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25 May 2023

ICLEI partners with city changers for Urban Futures conference

ICLEI Europe is once again a partner of the annual Urban Future conference, which brings together a wide diversity of ‘city changers’. This year, the conference is taking place in Stuttgart (Germany) from 21-23 June 2023, and will bring together urban development experts, politicians, en...

28 April 2023

Newly signed protocol supports municipalities realise the New European Bauhaus objectives

The call, 'Support to the New European Bauhaus Local Initiatives', launched and funded by the European Commission through the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policies, provides Technical Assistance (TA) to small and medium-sized municipalities in order to make the New European Bauhaus (NE...

24 April 2023

Germany invests in natural climate protection to strengthen biodivesity

The German federal government has recently launched an ambitious plan to invest nearly 4 billion Euros in natural climate protection. The World Economic Forum sees natural climate solutions as potential solutions which, if done well, will “help address the twin crises of climate change and bio...

24 March 2023

ICLEI at UN 2023 Water conference - united for #WaterAction

ICLEI is among the organisations gathered this week in New York (USA) for the UN 2023 Water Conference to advance global efforts to “ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all” (SDG 6). The conference, co-hosted by the Governments of Tajikistan and th...

9 February 2023

New publications shed light on nexus between urban nature and health

Urban nature has strong health benefits, as noted in numerous studies. However, it is not enough just to bring nature to cities, we also need to ensure that these green urban spaces and their benefits are available to as many demographics as possible. Part of this equation involves exploring these t...

20 December 2022

Last but not least: ending the year with another COP critical to nature

While the United Nations’ climate change negotiations (COP27) came to an end last month, this December was all about another Conference of the Parties: namely, global biodiversity negotiations known as CBD COP15. This was the occasion for world leaders to come together and agree upon a Post-20...

13 December 2022

Cities: help shape the Berlin Urban Nature Pact

Global leaders are currently gathered in Montreal (Canada) for the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of the Parties, better known as CBD COP15. Over the next few days, nations hope to finalise and agree upon a global strategy to protect nature. This policy, known as the Po...

9 December 2022

Moving nature-based solutions from policy to action

This year for the first time, ICLEI Europe kicked off a series of webinars specifically for our member cities. The next one is just around the corner on 12 December 2022. See why you should join by re-living key insights that emerged from the last edition, which focused on nature-based solutions (NB...

1 December 2022

Local organisations can receive €22,000 to support the Green Deal

Local authorities and not-for-profit organisations can apply for €22,000 to become local partners of the European project SHARED GREEN DEAL. Partnerships are offered on six different European Green Deal topics: Clean Energy, Circular Economy, Preserving Biodiversity, Sustainable Mobility, Effic...