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27 June 2024

Navigating the EU Green Deal after the EU elections

As we wait for the new European Parliament to take shape over the next weeks, the 2024 EU Election results have made one thing clear: there is a high priority to uphold European values.  Despite a slimmer margin, the existing Pro-EU parties held their majority. The election result shows that t...

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 ...

30 May 2024

ICLEI joins call for prioritising a socially fair and green transition in next EU Strategic Agenda

ICLEI joined a coalition of 54 civil society stakeholders, businesses, and organisations representing cities and regions from across Europe to urge European Heads of State and Government to prioritise the transition to a climate-neutral, green, fair, and social Europe when defining the EU’s 20...

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 ...

2 October 2023

Constituency of cities, towns, regions and other subnationals release climate position statement ahead of COP28

The Local Governments and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) Constituency has released its official position in the lead-up to COP28, which includes ten requests as part of a call to action for COP28. The LGMA is the voice of cities and regions in the climate negotiation process. Every year at COP, the LG...

5 September 2023

ICLEI among finalists for European website awards

Two ICLEI Europe-developed websites have been selected as finalists for the 2023 edition of the prestigious .eu Web Awards! Since 2014, the .eu Web Awards have recognised effective and impactful websites with a domain name ending in .eu. This year, the Sustainable Just Cities website – a hub ...

25 August 2023

Join the Stocktake4ClimateEmergency

The most recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) made it clear that our collective efforts to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5ºC would not be enough if we do not take unprecedented action. This year’s UNFCCC Global Stocktake, which aims to take stoc...

16 June 2023

Two websites managed by ICLEI Europe are nominees for the 2023 .eu Web Awards

The DECIDE and Sustainable Just Cities websites, both created and managed by ICLEI Europe, are finalists for the 2023 .eu Web Awards! They are nominated in the “Better World” and “Laurels” categories respectively, which are for websites that represent green initiatives and pa...

5 May 2023

New call offers 70 local governments €60,000 in funding for clean energy investments

A total of 70 municipalities and local authorities from across Europe stand to benefit from a new call launched by the European City Facility (EUCF). The call offers each successful applicant €60,000 in lump-sum payments, as well as hands-on support, to develop investment concepts on clean ener...