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10 July 2024

EURESFO 2024 launches European Resilience Partnership

As climate and water-related stresses increase both in terms of frequency and impact, many European cities and regions are looking into solutions that can address the intertwined ongoing challenges and protect vulnerable populations. This year’s European Urban Resilience Forum (EURESFO) gather...

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 ...

31 May 2024

Greek Cities and Regions gather for EU Mission Adaptation

Greek cities and regions kicked off their collaboration under the EU Mission Adaptation to Climate Change in a first meeting in Athens last month. The gathering was convened by the Mission Board of the EU Mission Adaptation and ICLEI, in cooperation with the General Secretariat for Spatial Planning ...

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...

16 April 2024

Empowering cities for a resilient future: EURESFO 2024 is coming to Valencia

From 26 - 28 June, the European Urban Resilience Forum (EURESFO) will bring city representatives and resilience professionals together in Valencia (Spain), an ICLEI Member and the European Green Capital 2024! The 2024 edition of EURESFO is built around three key thematic streams and a fourth specia...

15 April 2024

Local Alliance urges EU to stay the course on EU Green Deal

ICLEI and seven other leading networks of European cities and regions - ACR+, CEMR, Climate Alliance, Energy Cities, Eurocities, FEDARENE, and POLIS - have come together to form the Local Alliance ahead of the EU elections.  In a joint letter, the Alliance calls on EU leaders to find new ways ...

18 March 2024

Leading local and EU decision makers discuss translating the EU Green Deal into local action

Last week brought more than 200 Mayors and local representatives together with EU leaders and the Belgian EU Council Presidency to discuss translating the EU Green Deal into local action. During the event, key EU decision makers including European Commission Executive Vice President Maroš &Sc...

11 March 2024

Cities put adaptation planning into action

The 2021 EU Adaptation Strategy stresses that impactful adaptation action happens at the local level. A new interactive report, Building Resilience through Adaptation at the Local Level, synthesises learnings from cities and regions across Europe, showing how they are building resilience in their co...

5 March 2024

ICLEI supports open letter on nature-based water resilience

Alongside 27 organisations and NGOs, ICLEI has signed an open letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to protect EU freshwater and marine ecosystems. The letter stresses the need for the EU to put nature-based water resilience back on the agenda ahead of the EU elections. As we ...