The starting point for handling our climate emergency? Treat it like a house on fire.
If we’re going to take climate change seriously, we need to treat it like a house on fire. That analogy…
Bonn continues to lead as global hub for sustainable development
With the launch of this week’s Daring Cities 2021 virtual conference, thought leaders from around the world are poised to…
Hit the ground running at the opening day of Daring Cities 2021
ICLEI Director of Global Advocacy, Yunus Arikan, says Day One of Daring Cities 2021 (4 October 2021) will remind us…
Money Talks: Daring Cities 2021 finance sessions highlight critical role of capital in bringing green infrastructure projects to fruition
Local and regional governments can talk all they want about tackling climate change, but at the end of the day,…
ICLEI President Cownie on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead
The way Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie sees it, cities and towns should “always have a seat at the table”…
From ICLEI World Congress to COP26: Cities like Glasgow and Bonn push for transformative change
If there was a common storyline at last week’s ICLEI World Congress, it was that local politicians are pushing hard…
Moving from planning to action. How ICLEI is helping to accelerate the transition to net zero
“ICLEI has been tackling climate change for more than 30 years and when we started, it was certainly not a…
Local governments are poised for a bigger role in protecting nature. Is your city on board?
“Humanity’s relationship with nature is broken.” That’s the unsettling observation UN Secretary General António Guterres made in a recent speech…
Malmö, Sweden: A testing ground for integrated sustainable solutions
The former industrial shipyard Western Harbour boasts a heavy concentration of green roofs and a heat pump plant that provides…
Sustainability officers respond to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis with renewed determination
This piece originally appeared in Cities Today. In Turku, Finland, sustainability meetings and events have gone virtual, reaching much larger…
Daring Cities closing balances bold initiatives with challenges that lie ahead
Inspiring city initiatives in the fight against climate change have sprung up around the world, from the conversion of former…
Cities rally around nature in the quest to become more resilient
In Montreal, they’re building Canada’s largest urban park. Once complete, the 8,000-hectare nature sanctuary will be eight times as large…
