Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! ICLEI Stories Essen announced as European Green Capital 2017 First working meeting of World Cities: EU-Canada Exchange to take place in July in Toronto ICLEI lauds Pope Francis’ call for action on climate change and sustainable
Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! ICLEI Stories World Summit Climate & Territories will contribute to developing a credible roadmap for limiting global warming to 2°C Cities begin to TAP potential for COP21 City Stories Inside Venice’s bid to hold back the
Between 2011 and 2012, three hurricanes struck New York City, seriously damaging the city’s coasts. For example, Hurricane Sandy caused $19 billion in damage, left 2 million people without power, and flooded 17% of the city’s land mass. Moreover, 1.1 million children were unable to attend school, and there were 44 fatalities. Jaime Torres-Springer, Partner
Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! ICLEI Stories Cities commit to cut over 1 billion ton of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 on carbonn Climate Registry All roads lead to Paris at Resilient Cities 2015 closing plenary ICLEI Member cities demonstrate climate
Is it better to use green infrastructure solutions than gray ones for enhancing resilience? You might think that the answer is obvious: green infrastructure solutions are the best option. In fact, it’s not so clear-cut. Different circumstances require different actions, depending on the finance that is available and the kind of territories in question. For
This post is part of our live blog series from the Resilient Cities 2015 congress. For more live blogs, please click here. During Resilient Cities 2015, a range of tools for climate change adaption have been presented. One of those tools is e-learning. In this session, Ralf Osinski (Head of BEW Training Center on Utilities
This post is part of our live blog series from the Resilient Cities 2015 congress. For more live blogs, please click here. Nowadays the most powerful communication channels are television and internet – so why don’t we use them to communicate climate change adaption? A member of the BBC, Pam Vallance, today explained how the
Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! ICLEI Stories New article by ICLEI Secretary General Gino Van Begin in Cities Today Resilient Cities 2015 Program Booklet is now online! Cities and businesses work to bridge gaps at Metropolitan Solutions 2015 Leading by example:
Balikpapan is a seaport city on the east coast of the island of Borneo, in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan. Based on the results of Balikpapan’s first GHG inventory, the Urban-LEDS Model City has set targets to reduce community emissions by 15.6% by 2020 from 2010 levels. The following Low-Emissions Development (LED) activities are
Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! Thanks to all on Reddit and elsewhere for sharing. ICLEI Stories TAP the potential of local and regional climate action! – Launch of the Transformative Actions Program (TAP) application process ICLEI Member Vitoria-Gasteiz doubles cycling share City
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