Post by Laura Kavanaugh, Resilient Cities Team Leader, ICLEI World Secretariat Resilience as a concept within the field of environmental sustainability is a relatively new development. Previously, policy makers and sustainability professionals tended to think in terms of Urban Risk or Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). That is to say, they were concerned with how well
The Global Lead City Network on Sustainable Procurement has welcomed two new participants: the City of Tshwane (South Africa) and Budapest (Hungary). By signing the GLCN on SP Commitments’ Document, both cities have expressed their desire to take a leading role globally in the implementation of sustainable public procurement, to act as global and regional
The City of Cape Town, one of the Global Lead City Network on Sustainable Procurement participants, will issue a tender for the procurement of electric buses for the MyCiTi service, in line with their commitment to lowering carbon emissions. Since the inception of MyCiTi service in May 2010, approximately 38.5 million passenger journeys have been
Post by Meritxell Diaz Santos An international delegation from ICLEI, led by Stefan Kuhn, Deputy Regional Director of the ICLEI European Secretariat, recently visited the Basque Country to finalise details for the programme of activities of the 8th European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns, to be held in the Basque Country from 27 to
On 9 December 2015, at the Cities & Regions Pavilion – TAP2015 cities from Mongolia, Japan, and Chinese Taipei presented projects that are part of the Transformative Actions Program (TAP). While the projects were distinct in location and focus, intercity collaboration and measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) arose as strong themes throughout the presentations. Mayor
On 9 December 2015, the Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (GIB) hosted a session at the Cities & Regions Pavilion to launch SuRe® – the Standard for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure. The session explored how the Standard can be applied in urban areas and ways in which the Transformative Actions Program (TAP) can make use of
The South Asia TAP Time session on 8 December kicked-off with a scientific overview of the Second Assessment Report on Climate Change and Cities ARC3.2 findings for South Asia, presented by Soumayya Ali Ibrahim, International Program Manager, Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN). According to UCCRN’s recent climate modeling data findings, the majority of Indian
UNEP, ICLEI–Local Governments for Sustainability, and the Korean Environmental Institute for Technology and Innovation (KEITI) hosted a session at the Cities & Regions Pavilion – TAP2015 at COP21 on 5 December at 17.30. The session raised awareness about the potential of sustainable public procurement (SPP) as a tool to reduce GHG emissions. The discussion focused on
The Nord-Pas de Calais Regional Council hosted a session at the Cities & Regions Pavilion – TAP2015 at COP21 on 3 December 2015. Entitled “The Cooperation between Nord-Pas de Calais (France) and Minas Gerais (Brazil) : towards a low-carbon common future!”, the session presented the partnership between the Nord-Pas de Calais Regional Council (France) and
The Lima-Paris Action Agenda (LPAA) focus event on Cities and Subnationals on 8 December at COP21 touched on all aspects of local climate action, offering the perspective of experts, UN agencies and local leaders. Al Gore, former Vice-President of the United States and climate leader, opened the event on behalf of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,