Taipei City’s journey towards net-zero: Ambitious climate action, transparency, and SDGs.
Despite the severe impacts of COVID-19 worldwide, climate change remains one of the greatest threats towards humanity’s – and cities’…
Listen. Include. Empower. How local communities take central stage at COP26
Subnational governments have found their home at the Multilevel Action Pavilion at COP26, a place for debate, knowledge exchange, and…
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World Food Day: For cities, the people, and the planet
This blog was originally written for UrbanShift by Braoin MacLauchlan, Communications Assistant at ICLEI World Secretariat, and edited by Matteo…
Cities Race to Resilience: A global campaign to catalyze resilient action
The threats posed by climate change are increasing all over the world and cities are at the forefront of increasing…
Framing the future of urban resilience: An interview with Resilient Development Head Nazmul Huq
Ten years ago, ICLEI launched the first Resilient Cities Congress to respond to a growing and largely unaddressed need of…
Listen to the people: Addressing inequality in Glasgow from the ground up
What if Glasgow had less puddles? Imagine being a child living in a rainy city and you only have two…
Tackling climate change and COVID-19 at the local level in Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected the work of national, regional, and local governments. Many countries around the world have…
Tackling sustainability, food, and social inequalities: A roadmap from industrial legacy cities
For cities with an industrial past that have undergone major transitions away from heavy industry as their economies have shifted,…
Five cities shift from industry to equity
Industrial legacy cities have been significantly impacted by the decline of manufacturing, which left them with soaring unemployment, rapid population…
Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony is uniting artists and local governments to act for nature
Imagine being in nineteenth century Europe. Imagine walking on a city street and hearing people complain about the smell and…
What’s Happening on World Environment Day (5 June 2020)?
Recalling the legacy of the UN Conference on Human Environment held in Stockholm in 1972, the UN Environment Programme takes…
Adopting and adapting sustainable approaches: China’s social and environmental transformation
By Matteo Bizzotto, Communications Officer, and Hannah Rothschild, City-Business Collaboration Officer China’s rapid industrial and economic growth has come at…
