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23 September 2019

ICLEI Mayors take up UNECE challenge to plant more trees

Urban areas are responsible for an estimated 75 percent of C02 emissions worldwide, making city-level action critical for global efforts to address the climate emergency. One simple yet powerful way cities can reduce climate change and become more sustainable and resilient, is planting trees. Strat...

20 September 2019

Mayors representing 8,000 European Cities call for climate proofing of EU and national budgets

As youth from across the world take to the streets today, in a Global Climate Strike for the Future, City leaders representing the European Covenant of Mayors have come together to demand the climate proofing of budgets at an EU and national level. Climate proofing is about analysing every euro com...

12 September 2019

Glasgow to host COP26 in 2020

ICLEI Member Glasgow (United Kingdom) will host the 2020 UN Climate Change Conference, UNFCC COP26. The 26th annual "conference of the parties" event, an annual meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), brings together world leaders to discuss key environmental ...