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Biodiversity Advocacy Membership

22 May 2021

Marking World Biodiversity Day with "smart, fast, systematic and global" action

Last month, ICLEI's global secretariat spoke to Cheryl Jones Fur, Deputy Lord Mayor of ICLEI Member Växjö (Sweden) and member of the ICLEI Regional Executive Committee for Europe, regarding local governments' roles in protecting nature. Today, on the occasion of World Biodiversity Day, we ...
Construction Mobility Procurement Membership

21 May 2021

ICLEI Members leverage public procurement as a tool to reach climate and environmental goals

ICLEI Members Oslo (Norway), Copenhagen (Denmark), Helsinki and Vantaa (Finland), Amsterdam and Haarlem (the Netherlands), Lisbon (Portugal), and Zurich (Switzerland) are working collaboratively to best use public procurement to meet climate and environment goals. This work is being conducted in th...
Climate Change Mitigation Energy Integrated Management Advocacy

20 May 2021

ICLEI calls to streamline EU climate and energy legislation and funding in “Fit for 55” package

Today, 20 May, ICLEI has brought forward a joint letter to EU leaders and Heads of States as part of a coalition of 50 organisations representing European local and regional governments, businesses, investor groups, and NGOs calling for a strong EU legislative package. The “Fit for 55” ...
Events Mobility Cultural Heritage

19 May 2021

The 9th Informed Cities Forum to cast light on electric mobility and cultural heritage

Organised under the title “Re-purpose. Re-charge. Re-think. Heritage and e-mobility at the crossroads”, the 9th edition of the Informed Cities Forum will cast light on cultural heritage and electric mobility. The Informed Cities Forum event series is a popular European interactive &ldqu...
Events Biodiversity Climate Change Mitigation Energy Waste & Circular Economy Advocacy Membership

18 May 2021

ICLEI Europe gears up for EU Green Week with sessions supporting zero-pollution in cities

ICLEI Europe is pleased to be contributing to this year’s edition of the annual European Green Week conference, via several sessions that promote the local perspective and voices on the EU Action Plan toward a Zero Pollution Ambition. Each of these sessions will support local authorities in tr...
Events Climate Change Mitigation Water Advocacy Membership

14 May 2021

Engage with the Green City Accord at EU Green Week

The Green City Accord (GCA) is an ambitious movement of mayors and local government leaders from across Europe who are committed to making their cities cleaner, greener and healthier. Learn more about this ambitious new movement – which ICLEI Europe, alongside EUROCITIES and CEMR, is supportin...
Advocacy Membership

11 May 2021

'Europe Day' kicks-off a year-long consultation process for EU citizens to shape the future

On 9 May, also known as 'Europe Day', the Conference on the Future of Europe officially kicked-off a year-long consultation process. The process launched with an inaugural event in ICLEI Member Strasbourg (France), which invited European citizens to propose their ideas and priorities for Europe acro...
Biodiversity Urban Governance Advocacy Membership

11 May 2021

Zagreb prioritises citizen well-being with nature-based solutions

ICLEI Member Zagreb (Croatia) had a challenging 2020, facing the COVID-19 pandemic and two earthquakes, which tested the limits of the city's response capacity. Now, Zagreb is looking towards a brighter future, choosing to implement innovative nature-based solutions (NBS) to improve well-being of ci...
Biodiversity

6 May 2021

New handbook distils project experiences with NBS impact evaluation

A new handbook published by the European Commission to help decision-makers and practitioners develop impact evaluation frameworks for nature-based solutions was launched yesterday, with contributions from ICLEI Europe projects CLEVER Cities, Connecting Nature, proGIreg, alongside 14 other EU-funded...