European Committee of the Regions elects President and First Vice President
On 29 June, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), the EU’s assembly of local and regional representatives, elected its First Vice President to take over the presidency for the second half of the current five-year mandate. CoR is a key ICLEI Europe partner, who share a vision of ensuring...
Espoo, Mannheim and Umea join forces to pioneer local implementation of the European Green Deal
The cities of Espoo (Finland), Mannheim (Germany) and Umea (Sweden), all of them ICLEI Members, have joined forces to accelerate sustainability transformations using Local Green Deals. Their common ambition is to bundle and strengthen existing efforts through this new approach for delivering sustain...
Share your experiences with localising the EU Green Deal
ICLEI Europe partners from the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), have launched a survey on “Closing the Green Deal Gap”. The survey aims to guide a mid-term review of the status, successes and difficulties faced by cities and regions when implementing the EU Green Deal locally. IC...
ICLEI Europe is committed to driving locally-anchored just transitions. Last month, ICLEI Europe supported a Strategic Conversation on this topic, bringing together key actors working to integrate sustainability and justice in cities, including representatives from ICLEI Members Malmö (Sweden),...
The International Sustainable Cities Summit: building bridges for a sustainable urban world in the age of emergency
This month, ICLEI and ICLEI Member Kadıköy (Turkey) joined forces to convene the International Sustainable Cities Summit. Local leaders from Sweden, Germany, Finland, Turkey, and the USA – including ICLEI First Vice President Mayor Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh of Malmö (Sweden) and ICL...
Checklist, tools, and insights on testing out energy transition solutions
Over the past several years, ICLEI Members Antwerp (Belgium), Basel (Switzerland), Bristol (the United Kingdom), Grenoble (France), Mannheim (Germany), and Warsaw (Poland) have been experimenting with using an innovative “City Lab” approach to push forward local energy transition. Now, t...
Multi-level cooperation is the only way to reach climate neutrality
Time and time again, we have seen resounding calls from local governments demanding multi-level climate change action. From the Mannheim Message (2020) to COP26 (2021), local leaders have consistently called on higher governing levels to meaningfully bring local leaders to their decision-making tabl...
Bidding to host the 10th ESCT conference is now open!
The bidding process for the 10th edition of the European Sustainable Cities and Towns conference is now open. All cities are warmly invited to bid to host this flagship event.
The purpose of this key ICLEI Europe conference series is to share the most advanced approaches, tools and inspiring ideas ...
Action Fund-supported study finds significant NO2 reduction thanks to pop-up bike lanes
Cycle paths can improve health, local economies, safety and the environment. This has been measured and demonstrated in ICLEI Member Berlin (Germany), one of the most populated cities in the European Union. From October 2020 to November 2021, a study conducted by the NGO Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) o...