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6 December 2024

A citizen-centric approach to Europe’s just energy transition

With confirmation hearings in the EU Parliament concluded, the newly appointed college of commissioners has commenced work as of 1 December to implement European Union priorities. We turn now to a fresh page in the evolution of Europe’s energy policy landscape. Important milestones stipulated ...

15 November 2024

Showcase your city's efforts for sustainable heating and cooling

Heating and cooling comprise about half of the European Union’s total energy use. Decarbonising the way our cities heat and cool is thus crucial for reducing emissions, meeting climate mitigation goals and advancing towards climate neutrality, while creating healthy urban spaces, resilient com...

14 November 2024

Local and subnational leaders rally for enhanced multilevel collaboration at COP29

Building on the LGMA Joint Position that has been endorsed by nearly 100 local and regional governments and their networks, leaders from the LGMA Constituency are advocating for the development, financing, and execution of ambitious nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and other key strategies...

13 November 2024

Saitama City brings the G7 to COP29

Despite cities being home to the majority of G7 citizens, local governments are not yet systematically consulted by national governments on critical decisions affecting their communities. The Urban7 (U7) is seeking to change that within the G7 group of countries. Local government representation in ...

11 November 2024

Showcasing that #MultilevelActionDelivers at COP29

ICLEI Europe will join forces with the entire ICLEI network and with local and regional leaders from across the globe at COP29 (or: the 29th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties) to demonstrate once again that #MultilevelActionDelivers. COP29 will ...

7 November 2024

ICLEI Europe's network is growing

Welcome with us the new cities and organisations that have joined our network: Consell Comarcal del Vallès Occidental (Spain) and Dortmund (Germany), Katerini (Greece) and Denizli (Türkiye). By becoming part of ICLEI, they commit to leading the way in sustainable development at the local...

5 November 2024

G7 Urban Ministers Meeting recommends formally engaging cities in the G7 process

On 4 November, the G7 Sustainable Urban Development Ministers met in Rome (Italy) to propose a set of joint actions aimed at advancing urban transformations. Among the list of joint actions, the Ministers included the explicit recommendation to formally include cities in the G7 decision-making proce...

30 October 2024

Empowering cities towards a climate-neutral future: The Aalborg Conditions and Europe's path to sustainability

The climate challenge will be won or lost at the local and regional level. As we enter this new legislative period, cities need the right framework conditions at the national and European levels to build a climate-neutral and competitive Europe. This aligns with President of the European Commission,...

21 October 2024

ICLEI welcomes new members to its network

The ICLEI network continues to grow, thanks to the addition of four new Members: Marseille (France), Setúbal (Portugal), Opsterland (The Netherlands) and Merzifon (Türkiye). At ICLEI we believe that transformational change begins at the local level, where cities and regions play a key ro...