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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...

20 December 2023

Implementing COP28: an urgent call for multilevel governance in the EU

This year’s international climate negotiations (COP28) in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) marked a significant turning point in global climate negotiations. The establishment of a Loss and Damage Financing Mechanism and the historic agreement to transition away from fossil fuels are well document...

13 December 2023

Help translate urban well-being research into policy

Translating research results is crucial for ensuring that the most up-to-date, evidence-informed policies and practices are implemented to maximise wellbeing, public health and reduce inequalities. However, generating policy impact from research is challenging. Research evidence of similar quality o...

7 December 2023

ICLEI Members present new best practices and guidance on Local Green Deals

ICLEI Members Espoo (Finland), Mannheim (Germany) and Umeå (Sweden), are three of the first cities implementing a Local Green Deal (LGD) to accelerate and scale-up their green transition. Many other cities, such as those in the IntelligentCitiesChallenge (ICC), are now following suit and explo...

6 December 2023

Cities inspire food and climate action and share ways of implementing the Green Deal Industrial Plan at the local level

Today at COP28, ICLEI focused on the role that cities play in inspiring food and climate action and how to localise the European Green Deal. Cities consume 70% of total food production and have an enormous reduction potential in terms of food waste and greenhouse gas emissions. This means that the ...

4 December 2023

Coalition for High Ambition Multi-level Partnerships (CHAMP) announced at COP28

On 1 December at COP28, more than 60 countries, including 11 EU countries, pledged to join the COP28 Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnership (CHAMP) for Climate Action in order to enhance cooperation with their local, regional and other subnational governments - including cities, towns, s...

28 November 2023

COP28: a chance for EU leadership and multilevel governance

After another year of frequent wildfires, flooding, and landslides in Europe, fulfilling the Paris Agreement – keeping the global temperature increase below 1.5°C – is not just ‘nice to have’, but a necessity. Declaring a ‘global boiling point’ in 2023, the Un...

20 November 2023

Showcasing that #MultilevelActionDelivers at COP28

ICLEI Europe will join forces with the entire ICLEI network and with local and regional leaders from across the globe at COP28 (or: the 28th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties) to demonstrate once again that #MultilevelActionDelivers. COP28 will ...