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Position paper
Socio-Cultural Transformations Sustainable Energy Systems
Published: 2025

Sustainable and Affordable Homes for All

As the Europe's housing crisis is deepending and the publication of the EU’s first ever Affordable Housing Plan and the submission deadline for the National Building Renovation Plans draw near, this briefing by ICLEI Europe emphasises the urgent need for an integrated approach to affordability and sustainability in housing policy. It demonstrates how affordable, equitable, and sustainable housing solutions can be replicated at the local and regional level to alleviate Europe’s h...
Report
Biodiversity & NBS Built Environment & Culture Circular Economy Climate Neutral Cities Governance Innovation Green Digital Transformation Justice, Equity & Democracy Resilience Procurement Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Food Systems Sustainable Mobility Socio-Cultural Transformations
Published: 2025

2025 Local Sustainability Award report

The 2025 Local Sustainability Award report gives a comprehensive overview of the inaugural edition of the Award.
This Award, organised by ICLEI Europe together partners Bertelsmann Stiftung, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), the European Investment Bank (EIB), and the City of Aalborg, celebrates transformative projects that align with the Aalborg Conditions and set new standards in local sustainability leadership.
Policy brief
Communications Justice, Equity & Democracy Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Mobility Socio-Cultural Transformations
Published: 2025

Local Governments still left out of national Social Climate Plans

With the deadline near, Local Governments still left out of national Social Climate Plans. This Policy Brief is a follow up to the original survey conducted by the Local Alliance, including ICLEI Europe, confirming a lack of engagement of local and regional governments in the design of national plans, despite legal obligations. 
The EU Social Climate Fund (SCF), designed to mitigate the social impacts of the new Emissions Trading System (ETS2) – that extends carbon pricing to additio...
Responses to public consultations
Sustainable Energy Systems
Published: 2025

ICLEI Europe’s consultation response to the EU strategy to boost global climate and energy transition

ICLEI Europe welcomes the European Commission’s ambition to present a renewed EU climate and energy diplomacy strategy ahead of COP30 in Belém. This moment offers a crucial opportunity for the EU to reaffirm its leadership in tackling the climate emergencywhile strengthening multilateral cooperation at a time of growing geopolitical tensions, rising energy insecurity, and persistent inequalities. In today’s fragmented global landscape, the EU must demonstrate that it can deliv...
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...
Handbook / Guide
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
Member Relations Justice, Equity & Democracy Sustainable Energy Systems Socio-Cultural Transformations
Published: 2024

Local Alliance Briefing: Unlocking the Potential of Local and Regional Governments in the Social Climate Fund

This exclusive report from eight major European local and regional government networks including ICLEI reveals that vulnerable households in the EU are at risk of being underserved by the €86 billion Social Climate Fund (SCF) due to inadequate consultation of local and regional governments by national governments.
Handbook / Guide
Built Environment & Culture Resilience Sustainable Energy Systems Socio-Cultural Transformations
Published: 2024

Policy Brief: Transforming Europe’s building stock for a fair, affordable, climate-neutral future

This policy brief outlines the major challenges associated with the transformation of European building stock from local governments and authorities’ perspective, in addition to discussing current legislation in place. The brief will then present suggestions to address these challenges and turn the EU building stock from a major roadblock to a driving force for a climate-neutral, fair and sustainable future.
Handbook / Guide
Biodiversity & NBS Built Environment & Culture Circular Economy Justice, Equity & Democracy Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Food Systems Sustainable Mobility Socio-Cultural Transformations
Published: 2024

Case Study Guides on Shared Actions for the Green Deal

Collecting experience from 24 local actions across Europe to highlight how communities can help advance European Green Deal objectives, this guide presents concrete ideas on different topics of the European Green Deal.
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