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Biodiversity & NBS Resilience Green Digital Transformation

26 November 2021

A new pathway to resilience: ICLEI welcomes new 'Making Cities Resilient 2030' Resilience Hubs in Europe

From extreme weather events such as floods in Germany and wildfires in Greece to the COVID-19 pandemic, disaster risks are growing and becoming more relevant to people living in urban centres. To solve different crises like the ones the world experienced in 2021, cities need access to relevant resou...

Biodiversity & NBS Circular Economy

23 November 2021

Implementing natural solutions for more circular urban water systems

Water is an increasingly scarce and polluted resource, especially in urban areas. To address this a new EU funded project, aptly titled NICE, will create innovative and enhanced nature-based solutions to create closed and sustainable urban water loops. What are nature-based solutions? These solutio...

Biodiversity & NBS Climate Change Mitigation Sustainable Energy Systems Governance Innovation Justice, Equity & Democracy Advocacy Membership

28 October 2021

Action catalysed by the Mannheim Message one year on

One year ago, in October 2020, the Mannheim Message was launched at the 9th European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns, known as Mannheim2020. The European Commission welcomed the launch, with Diederik Samsom, Head of Cabinet of Frans Timmermans, Vice-President of the European Commission,...

Biodiversity & NBS Sustainable Food Systems

27 October 2021

Green urban food innovation takes centre stage in cities' #EdibleCitySolutions

Food isn’t just fuel – it connects us all. Whether in the form of urban agricultural initiatives, underground or rooftop farms, community gardens or healthy cooking workshops, millions of city dwellers around the world are already bringing the food they eat closer to home, and bringing p...

Biodiversity & NBS Resilience

27 October 2021

Stepping up integrated action on ecosystem and climate resilience

The European Urban Resilience Forum is a hallmark event hosted annually by ICLEI Europe and European Environmental Agency, which gatehrs a wide variety of stakeholders to catalyse action on urban resilience. The 2021 edition was recently held in a hybrid format, taking place online and in ICLEI Memb...

Biodiversity & NBS Resilience

26 October 2021

Peatland restoration holds great potential

On 21 September, experts gathered to plan for the future of peatland protection and peatland restoration in Europe. This topic is not only crucial to tackling climate crisis, but also time, due to the recent launch of the United Nations' Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Such planning requires multi...

Biodiversity & NBS

4 October 2021

ICLEI is committed to promoting biodiversity and ecosystem restoration

As biodiversity rapidly decreases, ecosystem restoration is becoming an ever increasing priority. This is why the United Nations has launched the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, and is calling on everyone to join #GenerationRestoration. This campaign aims to prevent, halt and reverse ecosystem degr...

Events Biodiversity & NBS Climate Change Mitigation Circular Economy Advocacy Membership

28 September 2021

ICLEI Members commit to a clean and healthy future

Since its launch one year ago, 26 ICLEI Members have signed the Green City Accord, committing to ambitious improvements in five key environmental areas. On 22 September, the Green City Accord celebrated a significant milestone at a hybrid ceremony: 73 cities have signed the political commitment &nd...

Member Relations Biodiversity & NBS

24 September 2021

New ICLEI member Cigli fosters biodiversity in Gediz Delta

ICLEI extends a warm welcome to one of its newest members, Çiğli (Turkey). Located in the north of İzmir metropolitan city, Çiğli is one of the biggest districts of İzmir with an area of 133 km2. Çiğli is an exclusive metropolitan district of İzmir, which strives to maint...

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