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Procurement Sustainable Food Systems

30 April 2024

European Commission’s Innovation Radar confirms innovation potential in public procurement processes

"The Innovation Radar is a European Commission initiative to identify high potential innovations" in EU-funded projects aiming to give innovative approaches more visibility and make them more accessible to the broader public. Recently, one of ICLEI Europe's publications in the thematic area of publi...
Biodiversity & NBS Circular Economy

29 April 2024

Enabling local circular transitions for a sustainable future

Growth has been the shorthand for improving standards of living for decades. In reality, this dependency has also proven to cause unsustainable resource depletion and environmental degradation with severe social, environmental and economic consequences. Replacing the linear "produce, consume, discar...
Member Relations Circular Economy

24 April 2024

New ICLEI Member Metropolregion Amsterdam supports the transition to a circular economy in Europe

Last week ICLEI Europe welcomed the Metropolregion Amsterdam (the Netherlands) as a new Member in its Brussels office on the sidelines of the World Economic Circular Forum 2024. As a new ICLEI Member, a delegation led by Esther Rommel, Regional Minister of the Province of Noord-Holland, signed the C...
Climate Neutral Cities

23 April 2024

Have your say: what cities need to achieve climate neutrality

The 100 Climate Neutral and Smart Cities Mission Platform, supporting the work of the 112 mission cities towards climate neutrality, is now extending part of its support to any European city aiming to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest. But as cities embark on their journey towards cli...
Procurement

22 April 2024

Join the European Commission’s workshops on socially responsible public procurement

Socially responsible public procurement (SRPP) asks public buyers to look beyond the price of goods and services, and consider the larger picture around how they are produced, sourced and delivered. To support this objective, the European Commission is organising training workshops on SRPP aimed at ...
Biodiversity & NBS Procurement

17 April 2024

How sustainable public procurement advances New European Bauhaus

Within the Big Buyers Working Together (BBWT) project, a Community of Practice (CoP) focused on the New European Bauhaus (NEB) is the first European initiative to explore meaningful links between the NEB and sustainable public procurement. This CoP, led by ICLEI Europe, kicked off recently with a we...
Biodiversity & NBS Green Digital Transformation Resilience Sustainable Energy Systems

16 April 2024

Empowering cities for a resilient future: EURESFO 2024 is coming to Valencia

From 26 - 28 June, the European Urban Resilience Forum (EURESFO) will bring city representatives and resilience professionals together in Valencia (Spain), an ICLEI Member and the European Green Capital 2024! The 2024 edition of EURESFO is built around three key thematic streams and a fourth specia...
Climate Change Mitigation Communications Biodiversity & NBS Built Environment & Culture Circular Economy Climate Neutral Cities Governance Innovation Green Digital Transformation Justice, Equity & Democracy Resilience Procurement Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Food Systems Sustainable Mobility

15 April 2024

Local Alliance urges EU to stay the course on EU Green Deal

ICLEI and seven other leading networks of European cities and regions - ACR+, CEMR, Climate Alliance, Energy Cities, Eurocities, FEDARENE, and POLIS - have come together to form the Local Alliance ahead of the EU elections.  In a joint letter, the Alliance calls on EU leaders to find new ways ...
Sustainable Energy Systems

9 April 2024

New guidebook on local energy poverty solutions

Leveraging the extensive experience in supporting local and regional governments in their sustainable energy and climate action planning processes, ICLEI Europe has played a pivotal role in drafting a new resource from Sun4All that promotes the use of renewable energy and addresses energy poverty, e...