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Communications Member Relations Cities Mission Task Group Resilience

22 March 2023

ICLEI welcomes new Members this March

ICLEI is pleased to announce the addition of four new cities to its network! València (Spain), Marmara Municipalities Union (MMU) (Turkey), Bitola (Republic of Northern Macedonia) and Eilat (Israel) are warmly welcomed into our sustainable development community. València (Spain) Val&...

Cities Mission Task Group Resilience Justice, Equity & Democracy

16 March 2023

New project aims to incorporate social equity in climate interventions

Good climate measures are social climate measures, but too often these ideas are seen as separate and competing for resources and prioritisation. This concept is emphasised in the recently launched INCLU:DE project, which met for the first time on 7 March in Dortmund (Germany). Here, ICLEI met with ...

Events Cities Mission Task Group Resilience

14 March 2023

ICLEI looks back at EURESFO 2022 - with a glimpse to the future

The 9th edition of the European Urban Resilience Forum (EURESFO) took place on 14 and 15 September 2022 in Athens, Greece. Once again, the Forum, organised by 20 partners, provided an exceptional platform for 70+ speakers and 300+ participants from across Europe and abroad to come together in 17 ses...

Cities Mission Task Group Resilience Sustainable Energy Systems

13 March 2023

Online capacity building programme shares insights on smart energy solutions

A new e-learning platform on sustainable energy solutions has just launched. The online Capacity Building Programme created by SESA - Smart Energy Solutions for Africa, is designed to close the knowledge gap around renewable and smart energy solution technologies and aims to help participants unders...

Resilience Construction

8 March 2023

New webinar series explores digitalisation as an approach to build urban resilience in Ukraine

With the ongoing war in Ukraine, thousands of people have lost their lives, with economic, environmental and social stresses putting the country’s local communities, cities and regions under pressing challenges that have forced millions of people to leave their homes. This has initiated wider ...

Communications Member Relations Cities Mission Task Group Resilience Governance Innovation

6 March 2023

ICLEI political representatives call for multi-level governance approach to achieve climate neutrality and EU Green Deal

Mayors and political representatives from across Europe met on 3 March 2023 in Freiburg (Germany) to discuss their shared ambition to achieve climate neutrality and advance the implementation of the European Green Deal at local level together with ICLEI. As part of ICLEI’s European Regi...

Resilience Built Environment & Culture Advocacy Membership

27 February 2023

Culture: a Cornerstone for Sustainable Development

Culture and cultural heritage have unique abilities to imagine and push forward sustainability efforts, especially at the local scale. Not only can cultural assets be a source of creative collaboration and strengthened social cohesion, but they can also be included in planning to create livable, inc...

Cities Mission Task Group Resilience Sustainable Mobility

24 February 2023

New mobility policy briefs emphasise the need for long-term zero-carbon transition pathways to meet climate targets

The transport sector is responsible for over 27% of cities’ CO2 emissions and over 14% of annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Cities must therefore decarbonise their mobility sectors rapidly in order to meet global climate change targets. Around 72% of total transport CO2 emissions come fro...

Resilience Governance Innovation

20 February 2023

Citizen-powered data ecosystems drive inclusive and green urban transitions

Urban ReLeaf, a new Horizon Europe project led by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and with ICLEI Europe as a partner, utilises citizen science to drive innovation in the public sector. The project aims to co-create citizen-powered data ecosystems to support climate c...

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