EU Regions Week to see strong ICLEI representation
ICLEI Europe is a partner of this year’s European Week of Regions and Cites (EWRC) and will organise several activities dedicated to sustainability and resilience in regions and cities throughout the week in Brussels (Belgium), 8-11 October.
The EWRC is co-organised by the European Comm...
Cities to unveil new ways to plan for climate change at Brussels conference
How do you plan for the unknown? Cities are one of the top contributors to climate change worldwide, and they are also the areas hit hardest by the extreme weather, pressure on infrastructure and unpredictable disasters triggered by the changing climate.
Four cities, Bilbao (Spain), Bratislava (Slo...
ICLEI publishes report on urban resilience and adaptation
The Resilient Cities conference, which took place earlier this year in Bonn (Germany), 26-28 April, has recently launched their conference report.
The conference, an annual global forum on urban resilience and adaptation, brings together local government leaders and climate adaptation experts to di...
Feedback sought for draft action plan from the EU Climate Adaptation Partnership
The draft action plan on climate adaptation from the EU Urban Agenda’s Climate Adaptation Partnership is online and open for public feedback until Friday 17 August 2018.
The Climate Adaptation Partnership aims to anticipate the adverse effects of climate change, and take appropriate action to...
2018 Transformative Action Award receives record number of entries
The application deadline for the 2018 Transformative Action Award recently closed, with this year’s award setting a record for the number of applications received. In total 40 innovative and inspiring Transformative Actions from cities, regions and civil society organisations across Europe wer...
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 ...
Only one month left to apply for the 2018 Transformative Action Award
With only one month left before applications close, don’t miss your chance to win €10,000 and become recognised as a leader of sustainable urban transformation with the 2018 Transformative Action Award.
The award, co-organised by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, the Ba...
Nilüfer shares what winning the 2017 Transformative Action Award has meant to them
An Interview with Ender Acel, Nilüfer Muncipality’s Innovation Center
In 2017, Nilüfer (Turkey) won the first edition of the Transformative Action Award for their action which sought to increase civic engagement and participatory local democracy through Neighbourhood Committees.
Si...
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...