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15 February 2021

Synergising nature-based solutions

Given the immense benefits and potential of nature-based solutions, it is not surprising that there is a growing number of European Horizon 2020 (H2020) projects focusing on them. This requires some synergising to ensure that efforts are maximised, knowledge exchange is fostered, and overlap between...

Advocacy

9 February 2021

Call for adequate resources for local and regional authorities to implement the 8th Environmental Action Programme

In its 142nd plenary meeting, which took place from 3-5 February, members of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) – the EU’s assembly of local and regional elected representatives and a key ICLEI partner – adopted an opinion on the 8th Environment Action Programme (EAP). Th...

Climate Change Mitigation Energy

4 February 2021

New website supports community energy and the uptake of renewable energy solutions

The ongoing energy transition is not only facilitating the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, but also helping us rethink how energy is produced and distributed. Local energy networks – an important alternative to traditional top-down distribution models – are gaining i...

Energy

2 February 2021

Learn more about energy communities

It is clear that our mainstream energy systems are not all sustainable. Groups across Europe and beyond are testing new ways of producing and consuming energy, which take long-term sustainability and justice into account. One example of this is "energy communities". An energy community is a way of ...

Member Relations

2 February 2021

Lahti invites European cities to engage in dialogue on environmental solutions

ICLEI Member and current European Green Capital, Lahti (Finland), has recently launched a series of panel discussions to be held once a month on environmental solutions, and innovation and cooperation models available for European cities. The panel discussions, together referred to the ‘Europ...

Advocacy Membership Social Justice

1 February 2021

A look to the year(s) ahead

A difficult year lies behind us, which was characterised to a large degree by the COVID-19 pandemic and the efforts to mitigate its impacts on people and the economy. In many places, we faced a dramatic situation in the first months of the year, with high death tolls, struggling and overburdened hea...

Advocacy

1 February 2021

ICLEI gets a new look

ICLEI has introduced a new global visual identity, on the occasion of celebrating our 30th anniversary. The three overlapping shapes of the logo represent the connections that ICLEI makes as the leading network for local governments committed to sustainability. It communicates that we are stronge...

Advocacy Membership Social Justice

29 January 2021

ICLEI Europe takes steps forward in its commitment to justice

In August 2020, in the midst of a summer which saw a number of social groups, people, and organisations more closely considering and working to tackle racism, ICLEI Europe made our views clear: racial justice is part of climate justice. The dimensions of (in)justice and (in)equality – which in...

Procurement Advocacy Membership