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19 December 2024

Is the climate fight in the rear-view mirror?

The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) concluded amidst a swirl of challenges, controversies, and cautious optimism. While participants and media outlets around the world lamented limited achievements as being barely better th...

17 December 2024

Applications open for European Youth Capital 2028

Is your city ready to amplify youth voices and build a vibrant, inclusive future? Applications are now open for the prestigious European Youth Capital (EYC) 2028 title, offering municipalities across Europe the opportunity to showcase innovative projects created by and for young people. The EYC tit...

Member Relations Biodiversity & NBS Built Environment & Culture Governance Innovation Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Mobility

11 December 2024

New members join the ICLEI Europe community

The ICLEI network continues to expand, uniting cities and organisations from across the globe to drive local-level sustainability. We are excited to announce the latest additions to our community: The Association for Local Autonomy of Albania (Albania), The Centre for Research and Technology Hellas ...

Governance Innovation

9 December 2024

Activate city-business collaboration through Local Green Deals

How can cities and businesses better collaborate towards their sustainability goals? More specifically, how can they agree on a common vision for urban sustainable development and climate neutrality in particular? Local Green Deals offer an innovative strategic and action- oriented approach to publi...

Climate Neutral Cities Governance Innovation Green Digital Transformation Resilience

22 November 2024

Live Better: ICLEI Europe highlights city innovations at Smart City Expo

As urban areas increasingly contend with the impacts of climate change, cities are adopting advanced technologies to build resilience and reduce emissions. A longstanding leader in the smart cities sphere, ICLEI Europe joined this year’s Smart City Expo World Congress in ICLEI Member Barcelona...

14 November 2024

Local and subnational leaders rally for enhanced multilevel collaboration at COP29

Building on the LGMA Joint Position that has been endorsed by nearly 100 local and regional governments and their networks, leaders from the LGMA Constituency are advocating for the development, financing, and execution of ambitious nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and other key strategies...

13 November 2024

Saitama City brings the G7 to COP29

Despite cities being home to the majority of G7 citizens, local governments are not yet systematically consulted by national governments on critical decisions affecting their communities. The Urban7 (U7) is seeking to change that within the G7 group of countries. Local government representation in ...

11 November 2024

Showcasing that #MultilevelActionDelivers at COP29

ICLEI Europe will join forces with the entire ICLEI network and with local and regional leaders from across the globe at COP29 (or: the 29th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties) to demonstrate once again that #MultilevelActionDelivers. COP29 will ...

5 November 2024

G7 Urban Ministers Meeting recommends formally engaging cities in the G7 process

On 4 November, the G7 Sustainable Urban Development Ministers met in Rome (Italy) to propose a set of joint actions aimed at advancing urban transformations. Among the list of joint actions, the Ministers included the explicit recommendation to formally include cities in the G7 decision-making proce...

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