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Climate Change Mitigation Governance Innovation Resilience Advocacy Membership

20 December 2023

Implementing COP28: an urgent call for multilevel governance in the EU

This year’s international climate negotiations (COP28) in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) marked a significant turning point in global climate negotiations. The establishment of a Loss and Damage Financing Mechanism and the historic agreement to transition away from fossil fuels are well document...

Governance Innovation

13 December 2023

Help translate urban well-being research into policy

Translating research results is crucial for ensuring that the most up-to-date, evidence-informed policies and practices are implemented to maximise wellbeing, public health and reduce inequalities. However, generating policy impact from research is challenging. Research evidence of similar quality o...

Governance Innovation

7 December 2023

ICLEI Members present new best practices and guidance on Local Green Deals

ICLEI Members Espoo (Finland), Mannheim (Germany) and Umeå (Sweden), are three of the first cities implementing a Local Green Deal (LGD) to accelerate and scale-up their green transition. Many other cities, such as those in the IntelligentCitiesChallenge (ICC), are now following suit and explo...

Climate Change Mitigation Events Governance Innovation Sustainable Food Systems

6 December 2023

Cities inspire food and climate action and share ways of implementing the Green Deal Industrial Plan at the local level

Today at COP28, ICLEI focused on the role that cities play in inspiring food and climate action and how to localise the European Green Deal. Cities consume 70% of total food production and have an enormous reduction potential in terms of food waste and greenhouse gas emissions. This means that the ...

Climate Change Mitigation Events Biodiversity & NBS Built Environment & Culture Circular Economy Climate Neutral Cities Governance Innovation Construction Green Digital Transformation Justice, Equity & Democracy Resilience Procurement Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Food Systems

4 December 2023

Coalition for High Ambition Multi-level Partnerships (CHAMP) announced at COP28

On 1 December at COP28, more than 60 countries, including 11 EU countries, pledged to join the COP28 Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnership (CHAMP) for Climate Action in order to enhance cooperation with their local, regional and other subnational governments - including cities, towns, s...

Climate Change Mitigation Events Governance Innovation Advocacy

28 November 2023

COP28: a chance for EU leadership and multilevel governance

After another year of frequent wildfires, flooding, and landslides in Europe, fulfilling the Paris Agreement – keeping the global temperature increase below 1.5°C – is not just ‘nice to have’, but a necessity. Declaring a ‘global boiling point’ in 2023, the Un...

Climate Change Mitigation Circular Economy Climate Neutral Cities Governance Innovation Green Digital Transformation Justice, Equity & Democracy Resilience Procurement Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Food Systems

20 November 2023

Showcasing that #MultilevelActionDelivers at COP28

ICLEI Europe will join forces with the entire ICLEI network and with local and regional leaders from across the globe at COP28 (or: the 28th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties) to demonstrate once again that #MultilevelActionDelivers. COP28 will ...

Climate Change Mitigation Governance Innovation Advocacy

20 October 2023

Road to COP28: EU leaders formally vouch for close cooperation with local governments on international climate agreements

On 17 October, the Council of the European Union formally agreed to advocate for closer cooperation with local and regional governments in the implementation of international climate agreements. This is articulated in the official conclusions of its meeting on 16 October 2023 to prepare the EU posit...

Communications Member Relations Governance Innovation

2 October 2023

Constituency of cities, towns, regions and other subnationals release climate position statement ahead of COP28

The Local Governments and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) Constituency has released its official position in the lead-up to COP28, which includes ten requests as part of a call to action for COP28. The LGMA is the voice of cities and regions in the climate negotiation process. Every year at COP, the LG...

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