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Report
Sustainable Energy Systems
Published: 2025

Fast & Fair Deployment of Renewables & Grids - Voices from Local Governments

Despite the overall positive public sentiment towards renewable energies, local opposition to additional projects continues to be a major cause for delays in deployment. The Fast & Fair Renewables & Grids Initiative provides the first Europe-wide cross-sectoral consensus, with a framework for facilitating renewable energy and grid projects that are perceived as fair for all. Developed in collaboration with stakeholders from civil society, local government, commercial and non-pr...
Press release
Published: 2025

Local Leaders in the G7 Call for "Constructive Multilevel Multilateralism" at Urban7 Mayors' Summit 2025 in Kobe

Guidance document
Sustainable Energy Systems Climate Change Mitigation
Published: 2025

Practical Implementation Guide: Carbon Offsetting

As urban areas account for up to 72% of global greenhouse gas emissions, local governments play a critical role in climate change mitigation. The new Practical Implementation Guide on Carbon Offsetting, developed in conjunction with the Urban Transition Mission Center (UTMC), which ICLEI is part of, stresses that while aggressive emissions reduction must remain cities’ top priority, high-quality carbon offsetting can serve as a complementary tool to accelerate progress toward net-zero targ...
Policy Brief
Justice, Equity & Democracy
Published: 2025

INCLU:DE EU Policy Paper - Advancing a Just Urban Transition

This policy paper highlights the need for EU policymakers to enable local governments in promoting inclusive and socially fair urban transitions. To increase support for local and regional governments, a variety of policy measures are proposed to the European Commission. These center particularly on opportunities raised by the Social Climate Fund process.
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.
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