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12 November 2022

Decarbonisation Day at COP27: cities leverage partnerships to lead the way

In order to reach global climate goals, we must dramatically reduce carbon emissions. To this end, 11 November was officially designated Decarbonisation Day at COP27, and featured conversations on policies to encourage and accelerate decarbonisation, as well as showcases of technologies and innovati...

Sustainable Food Systems Justice, Equity & Democracy Advocacy Membership

7 November 2022

Presenting the European Commission with concrete Farm to Fork strategy inspiration

At the European Week of Regions and Cities last month, ICLEI Europe and the Committee of the Regions formally handed the European Commission a manifesto and petition calling for the EU’s Farm to Fork strategy to ambitiously advance sustainable food transformation. Taken together, these are &l...

Events Climate Change Mitigation Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Food Systems Governance Innovation Justice, Equity & Democracy Advocacy

31 October 2022

Connect with ICLEI Europe at COP27

At COP26 in ICLEI Member Glasgow (or: the 26th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties), we proved that the #Time4MultilevelAction had come. Now, we are demonstrating that #MultilevelActionDelivers at COP27 in Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt). ICLEI is the official fo...

Climate Change Mitigation Governance Innovation Advocacy Membership

27 October 2022

Local Green Deals: an approach to move from commitment to action

With both the UN Climate Conference (COP27) and World Cities Day (31 October) just around the corner, the question of how to localise global commitments “to create greener, more equitable and sustainable cities” is of particular pertinence. This question – how to move from commitme...

Sustainable Food Systems Governance Innovation Justice, Equity & Democracy Advocacy

28 September 2022

Food system transformation: it’s time to take the gloves off

For many years now, studies have shown positive correlation between higher income and good health – in other words, wealthier communities seem to have fewer health problems. This is clearly unjust. What’s more, with rising inequalities, increasing costs of food, and climate change impact...

Events Climate Change Mitigation Sustainable Energy Systems Governance Innovation Advocacy

2 September 2022

Vote for EUSEW Awards: support project that helped local authorities reach climate neutrality

An ICLEI project is represented among the finalists for this year’s European Sustainable Energy Awards (EUSEW Awards). Finalists were selected by a high-level jury, but the winners will be decided by an online public vote. Vote by 18 September for the impressive C-Track 50 project, in which IC...

Advocacy Membership

5 July 2022

Upcoming G7 meeting to spotlight sustainable urban development

A newly announced summit of urban development ministries of G7 countries is to take place in Potsdam (Germany) this autumn. This proposal was tabled by the German Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building (BMWSB) during a meeting with representatives from a number of G7 Ministries on 4 Ju...

Climate Change Mitigation Governance Innovation Advocacy

1 July 2022

European Committee of the Regions elects President and First Vice President

On 29 June, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), the EU’s assembly of local and regional representatives, elected its First Vice President to take over the presidency for the second half of the current five-year mandate. CoR is a key ICLEI Europe partner, who share a vision of ensuring...

Biodiversity & NBS Advocacy