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1 February 2024

ICLEI and partners rally support for a science-based EU 2040 climate target

ICLEI and its partners from the Coalition for Higher Ambition are rallying broad support for a science-based 2040 climate target. Ahead of the publication of the European Commission’s Communication on the EU Climate Target 2040 expected in February, members of the Coalition have prepared a joi...

Member Relations Biodiversity & NBS Built Environment & Culture Circular Economy Climate Neutral Cities Governance Innovation Construction Green Digital Transformation Justice, Equity & Democracy Resilience Procurement Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Food Systems Sustainable Mobility

26 January 2024

New ICLEI leadership sets out a joint strategic work plan and agenda until 2027

Mayors of the newly elected ICLEI European Regional Executive Committee (RexCom) came together in Brussels (Belgium) for the first time of their three-year mandate to set out a shared agenda and work plan for the organisation. Priorities of the joint work plan include putting in place action towards...

25 January 2024

40 EU cities come together in Brussels to call for an ambitious future EU urban policy

Yesterday, ICLEI RexCom Members Aalborg (Denmark) and Antwerp (Belgium), as well as ICLEI Europe Regional Director Wolfgang Teubner took the stand at a high-level event discussing the future of the EU urban policy with 40 of Europe’s biggest cities, hosted by Perspective Brussels, the urban pl...

Sustainable Food Systems

23 January 2024

Join a cohort of city-regions and municipalities committed to sustainable food systems transformation

ICLEI Europe works across projects and engages in advocacy work supporting sustainable food systems transformation to ensure that vulnerable and food-deprived groups are meaningfully engaged. European and African cities, towns, rural centres and city-regions now have another opportunity to move towa...

Procurement Sustainable Food Systems

19 January 2024

Harness the power of sustainable food procurement for a healthier, fairer, and greener Europe

In a joint letter addressed to President Ursula von der Leyen and the European Commission, ICLEI Europe and IFOAM Organics Europe, together with 15 organisations with an expertise on sustainable food systems, are urging the European Commission to leave a lasting and concrete legacy of the EU Farm to...

Sustainable Food Systems Advocacy

18 December 2023

Food 2030: six years to go to transform food systems for people, landscapes and climate

As the year 2023 draws to a close, we approach the halfway point of ‘Food 2030’, the research and innovation policy framework launched by the European Commission in October 2016. This moment – which aligns with the European Commission’s recent Food 2030: green and resili...

Sustainable Food Systems

15 December 2023

Ghent changes the local narrative around food accessibility

ICLEI Member Ghent (Belgium) recently presented their plan to improve food supply options in low-income neighbourhoods at “Kantine Zukunft Talk” (Cafeterias of the Future Chat). The event explored food environments – the spaces where we interact and make decisions on the food we ea...

Member Relations Biodiversity & NBS Built Environment & Culture Sustainable Food Systems Sustainable Mobility

6 December 2023

Glasgow engages with citizens in local stocktake event ahead of COP28

On 26 October, ICLEI Member Glasgow City Council (Scotland) brought together local communities and business representatives to discuss Glasgow’s progress on its local climate targets and hear their ideas about a way forward to a just, sustainable city. The effort came as an official contributi...

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