The new ICLEI vision for the urban era – the ICLEI Montréal Commitment and Strategic Vision – adopted by the ICLEI Council, calls on ICLEI Members to aim for climate neutrality in government infrastructure and operations before mid-century. “We need more cities worldwide to...
ICLEI Member Turku (Finland) has recently launched a new Climate Plan, which seeks to make the city carbon neutral by 2029 and end the use of coal in energy production by 2025. One of the ways the city hopes to reach this goal is through introducing new sustainable urban mobility measures. Through ...
Public authorities and businesses from across Europe are invited to attend a live market engagement event on procurement needs and solutions for social responsibility and transparency in information and communication technology (ICT) supply chains. The event is set to take place 3 October 2018 in E...
From 9-10 July, Brasília (Brazil) will play host to an international seminar on Nature-based Solutions (NBS), which is taking place as part of the EU-Brazil Sector Dialogue on Nature-based solutions. The event, which is co-organised by the ICLEI European Secretariat, ICLEI South America Secr...
With only one month left before applications close, don’t miss your chance to win €10,000 and become recognised as a leader of sustainable urban transformation with the 2018 Transformative Action Award. The award, co-organised by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, the Ba...
The City of Ghent (Belgium) was recently announced as the winner of the first EU Fair and Ethical Trade City Award at an award ceremony in Brussels (Belgium). The award, which was launched in December of last year, is an initiative of the European Commission, which the Directorate-General for ...
An Interview with Ender Acel, Nilüfer Muncipality’s Innovation Center In 2017, Nilüfer (Turkey) won the first edition of the Transformative Action Award for their action which sought to increase civic engagement and participatory local democracy through Neighbourhood Committees. Si...
The alpha version of the new thermal energy planning software, which aims to simply and improve energy planning in cities, was launched yesterday, 27 June, in Jelgava (Latvia) by the THERMOS project.The software, which was developed in close cooperation with cities, including ICLEI Member cities War...
On 2 July, the Secretariat of the European Green Capital Award will hold an applicant workshop in Brussels (Belgium) for cities interested in applying for the 2021 European Green Capital Award (EGCA). The Workshop will provide cities with an overview of the 2021 evaluation process along with helpfu...
