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6 August 2018

2018 Transformative Action Award receives record number of entries

The application deadline for the 2018 Transformative Action Award recently closed, with this year’s award setting a record for the number of applications received. In total 40 innovative and inspiring Transformative Actions from cities, regions and civil society organisations across Europe wer...
Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience Energy Mobility Membership

6 July 2018

ICLEI Member Turku aims to be carbon neutral by 2029

ICLEI Member Turku (Finland) has recently launched a new Climate Plan, which seeks to make the city carbon neutral by 2029 and end the use of coal in energy production by 2025. One of the ways the city hopes to reach this goal is through introducing new sustainable urban mobility measures. Through ...
Biodiversity Climate Change Mitigation Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience Energy Food Construction Mobility Procurement Waste & Circular Economy Water Performance Measurement Integrated Management Urban Governance Smart Cities Finance Cultural Heritage Advocacy Membership

3 July 2018

Only one month left to apply for the 2018 Transformative Action Award

With only one month left before applications close, don’t miss your chance to win €10,000 and become recognised as a leader of sustainable urban transformation with the 2018 Transformative Action Award. The award, co-organised by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, the Ba...
Climate Change Mitigation Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience Energy Smart Cities

28 June 2018

Nilüfer shares what winning the 2017 Transformative Action Award has meant to them

An Interview with Ender Acel, Nilüfer Muncipality’s Innovation Center In 2017, Nilüfer (Turkey) won the first edition of the Transformative Action Award for their action which sought to increase civic engagement and participatory local democracy through Neighbourhood Committees. Si...
Energy

28 June 2018

THERMOS launches new thermal energy planning software and Ambassador Programme to simplify and improve energy planning in cities

The alpha version of the new thermal energy planning software, which aims to simply and improve energy planning in cities, was launched yesterday, 27 June, in Jelgava (Latvia) by the THERMOS project.The software, which was developed in close cooperation with cities, including ICLEI Member cities War...
Energy

21 June 2018

European Sustainable Energy Week saw strong ICLEI representation

The 13th European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW), which recently took place in Brussels (Belgium) 5-7 June 2018, saw strong ICLEI representation with ICLEI hosting two policy sessions and an exhibition stand to present best practices from energy and smart city projects. EUSEW is an annual event wh...
Energy Food Construction Mobility Procurement Waste & Circular Economy Finance

19 June 2018

EcoProcura 2018 breakout sessions confirmed

The EcoProcura 2018 conference on sustainable, circular and innovation procurement has confirmed the breakout sessions of its programme from 3-5 October in Nijmegen (The Netherlands). EcoProcura 2018, marking 20 years of the conference series, will bring together over 400 procurers, policy makers, ...
Energy Construction

19 June 2018

Energy efficient renovation to be made accessible through a gamified online platform

It has long been acknowledged that buildings are responsible for more than 40 percent of the total global energy consumption, but what steps can be taken to start reducing this figure? According to recent EU reports, every year only around 1.5 percent of buildings are being renovated to improve the...
Energy Membership

13 June 2018

Warsaw doubles up efforts to tackle air pollution

ICLEI Member Warsaw (Poland) is preparing for a year of continued, targeted efforts to tackle pollution levels. For that purpose, the city has committed itself to a two-fold strategy of continuing the expansion and the refurbishments of the largest district heating network in the EU, currently over ...
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