Projects ( 244 - 252 from 315 )

Informed Cities

Informed Cities Initiative

The Informed Cities initiative - making research work for local sustainability - is a European initiative driven by ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability which aims to bridge the gap between research, policy-making and action in sustainable development, at and for the local lev...

Procurement

GPP Training in Germany

Training seminars in Green Public Procurement in German Public Authorities

Sponsored by the German Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt), the training sessions on green public procurement (GPP), geared towards public procurers, were developed and carried out across five urban clusters in Germany.

Climate & Air Climate Change Mitigation Eco Efficient Cities

LAKs

Local Accountability for Kyoto goals (LAKs)

The LAKs project demonstrated the potential of cities in using existing opportunities and synergies to actively contribute to the achievement of the Kyoto Protocol goals, and support the European Union targets set in the Climate and Energy package of 2008. It focused on two issues which are the keys...

Advocacy Climate & Air Climate Change Mitigation Eco Efficient Cities

LG Action

Networking action to involve Local Governments in the EU and international energy and climate debate

LG Action was a networking action to involve Local Governments (LGs) in the EU and international energy and climate debate. This project was co-financed by the Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) Programme, and dealt with municiplaities and their associations in 30 countries.

The aim was to mobilise...

Climate & Air Climate Change Mitigation Eco Efficient Cities

EE Regionen

RE-Regions: Socio-Ecology of Self-Sufficiency

With five building blocks managed by different project partners, the German EE-Regionen (RE-Regions) project explores regional self-sufficiency through renewable energy.

Municipalities and regions have the capacity to create the basic conditions necessary for overcoming implementation barriers,...

Advocacy Climate & Air Eco Efficient Cities Sustainability Management Procurement Governance Innovation Viable Local Economy

TEEB

TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) Study - D2 Report for Administrators

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) was a major international initiative - financed by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, the European Commission, UNEP and several other partners - evaluating the global economic benefits of sustainable use of ecosystem services and cons...

Climate & Air Climate Change Mitigation Eco Efficient Cities Environment & Health Sustainability Management Governance Innovation Viable Local Economy

CARE-North

Carbon responsible transport strategies for the North Sea Area

The aim of CARE-North was to develop a comprehensive, strategic and practical approach to urban and regional transport/accessibility in the North Sea Region in the context of climate change and declining oil supplies.

Climate & Air Climate Change Mitigation Resilient Cities Sustainability Sustainability Management

CHAMP

Local Climate Change Response

CHAMP's aim was to train and support local and subregional authorities in implementing an integrated management system for climate change mitigation and adaptation and to promote the method and the model Europe-wide.

It was a follow-up project of the Managing Urban Europe-25 project that ended i...

Climate Change Mitigation Sustainable Energy Systems Built Environment & Culture Procurement Climate & Air Socio-Cultural Transformations

SMART SPP

Innovation through Sustainable Procurement

SMART SPP – innovation through sustainable procurement promoted the introduction of new, innovative low carbon emission technologies and integrated solutions onto the European market by the pre-procurement phase of public tenders. Read about the guidance, tools and case studies produced here.