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26 September 2024

10 Finnish ICLEI Members take bold action to protect biodiversity

In a landmark moment, the first-ever Finnish Urban Nature Forum was held on 11 September 2024, uniting the leaders of Finland’s 10 largest cities in the fight against biodiversity loss. During the forum, these city leaders made history by committing to concrete, measurable actions to reverse t...

Climate Neutral Cities

25 September 2024

Learn how your city can twin with a Mission City

Is your city ready to accelerate its climate action? Run by NetZeroCities, including experts from ICLEI, the Twinning Learning Programme is open again for applications, offering cities a chance to twin with a Mission City who are carrying out pilot activities related to the twin’s interests. ...

Events Member Relations

23 September 2024

EU cities invited to host peers from Ukraine in capacity building programme

The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) in cooperation with U-LEAD with Europe and members of the European Alliance of Cities and Regions for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, such as ICLEI, are initiating a Training and Internship Programme for Ukrainian and European municipalities (TIPS4UA). Ukra...

Climate Neutral Cities Justice, Equity & Democracy Resilience

23 September 2024

Finland joins the Coalition For High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships (CHAMP)

With current international efforts falling short of reaching the Paris Agreement objective to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, 73 national governments have now committed themselves to the COP28 Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships (CHAMP) for Climate Action. CHAMP aims to help nat...

Circular Economy

20 September 2024

Vitoria-Gasteiz joins the CCD and launches ambitious Circular Economy Action Plan

On 19 September 2024, Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the Basque Country (Spain), marked a significant milestone in its environmental and economic journey with the launch of its 2024-2027 Circular Economy Action Plan. The city also formally endorsed the Circular Cities Declaration, becoming the 85th...

Events Member Relations Communications

20 September 2024

ICLEI Members are gearing up to the Summit of the Future to connect multilateralism and urban sustainability

A large delegation of ICLEI leaders under the leadership of ICLEI President Katrin Jammeh, Mayor of Malmö, Sweden is heading for the Summit of the Future (SoF), kicking off on 22 September at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York. The Summit is an initiative of UN Secretary-General...

Biodiversity & NBS Environment & Health

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...

Procurement

13 September 2024

Finnish municipalities offered training in socially responsible procurement

ICLEI’s Finnish Members and social economy entities (SEE) are invited to take part in a training organised to help stakeholders gain expertise in socially responsible public procurement (SRPP). The training will take place in ICLEI Member Helsinki (Finland) on 23 September, 9:00-16:00 EEST. ...

Sustainable Food Systems

6 September 2024

The outcome of the EU ‘Strategic dialogue on the future of EU Agriculture’ shows that an agri-food sector that works for people and nature is attainable

This Wednesday, the 'Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture' presented and handed over its final - unanimously adopted - report and recommendations to European Commission President, Ursula Von der Leyen. The Strategic Dialogue brought together 29 major stakeholders from the European agri...

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