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Tracing youth: ICLEI’s youth engagement at COP28
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Tracing youth: ICLEI’s youth engagement at COP28

Did you know that half of the planet’s inhabitants are 35 or younger and will represent 60% of the urban population by the end of 2030? These facts reinforce the urgency to amplify youth voices and ensure their active participation in steering a sustainable future. Here’s how ICLEI took charge to involve youth in shaping…

Local youth voices going global: Uganda’s youth-led stocktake
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Local youth voices going global: Uganda’s youth-led stocktake

Under the #Stocktake4ClimateEmergency initiative, 26 cities and regions staged their local events that officially contributed to the first Global Stocktake. Three of these were led by youth from Africa in Accra, Ghana; Nairobi, Kenya and Kampala, Uganda. Leading the charge behind Kampala’s event is Walter Osigai Etipesit, a youth climate advocate who firmly believes in…

Cities empowering youth for climate action: Lessons to replicate (and how to do it)
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Cities empowering youth for climate action: Lessons to replicate (and how to do it)

International Youth Day on 12 August recognizes young people as drivers of change. How can local and regional governments effectively engage them? From energy mentoring programs and youth councils to video campaigns, here are cases for inspiration on how ICLEI Members include youth voices in climate action and a checklist for city leaders to get…

Talking transformation: Going from unemployed youth living in slum conditions to catalysts for change

Talking transformation: Going from unemployed youth living in slum conditions to catalysts for change

“Two huge things need to happen” to have any hope of lifting the world’s most vulnerable out of poverty, while at the same time addressing climate change observed Julian Basking, the Principal Urban Advisor for Cities Alliance. “The first is mass investments in the huge networks of services that are required in cities. And (secondly)…

Why there won’t be climate action without culture and youth.
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Why there won’t be climate action without culture and youth.

“What of the past will the present save for the future?”.  That’s how Andrew Potts, Coordinator of Climate Heritage Network, opened the session Culture Driving Climate Resilient Futures: An Intergenerational Dialogue, on COP26 Youth Day at the Multilevel Action Pavilion. Here panellists of all ages convened to discuss how concepts of cultural heritage had propelled…

Youth from Turku, Yokohama and Nagano join forces to call for a 1.5-Degree Life
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Youth from Turku, Yokohama and Nagano join forces to call for a 1.5-Degree Life

Consumption-based emissions—the so-called indirect emissions associated with food choices, travel habits, supply chains and many more activities that keep cities running but are not directly tied to local production—are proving to be the blind spot of current mitigation efforts. Cities eager to target consumption-based emissions should focus on the transition to sustainable lifestyles at the…

Youth dare urban leaders to take bold action on climate at #DaringCities2020
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Youth dare urban leaders to take bold action on climate at #DaringCities2020

We hope that our stories will give you the courage to commit to rapid daring actions in your municipality, because you are the leaders of today – we know it is not easy – but this is what today’s challenges demand of you. Read the statement. On Friday 9 October, as part of the Daring…

#DaringYouth session reminds urban leaders why they’re at Daring Cities 2020
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#DaringYouth session reminds urban leaders why they’re at Daring Cities 2020

Thanks to the likes of young global climate change activists, such as Greta Thunberg and Luisa Neubauer from Fridays for Future, UNFCCC Youth Focal Point Heeta Lakhini, and Ugandan activist Vanessa Nakate, the world now recognizes the importance of youth having a voice when it comes to climate action. So it’s fitting that one of…

Ten ingredients to stir up urban agrifood systems transformation

Ten ingredients to stir up urban agrifood systems transformation

What happens when around 100 stakeholders from five continents come together to discuss urban agrifood systems transformation? In September 2024, the Urban Agrifood Systems Global Workshop—co-organized by FAO and ICLEI—turned FAO headquarters in Rome into a vibrant marketplace of ideas. Check out the outcomes.

Collecting data, building trust: Climate Resilience for Communities project advances in Izmir

Collecting data, building trust: Climate Resilience for Communities project advances in Izmir

Imagine a neighborhood facing regular flooding and heat waves, where residents know which streets become impassable, which houses and businesses suffer the worst damage, and which green spaces can be utilized during summer hot days. During one storm, neighbors come together to build temporary barriers and redirect water away from vulnerable homes, and install plastic…