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Member Relations Biodiversity & NBS Climate Change Mitigation Resilience Sustainable Food Systems Circular Economy

21 July 2023

ICLEI Members are finalists for the 2025 European Green Capital Award

Finalists for the prestigious 2025 European Green Capital (EGCA 2025) and 2025 European Green Leaf (EGLA 2025) have been announced, including ICLEI Members Graz (Austria) and Guimarães (Portugal)! Graz and Guimarães are finalists for the EGCA 2025, alongside the City of Vilnius (Latvia...

Biodiversity & NBS Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Food Systems Sustainable Mobility

19 July 2023

Apply for €32,000 to support an inclusive Green Deal

ICLEI is supporting the EU-funded project ACCTING in launching a call to local authorities, non-profit organisations and collective representation bodies working in the areas of energy, mobility, food, disaster management or biodiversity, to implement a pilot project with potential to reduce or prev...

Biodiversity & NBS

18 July 2023

New policy recommendations propose carbon-smartness to enhance green urban spaces

Green urban spaces can be thought about in two ways - both as a cost-effective and multi-functional climate solution and as a carbon sink. Carbon sinks play a significant role in reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and as cities are key in reaching carbon neutrality, effectively enhancing carb...

Biodiversity & NBS Advocacy

14 June 2023

An affirmative vote on the EU Nature Restoration Law is key for a green future

Note: this article reflects ICLEI Europe’s position on the EU Nature Restoration Law, which was first voted on by MEPs on 15 June. The vote on 15 June on a motion to reject the law altogether resulted in a 44-44 tie, meaning the proposed law was allowed to make it through. Lawmakers began then...

Events Biodiversity & NBS Advocacy

26 May 2023

Local governments shape the future of biodiversity

In December 2022, leaders from across the world came together in Montreal (Canada) for global biodiversity negotiations known as the “United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of the Parties”, or CBD COP15. This was the occasion to agree upon a Post-2020 Global Biodive...

Biodiversity & NBS Advocacy

26 May 2023

Be part of the transition towards bold biodiversity action: take the Berlin Urban Nature Pact questionnaire

Calling all city representatives committed to driving bold biodiveristy action: respond to an online questionnaire by 30 June to shape the Berlin Urban Nature Pact. The Berlin Urban Nature Pact is an initiative by a number of cities that builds on, and partners with, the Edinburgh Process in ongoin...

Events Biodiversity & NBS Climate Change Mitigation Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Mobility

25 May 2023

ICLEI partners with city changers for Urban Futures conference

ICLEI Europe is once again a partner of the annual Urban Future conference, which brings together a wide diversity of ‘city changers’. This year, the conference is taking place in Stuttgart (Germany) from 21-23 June 2023, and will bring together urban development experts, politicians, en...

Biodiversity & NBS Sustainable Mobility Circular Economy Justice, Equity & Democracy

28 April 2023

Newly signed protocol supports municipalities realise the New European Bauhaus objectives

The call, 'Support to the New European Bauhaus Local Initiatives', launched and funded by the European Commission through the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policies, provides Technical Assistance (TA) to small and medium-sized municipalities in order to make the New European Bauhaus (NE...