News

Search Result ( 181 - 189 from 206 )

Sustainable Mobility Membership

25 July 2018

ICLEI Member Dunkirk to offer free bus fares from September

In an attempt to increase the rate of public transport usage in the city to 10 percent by 2020, ICLEI Member Dunkirk (France) will offer free bus fares across their network, which will come into effect from 1 September 2018. In order to celebrate and promote the initiative, the city will host a con...
Sustainable Mobility

24 July 2018

CIVITAS Forum 2018 releases draft programme

The draft programme for the upcoming CIVITAS Forum, set to take place 19-21 September in Umeå (Sweden), has recently been released. Spanning three days, the programme features over 25 parallel sessions, split into two types: thematic and take-up transfer sessions. The thematic sessions will ...
Sustainable Mobility Membership

23 July 2018

ICLEI Member Mannheim signs MoU supporting goal of Chongqing freight connection

This July saw a significant development in the IUC programme pairing between the ICLEI Member City of Mannheim (Germany) and the city of Chongqing (China), with Mannheim signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Chongqing-based Yuxinou Logistics Company for the creation of a direct cargo ...
Sustainable Mobility

20 July 2018

Application deadline extended for two categories of CIVITAS Awards 2018

Cities are invited to submit applications to the "CIVITAS Legacy" and “Take-Up" categories of the CIVITAS Awards 2018. The application deadline for both categories has been recently extended to 31 July 2018. The "CIVITAS Legacy" award rewards a town or city that has translated its commitment ...
Sustainable Mobility

18 July 2018

European cities invited to participate in survey on zero emission transport systems

For many regions and cities in Europe, reducing air pollution in urban areas is at the core of their agenda. Therefore, many have set ambitious targets to convert their local transport systems, one of the largest sources of fossil fuel use and harmful emissions, to zero emission technologies. Curre...
Resilience Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Mobility Membership

6 July 2018

ICLEI Member Turku aims to be carbon neutral by 2029

ICLEI Member Turku (Finland) has recently launched a new Climate Plan, which seeks to make the city carbon neutral by 2029 and end the use of coal in energy production by 2025. One of the ways the city hopes to reach this goal is through introducing new sustainable urban mobility measures. Through ...
Sustainable Mobility

20 June 2018

CIVITAS Awards 2018 open for applications

Applications are open for this year's CIVITAS Awards; Europe’s top sustainable urban mobility prizes. Towns and cities have until 13 July 2018 to submit their entries and be in with a chance of winning Europe's most prestigious prizes for clean urban transport. The Awards provide a unique pla...
Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Food Systems Built Environment & Culture Sustainable Mobility Procurement Circular Economy Finance

19 June 2018

EcoProcura 2018 breakout sessions confirmed

The EcoProcura 2018 conference on sustainable, circular and innovation procurement has confirmed the breakout sessions of its programme from 3-5 October in Nijmegen (The Netherlands). EcoProcura 2018, marking 20 years of the conference series, will bring together over 400 procurers, policy makers, ...
Biodiversity & NBS Climate Change Mitigation Resilience Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Mobility Procurement Circular Economy Governance Innovation

7 June 2018

EU Commission launch 2021 European Green Capital and 2020 European Green Leaf Awards

The European Commission has launched the competition and the search for the 2021 European Green Capital and 2020 European Green Leaf Awards.   The European Green Capital Award (EGCA), now in its eleventh year, is awarded annually to a European city of over 100,000 inhabitants that has shown it...
«
19
20
21
22
23
»