Publications & tools

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Tool / Methodology
Biodiversity & NBS
Published: 2025

Youth Inclusion Toolkit for Local Authorities

The toolkit is a practical resource developed by ICLEI within NBS EduWORLD to help local governments meaningfully engage youth in nature-based solutions (NBS) initiatives by offering adaptable tools, case studies, and recommendations to foster inclusive youth participation in decision-making.
Purpose & goals

Provide practical tools (e.g., hackathons, citizen science, visioning exercises) to involve youth in NBS-related actions.
Highlight tested methodologies and case studies to inspire ...
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
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 Mobility
Published: 2025

Mobility as a Right (MaaR) Conceptual Framework and Practical Guidelines

This practitioner‘s guide introduces Mobility as a Right (MaaR) as a transformative approach to transport planning that recognises mobility as a fundamental enabler of economic and social participation. Built upon decades of work on passenger rights and social inclusion, MaaR offers transport practitioners a framework to create more equitable, sustainable, and inclusive mobility systems across Europe.
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.
Report
Circular Economy
Published: 2025

Benchmarking Circular Hubs

The document details the key outcomes derived from the benchmarking service provided in the context of the Definite-CCRI project.
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...
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.
Handbook / Guide
Governance Innovation
Published: 2024

The WeGenerate Cookbook: A curated collection of proven recipes that transform urban communities for and with people

Social innovation is much like cooking a meal for friends and family.
You pull a cookbook or two of the shelf and flick through the recipes for starters, main courses and, of course, desserts for inspiration. Then the experimenting begins! You combine different ingredients, perhaps add too much salt and even call in a few extra hands. In the end, you have created a new signature dish and a memorable experience for yourself and those around you.
In WeGenerate, we see social innovation as a coll...
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