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Tool / Methodology
Governance Innovation
Published: 2025

The ICLEI Urban Sustainability Management Model

The ICLEI Urban Sustainability Management Model offers a structured approach for designing, implementing, and scaling urban sustainability interventions. The model integrates two complementary dimensions: a sequence of five action-oriented phases and a set of five impact layers that apply to each phase. Together, these create a framework for managing sustainability transitions in a way that is both systematic and adaptive.
The first dimension, the five phases, represents the cyclical progressio...
Letters and statements
Published: 2025

Statement from the Coalition for Higher Ambition urging to support an ambitious EU 2040 domestic emission reduction target ahead of COP30

Ahead of the European Council meeting (23-24 October 2025) members of the Coalition for Higher Ambition, including ICLEI Europe, have written to EU Heads of State and Government once more to ask for support a domestic 2040 net emission reduction target of at least 90%, to confirm the EU’s commitment to the Paris Agreement ahead of COP30.
 
The letter is signed by:
Bellona EuropaC40 CitiesClimate Action Network (CAN) EuropeClimate KICEKOenergy ecolabelEurocitiesEuropean Council for ...
Policy brief
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...
Letters and statements
Published: 2025

Impulse paper: Joint areas of action to strenghten competitiveness of the German industry and economy through climate-neutral cities

This initial impulse paper, was released alongside the first German City-Industry-Dialogue event on 23 October in Berlin. It emphasises climate protection as a necessary investment in jobs, quality of life and economic strength in Germany and Europe. The paper includes additional key reflections from the discussion, as well as areas for further action.
Press release
Climate Neutral Cities
Published: 2025

Starke Städte – Gesunde Wirtschaft: Auftakt für neuen Deutschlandweiten Stadt-Industrie-Dialog

Industrie, Kommunen und Politik haben erstmals einen strukturierten Prozess ins Leben gerufen, um Klimaneutralität und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit gemeinsam voranzubringen. Mit der heutigen Auftaktveranstaltung in Berlin ist der zweijährige Stadt-Industrie-Dialogprozess „Starke Städte. Gesunde Wirtschaft.“ gestartet.
Responses to public consultations
Circular Economy
Published: 2025

ICLEI Europe's Position on the EU Circular Economy Act

Cities and regions recognise the ambitious policy reforms that have established the European Union as a global leader in the circular economy over the last decade. However, both material use and waste generation show no signs of a significant reduction in the EU: this indicates that the EU has not yet transitioned to a low material intensity and less wasteful circular economy. That is why ICLEI Europe welcomes the Circular Economy Act’s (CEA) ambition to strengthen the single market for se...
Position paper
Governance Innovation Resilience Finance
Published: 2025

Strengthening the Financial Capacity of Municipalities

This joint position paper outlines recommendations to the German federal and state governments on how to effectively use new special funds (Sondervermögen) and the Federal Real-World Laboratories Strategy to strengthen municipalities’ ability to finance climate and environmental action.
Developed within the project Turnaround Money II – Rethinking Municipal Finances, the paper brings together insights from city representatives, public utilities, financial institutions, and mini...
Letters and statements
Governance Innovation Resilience Finance
Published: 2025

Appeal to the Environment Ministers of the Federal States

This joint appeal, co-signed by ICLEI Europe and leading climate and social organisations in Germany such as Klima-Allianz Deutschland and Diakonie Deutschland, calls on the federal states to ensure that the newly established €100 billion Special Fund for the Länder and Municipalities directly supports local climate action, social infrastructure, and sustainable transport.
The signatories urge that at least 60% of the funds be allocated directly to municipalities to strengthen their l...
Report
Biodiversity & NBS Circular Economy Climate Neutral Cities Governance Innovation Green Digital Transformation Resilience Socio-Cultural Transformations Procurement Sustainable Energy Systems Sustainable Food Systems Sustainable Mobility
Published: 2025

Transformative Action Award 2017-2022

The Transformative Action Award celebrated European cities, regions and civil society organisations leading the way in sustainable urban transformation. Co-organised by ICLEI Europe and the City of Aalborg (Denmark), with support from the Basque Country, the European Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank, the Award recognised outstanding “Transformative Actions” advancing the goals of the Basque Declaration, the Mannheim Message and the European Green Deal.
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