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Handbook / Guide
Circular Economy Sustainable Food Systems
Published: 2025

Feeding people, not landfills: using social norms to tackle food waste in cities

This practical guidance, developed by ICLEI and CSCP as part of the CHORIZO Horizon Europe project, supports local governments in reducing food waste by working with social norms. Drawing on behavioural science and city case studies, the document outlines an 8-step method to plan, implement and evaluate interventions. It highlights how unwritten rules and shared behaviours influence food waste, and offers cities tools to harness these dynamics in areas such as procurement, public awareness, wast...
Handbook / Guide
Sustainable Food Systems
Published: 2025

CityFood Market Handbook for Healthy and Resilient Cities

The handbook offers concrete examples of how markets can be reimagined as inclusive, sustainable, and people-centered spaces, showcasing how food is accessed, consumed, and valued in cities.
Position paper
Sustainable Food Systems
Published: 2025

Urban Food Security and Resilience in Europe

This position articulates ICLEI Europe's perspectives on urban food security and resilience. It argues that food insecurity is not a supply issue, but rather a political one, rooted in the unequal distribution and affordability of food. It asserts that the future of EU competitiveness depends on developing sustainable and resilient food systems.
Handbook / Guide
Biodiversity & NBS Built Environment & Culture Circular Economy Justice, Equity & Democracy Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Food Systems Sustainable Mobility
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.
Letters and statements
Biodiversity & NBS Built Environment & Culture Circular Economy Climate Neutral Cities Governance Innovation Construction Green Digital Transformation Justice, Equity & Democracy Resilience Procurement Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Food Systems Sustainable Mobility
Published: 2024

Local Alliance Letter to EU Leaders to stay the course on Green Deal implementation

Local Alliance, European networks of local and regional governments, representing cities and regions ranging from the smallest rural towns to the largest metropolitan capitals across all EU Member States, wish to underscore the importance of staying on course to implement the European Green Deal under this and next mandates of the European Commission. European local and regional governments have already embarked on the journey to climate neutrality and started to transform our cities and regions...
Letters and statements
Sustainable Food Systems
Published: 2024

Joint letter to call for this Commission to leave a legacy of the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy through sustainable public food procurement

In a joint letter addressed to President Ursula von der Leyen and the European Commission, ICLEI Europe and IFOAM Organics Europe, together with 15 organisations with an expertise on sustainable food systems, are urging the European Commission to leave a lasting and concrete legacy of the EU Farm to Fork strategy through sustainable public food procurement (SFP).
The joint letter highlights the critical role of SFP in realising the goals set by the EU Farm to Fork strategy and underscores its p...
Letters and statements
Biodiversity & NBS Built Environment & Culture Circular Economy Climate Neutral Cities Governance Innovation Construction Green Digital Transformation Justice, Equity & Democracy Resilience Procurement Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Food Systems Sustainable Mobility
Published: 2024

Statement from the Coalition for Higher Ambition on the EU 2040 Climate Target

ICLEI and its partners from the Coalition for Higher Ambition rallied broad support for a science-based 2040 climate target. Ahead of the publication of the European Commission’s Communication on the EU Climate Target 2040 in February, members of the Coalition have prepared a joint letter calling for a science-based target of at least 90% net emission reductions to limit global temperature rise to below 1.5°C.
In the letter addressed to the Presidents of the three main institutions of...
Tool / Methodology
Justice, Equity & Democracy Sustainable Food Systems
Published: 2023

Promoting access to healthy and environmentally friendly food for the marginalised and vulnerable

Access to environmentally sustainable food, urban mobility and urban green spaces – prerequisites for a successful Green Deal.
Handbook / Guide
Sustainable Food Systems
Published: 2022

Manifesto for establishing minimum standards for public canteens across the EU

A manifesto aiming to inspire policy makers to establish minimum standards for public canteens in Europe.
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