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Letters and Statements
Climate Change Mitigation Communications Resilience
Published: 2025

Joint statement from the Coalition for Higher Ambition in support of an ambitious EU 2040 domestic emissions reduction target and NDC

In this letter, the Coalition for Higher Ambition is urging EU leaders to support a net domestic emissions reduction target of at least 90% by 2040 and to finally submit an ambitious Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).
Responses to Public Consultations
Biodiversity & NBS Resilience
Published: 2025

ICLEI Europe’s response to the call for evidence for the European Water Resilience Strategy

Since more than 30 years, ICLEI Europe supports cities, towns and regions in their sustainability journey, improving water resilience, climate adaptation, circular economy and supporting the green digital transformation. Amongst others, ICLEI Europe works with cities, towns and regions on the development of tailored urban and regional adaptation and resilience strategies and action plans, integrating them into statutory planning processes, ultimately improving cities’ ability to safeguard ...
Responses to Public Consultations
Procurement
Published: 2025

Evaluation of Public Procurement Directives: Response to Call for Evidence

ICLEI Europe, a network of local governments, evaluates the effectiveness of the 2014 EU Procurement Directives in promoting strategic and sustainable public procurement (SPP). Since 1996, ICLEI has supported members in addressing procurement impacts through research, projects, and the Procura+ European Sustainable Procurement Network. The organisation has engaged in thousands of interactions with public bodies across the EU (2016-2024), contributing to SPP-related initiatives, events, training,...
Infographic
Communications
Published: 2025

Detailed analysis of the EU Clean Industrial Deal: A step forward, but key role of local and regional governments is overlooked

The European Commission published its long-awaited EU Clean Industrial Deal. The Deal plan promises “a joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation” aiming to boost action on the following 6 areas: affordable energy, lead markets, financing, circularity and access to material, global markets and international partnerships and skills. This is ICLEI Europe's detailed read of the document from perspective of cities and regions.
Position paper
Green Digital Transformation Justice, Equity & Democracy Procurement
Published: 2025

Unlocking Cities and Regions’ Potential in the EU’s Competitiveness Agenda

To shape a competitiveness agenda that benefits all territories—from metropolitan hubs to rural regions — ICLEI has published a new position paper, calling for an EU competitiveness agenda that strengthens cities’ and regions’ roles in the EU’s industrial, digital, and sustainability strategies.
Position paper
Member Relations Communications Climate Neutral Cities
Published: 2025

A grounded EU budget: Investing in Europe, our local communities and citizens for a competitive, resilient and fair future

Local Alliance Position Paper on the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)
Case Study
Green Digital Transformation
Published: 2025

Google’s Environmental Insights Explorer supports solar energy communities development in the Metropolitan City of Rome

Rome, supported by Federesco, is boosting solar energy generation. ICLEI Europe aided Federesco in using Google’s EIE to validate rooftop solar data, enabling the Sun4U project to identify optimal areas for renewable energy communities (RECs).
Case Study
Green Digital Transformation
Published: 2025

How Google’s Environmental Insights Explorer Assists Thessaloniki’s Climate-Neutrality Goals

Thessaloniki uses Google’s EIE transportation data to assess mobility trends, track progress toward its 2030 climate targets (80% overall and 45% transport emission reductions), and measure impacts of new infrastructure. EIE insights guide a net-zero pilot in Dioikitirion, scalable to other districts.
Case Study
Green Digital Transformation
Published: 2025

Bridging the data gap: How Google’s Environmental Insights Explorer informs Lisbon’s Sustainable Mobility Transformation

Lisbon targets climate neutrality by 2030, with mobility crucial for emission reductions. Limited transport data, last updated in 2017, is now supplemented by Google’s EIE, providing annual insights on trips, distances, and emissions to guide sustainable mobility planning.
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