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Construction Waste & Circular Economy Advocacy Membership

28 March 2023

The state of circular economy in European cities

A growing number of cities see that shifting from a linear to a circular economy is essential to address challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, economic instability and global value chain disruptions. The current take-make-waste system accounts for almost 50% of global CO2 emissions a...

Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience Cultural Heritage 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...

Advocacy Membership

7 February 2023

Condolences and support for Türkiye and Syria

Yesterday, southern Türkiye and northern Syria were hit with consecutive earthquakes, which have, at the time of writing, killed over 5000 people. ICLEI extends our deepest sympathies to those who are grieving and suffering in the wake of these natural disasters. Wolfgang Teubner, ICLEI Region...

Biodiversity Climate Change Mitigation Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience Water Social Equity & Justice Advocacy Membership

20 December 2022

Last but not least: ending the year with another COP critical to nature

While the United Nations’ climate change negotiations (COP27) came to an end last month, this December was all about another Conference of the Parties: namely, global biodiversity negotiations known as CBD COP15. This was the occasion for world leaders to come together and agree upon a Post-20...

Waste & Circular Economy Membership

16 December 2022

Closing the gap between circular economy project development and investment

Moving from a linear (take-make-dispose) economic model to a circular one where resources are reintroduced in a productive system is essential to reduce resource use, reduce waste, lower costs for the environment and society at large, and achieve climate neutrality. However, circular economy project...

Events Biodiversity Climate Change Mitigation Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience Energy Food Mobility Procurement Waste & Circular Economy Integrated Management Urban Governance Smart Cities Social Equity & Justice Advocacy Membership

29 November 2022

ESCT is coming home: Aalborg to host 10th European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns

ICLEI Member Aalborg (Denmark) will host the 10th edition of the European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns (ESCT), which will take place in the first week of October 2024. “We are proud to once more invite cities from across Europe to Aalborg to become part of a transformational mov...

Food Social Equity & Justice Advocacy Membership

7 November 2022

Presenting the European Commission with concrete Farm to Fork strategy inspiration

At the European Week of Regions and Cities last month, ICLEI Europe and the Committee of the Regions formally handed the European Commission a manifesto and petition calling for the EU’s Farm to Fork strategy to ambitiously advance sustainable food transformation. Taken together, these are &l...

Climate Change Mitigation Integrated Management Urban Governance Advocacy Membership

27 October 2022

Local Green Deals: an approach to move from commitment to action

With both the UN Climate Conference (COP27) and World Cities Day (31 October) just around the corner, the question of how to localise global commitments “to create greener, more equitable and sustainable cities” is of particular pertinence. This question – how to move from commitme...

Member Relations Climate Change Mitigation Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience Waste & Circular Economy Urban Governance Membership

6 September 2022

ICLEI Member Muratpaşa releases versatile new climate portal

ICLEI Member Muratpaşa is an active member of the sustainability community, going above and beyond in circular economy and community engagement. The municipality now offers a new service of great use to the public, with its release of the Muratpaşa Climate Portal. The website gathers environmental...

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