisation through the European Regional Executive Committee (REXCom), made up of Mayors and Deputy Mayors of ICLEI Members who are elected to the Committee. REXCom members take ...

Events Built Environment & Culture Performance Measurement Membership

19 June 2023

‘One-Stop-Shops’ that could drive deep renovation rates in Slovenia

About 60% of Slovenia’s houses have the potential to be renovated so that they use almost zero-energy; and with an additional solar power plant, these houses can become almost self-sufficient, according to Marko Umberger of the Municipality of Ljubljana (Slovenia). This was among the insights ...

Climate Change Mitigation Resilience Built Environment & Culture Membership

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...