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7 July 2010

Hannover makes a climate protection alliance

ICLEI member city Hannover (Germany), has set ambitious targets for climate protection within the scope of its Climate Alliance 2020 programme. The programme aims to cut local CO2 emissions by 40 percent by the year 2020, making Hannover one of the most ambitious cities, both in Germany and internat...

6 July 2010

IEA releases technology scenario roadmap

A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), Energy Technology Perspectives 2010, will provide local government staff with new and valuable material to assist the development of their local sustainable energy action plans and emission reductions scenarios. The information will be a valua...

5 July 2010

Photovoltaic plants for Ferrara

ICLEI member, the Municipality of Ferrara (Italy), is implementing an innovative new project called Photovoltaic for Ferrara. Photovoltaics is a type of solar power where photovoltaic solar panels convert solar radiation into direct current electricity. The project will see the introduction of new p...

2 July 2010

Procura⁺ Manual now available in Russian

Russian speakers now have the chance to find out how to put sustainable public procurement into practice by using the Procura+ Manual. Procura+ is an initiative that supports public authorities in implementing sustainable procurement and then promotes their achievements.The Campaign was established ...

30 June 2010

Informed Cities taking stock and moving ahead

The quarterly Informed Cities Update with the latest news on making research work for local sustainability is now online. The update contains details about free support available to evaluate and benchmark sustainability processes, as well as a recap of the first Informed Cities Forum that brought to...

29 June 2010

Dublin develops Sustainable Energy Action Plan

ICLEI member city Dublin (Ireland), is working with energy agency Codema to achieve a carbon emissions reduction of 33 percent by 2020. The city details it's proposed actions in its new Sustainable Energy Action Plan.The Plan shows how over the next 20 years, the introduction of carbon neutral and l...

28 June 2010

Helsinki named the world’s third most ecological city

The city of Helsinki (Finland) clinched third place in this year’s eco-city index of the Mercer Quality of Living survey. The ICLEI member city tops the ranking among European cities.According to the survey, the world’s most ecological city is Calgary (Canada), with Honolulu (United States) in s...

25 June 2010

Creating a CO₂ free district of the future in Copenhagen

The city of Copenhagen is busily working on achieving its goal of becoming C02 neutral by 2025. As part of its plan the ICLEI member city is focusing on creating a CO2 free city district.Amager Faelled Bykvarter is the chosen area and Copenhagen has prepared catalogues which show that in the long-te...

24 June 2010

Bikes go electric in Aalborg

As part of the city of Aalborg’s commuter travel plan a group of employees at one of the participating companies is offering their employees the chance to test an electric bike as a new green way of getting to and from work. Aalborg (Denmark), is both an ICLEI member and a member of the CIVITAS In...

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