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Energy Advocacy Membership

21 April 2021

ICLEI Members help develop online tool on the diverse benefits of energy efficiency measures

Introducing energy efficiency measures in cities can bring about many non-energy benefits, like emissions reduction, improved health, better air quality, and new employment opportunities. But how can cities assess and monitor these impacts? And how can they use knowledge about multiple energy impact...
Climate Change Mitigation Energy Advocacy

20 April 2021

Free online tool helps decarbonise heating and cooling

Over the past five years, energy experts and city planners from across Europe have developed a tool to help accelerate the decarbonisation of local heating and cooling networks. This free, online tool – known as the ‘THERMOS energy planning software’ – enables local planners ...
Biodiversity Advocacy Membership

19 April 2021

Nature-based solutions improve urban wellbeing

Increasingly, research indicates that proximity to nature is linked to better health and wellbeing in urban environments. Two opinion pieces by experts in the field of nature-based solutions highlight interesting findings on this front. Can nature-based solutions even impact mortality? Clair Cooper...
Urban Governance Advocacy

16 April 2021

New toolkit provides 50 tools to ensure urban green equity

How can cities be both green and equitable? A new policy and planning toolkit provides municipal planners with a 50 tools to help find ways of providing affordable housing, while also improving green equity and ensuring that new green spaces benefit rather than displace local residents. The toolkit...
Climate Change Mitigation Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience Energy Procurement Waste & Circular Economy Advocacy Membership

15 April 2021

ICLEI Europe helps connect local action with European and global initiatives

Those working for a city are often approached to join initiatives or to become signatories to Commitments, Declarations and Messages in the area of sustainable development. Given the number of such initiatives, one wonder, “why are these important and why should my city participate? Does it su...
Energy Urban Governance Advocacy

14 April 2021

The key resource for a climate revolution: citizens

Communities or individual citizens producing, using and selling their own renewable energy could provide up to 89 percent of the electricity demanded in the residential sector by 2050. A European research project has concluded that, in the coming years, European, national and local governments have ...
Events Cultural Heritage

14 April 2021

Join upcoming discussion on financing the adaptive reuse of cultural heritage

Abandoned cultural heritage sites – including underused buildings, complexes, heritage spaces and more – hold great potential for the public and private sectors, as well as local communities. If done thoughtfully, reviving and transforming these sites can be an opportunity to increase co...
Events Biodiversity Climate Change Mitigation Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience Energy Waste & Circular Economy Advocacy Membership

13 April 2021

ICLEI World Congress 2021–2022 launches

With cities often determining the trajectory of global development, urban transformation is the key to a more sustainable world. The ICLEI World Congress is the moment for local and regional governments to come together to celebrate and recognise the invaluable contributions of cities, towns and reg...
Events Biodiversity

12 April 2021

Touring Turin's transformation

How can nature be used for urban regeneration with and for citizens? Explore one pioneering European city's work on this topic at an upcoming online event, taking place on 21–22 April. Since 2018, Turin (Italy) has been implementing nature-based solutions for urban regeneration. Join this vir...