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30 August 2024

Join a network for cities seeking to transition to a circular economy

To transition to a sustainable, net-zero society, we must effectively manage the waste generated by both urban and industrial sectors. As cities become increasingly resource-dependent, they produce significant amounts of waste, presenting both a challenge and an opportunity for innovative solutions....

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29 August 2024

ICLEI Europe calls for strengthened 2040 Climate Targets

The window of opportunity to avoid the most dangerous impacts of climate change is closing quickly. As temperatures in Europe are already reaching 2.1°C above pre-industrial levels, climate change impacts such as heat waves, droughts, floodings, and forest fires are already severely impacting co...

Justice, Equity & Democracy Sustainable Energy Systems

28 August 2024

How Member States can empower energy communities

As the EU pushes forward on its path to a sustainable energy future, Member States play a crucial role in nurturing energy communities, which are key to local renewable energy production and broader environmental, economic, and social benefits. To meet EU legislation, it is essential for Member Stat...

Built Environment & Culture

23 August 2024

Join peer-learning opportunity to shape cultural heritage

The European Heritage Hub, a project supported by ICLEI Europe, invites city representatives and heritage professionals to apply for an exclusive peer-learning visit in Nantes, from 6–8 November 2024. This event, organised in partnership with ICLEI Member Nantes (France), provides a unique pla...

Sustainable Food Systems

22 August 2024

Support healthy school meals for children across Europe

Soon, more than 90 million pupils and students in Europe will return to school and university and thus to public canteens! A key moment in the year that reminds us just how relevant ICLEI Europe's advocacy for just, health and sustainable food systems is. Good school meals and food education have b...

Justice, Equity & Democracy

12 August 2024

Communities transform from vulnerable to valuable

Communities and individuals play a key role in designing and implementing sustainable development and climate adaptation initiatives. Indeed, transforming cities, regions, and communities through technological, behavioural, and social changes is a complex challenge that requires input and engagement...

Procurement

7 August 2024

Public buyers can upgrade expertise with procurement training

Municipal public buyers can take part in training opportunities designed to improve the administrative capacity of the staff with key procurement functions in European central purchasing. The programme offers a combination of practical and academic approaches, allowing participants to benefit from t...

Circular Economy Procurement

6 August 2024

Sustainability in action at Paris 2024 Olympics

As our summers grow hotter, Europe’s cities are increasingly seeking new ways to provide their citizens opportunities to cool down. A river in the middle of a city can go a long way to that end, but as Olympic triathletes found out, cleaning up river waste is no easy feat. Cleaning up the Sein...

Governance Innovation

2 August 2024

Strengthening municipal company equity in Germany

How can local authorities manage the heating transition? Without being able to raise the billions in needed investment themselves, their energy supply companies need a stronger equity base to take out sufficient loans. At a workshop run by FaFin and ICLEI-Europe recently, the concept for a supportin...

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