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18 September 2018

New York City moves to divest: First in-depth case study on the fossil fuel divestment decision

For New York City (USA), fossil fuels are no longer the future. On 10 January 2018, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the city would divest its pension funds from fossil fuel interests within five years. With the largest municipal pension fund in the USA, valued at USD 194 billion, this move positions ...

Biodiversity & NBS Climate Change Mitigation Resilience Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Food Systems Sustainable Mobility Procurement Circular Economy Performance Measurement Governance Innovation Green Digital Transformation Finance Built Environment & Culture Advocacy Membership

13 September 2018

Bologna, Ghent and Tirana shortlisted for 2018 Transformative Action Award

The shortlisted candidates for the 2018 Transformative Action Award were revealed today at the URBACT Festival in Lisbon, Portugal. The award, which is co-organised by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, The Basque Country and the City of Aalborg (Denmark), rewards current or conclu...

Resilience Sustainable Energy Systems Built Environment & Culture

11 September 2018

EU Regions Week to see strong ICLEI representation

ICLEI Europe is a partner of this year’s European Week of Regions and Cites (EWRC) and will organise several activities dedicated to sustainability and resilience in regions and cities throughout the week in Brussels (Belgium), 8-11 October. The EWRC is co-organised by the European Comm...

Sustainable Energy Systems Circular Economy

29 August 2018

THERMOS project to join Local Renewables

The THERMOS project is partnering with the 9th Local Renewables Conference (24-26 October 2018) and will hold the 2nd THERMOS Inspire event within the framework of the conference. THERMOS will conduct a break out session focusing on key challenges for local authorities when moving to a circular ener...

Sustainable Energy Systems

10 August 2018

Cities invited to apply for the covenant cities in the spotlight award

The Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy are inviting cities to apply for the Covenant Cities in the Spotlight award, with the application deadline set to close 15 September 2018. The award, which is now in its tenth year, rewards the local energy and climate action efforts made by the signato...

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...

Resilience Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable 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 & NBS Climate Change Mitigation Resilience Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Food Systems Procurement Circular Economy Performance Measurement Governance Innovation Green Digital Transformation Finance Built Environment & Culture 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 Resilience Sustainable Energy Systems Green Digital Transformation

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...

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