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Biodiversity & NBS Sustainable Food Systems

15 July 2024

ICLEI collaborates to create novel stakeholder visioning tool

Lack of a common language can be a barrier to both communication and participation - key components of inclusive and equitable stakeholder engagement. To address this, open science for open societies (os4os), a non-profit that promotes science, research and education, created the concept of a food h...

Events Communications Biodiversity & NBS Justice, Equity & Democracy Resilience Sustainable Energy Systems

25 June 2024

ICLEI World Congress 2024 in São Paulo comes to a close demonstrating the collective power of cities and regions to drive sustainability

Organized by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability and hosted by the City of São Paulo, the ICLEI World Congress 2024 brought together over 1,500 global urban leaders to address critical issues in local climate and resilience action, multilevel governance, and the unique role of ...

Biodiversity & NBS Climate Neutral Cities Resilience

28 May 2024

ICLEI and Valencia pave the way towards resilient, adaptive, and climate-neutral cities

Cities and regions across the EU are coming face-to-face with the impacts of the climate crisis. From unprecedented wildfires to droughts and floods, the effects have heralded an era in which enhanced climate adaptation and resilience action are increasingly urgent. For more than 15 years, ICLEI Eur...

Biodiversity & NBS

27 May 2024

Bringing Nature-based Solutions into schools

As part of the EU’s Green Deal, the transition to a climate-neutral future has significant social, economic, and employment impacts, with education and training playing a crucial role. Integrating Nature-based Solutions (NbS) into educational frameworks is essential for addressing climate and ...

Biodiversity & NBS

22 May 2024

ICLEI joins the International Day for Biodiversity’s Call to ‘Be Part of the Plan’

"Biodiversity means human health, food security and resilience to climate change. By taking better care of nature, we can mitigate and adapt to climate change, often at a very low cost." Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission (EC, 2024) Biodiversity is in decline worldwi...

Biodiversity & NBS Sustainable Food Systems

21 May 2024

Build better cities at the Nature of Cities Festival

The on-site segment of the 2024 edition of The Nature of Cities Festival (TNOC), which ICLEI Europe is sponsoring, is just around the corner. Following three weeks of virtual events in April, the in-person event in ICLEI Member Berlin (Germany) on 4 - 7 June offers a chance to connect with experts a...

Biodiversity & NBS Governance Innovation Green Digital Transformation

7 May 2024

Amplify citizens’ voices in policy making

Across the globe, public authorities face resource constraints, limiting their ability to gather crucial data needed for informed policymaking. Yet, within this challenge lies an opportunity for innovation and inclusivity. ICLEI Europe is looking for dedicated local government representatives commit...

Biodiversity & NBS Circular Economy

29 April 2024

Enabling local circular transitions for a sustainable future

Growth has been the shorthand for improving standards of living for decades. In reality, this dependency has also proven to cause unsustainable resource depletion and environmental degradation with severe social, environmental and economic consequences. Replacing the linear "produce, consume, discar...

Biodiversity & NBS Procurement

17 April 2024

How sustainable public procurement advances New European Bauhaus

Within the Big Buyers Working Together (BBWT) project, a Community of Practice (CoP) focused on the New European Bauhaus (NEB) is the first European initiative to explore meaningful links between the NEB and sustainable public procurement. This CoP, led by ICLEI Europe, kicked off recently with a we...

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