Facilitating climate solutions for local governments to raise ambition and accelerate action
Who should engage in raising ambition and accelerating climate action? Over the last two weeks, national and local representatives gathered…
From Agenda 21 to COP21: Addressing resilience in cities and informal settlements
By Omar Siddique, Senior Urban Specialist, Cities Alliance Chapter 7 on ‘human settlements’, which emerged from the first Rio Conference…
ICLEI celebrates 20 years of work on Sustainable Public Procurement
ICLEI is celebrating 20 years of work on sustainable procurement. Sustainable procurement brings environmental, societal and economic benefits at the local level,…
Cities Are “Underdeveloped” – But Cooperation Can Change That
Through forming partnerships across different sectors of society, cities can transform themselves from being output based to outcome based, greatly…
European cities and towns acclaim the Basque Declaration
The Basque Declaration has been adopted by local and regional leaders taking part in the 8th European Conference on Sustainable…
Paradoxes of a Smart City – Part 1: Efficiency Increase vs Absolute Consumption
In a previous blog post, the ICLEI Smart Cities team explored three smart cities examples and argued that smart cities…
Urban Resilience: From Surviving to Thriving
Post by Laura Kavanaugh, Resilient Cities Team Leader, ICLEI World Secretariat Resilience as a concept within the field of environmental…
City of Tshwane and Budapest join the Global Lead City Network on Sustainable Procurement
The Global Lead City Network on Sustainable Procurement has welcomed two new participants: the City of Tshwane (South Africa) and…
City of Cape Town to Procure Electric Buses
The City of Cape Town, one of the Global Lead City Network on Sustainable Procurement participants, will issue a tender…
ICLEI Delegation Visits Basque Country
Post by Meritxell Diaz Santos An international delegation from ICLEI, led by Stefan Kuhn, Deputy Regional Director of the ICLEI…
TAP Time: East Asia
On 9 December 2015, at the Cities & Regions Pavilion – TAP2015 cities from Mongolia, Japan, and Chinese Taipei presented…
GIB: Launch of the New Voluntary Standard for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
On 9 December 2015, the Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (GIB) hosted a session at the Cities & Regions Pavilion to…
