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19 September 2024

Healthy Cities: ICLEI’s commitment to health at 10th European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns

Cities and regions can face challenges when it comes to health and the environment, but they also have a lot of potential to collaborate for solutions. This past summer at ICLEI World Congress, prominent health experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), non-governmental organisations, and ac...

21 April 2022

Planetary health in practice: lessons on urban greening from 2021 European Green Capital Lahti

Last winter, Finland’s first ‘Planetary Health Physician’, Dr. Hanna Haveri, sat down to speak with ICLEI about her work with urban greening initiatives in ICLEI member city Lahti (Finland). In recognition of its long-standing history and achievements in sustainable city planning, ...

29 November 2021

A Coruña spearheads new UrbanByNature hub to make nature flourish in Spain

The time for Nature-based Solutions (NBS) to take their rightful place in Spain has arrived. This week, the City of A Coruña (Spain) launched a new UrbanByNature hub to enhance exchange on NBS among Spanish and global cities, connect stakeholders such as municipalities, universities, NGOs and...