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Author: Michael Woodbridge

Michael works in the Urban Research team at the ICLEI World Secretariat in Bonn.
Making finance work for cities means making cities ready for finance
Zero emission Development

Making finance work for cities means making cities ready for finance

ByMichael Woodbridge June 1, 2016June 3, 2025

Over the next fifteen years, the global urban population is going to increase significantly, and the built environment required to…

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Two World Cities Project participants receive WWF accolades
Zero emission Development

Two World Cities Project participants receive WWF accolades

ByMichael Woodbridge February 12, 2016June 3, 2025

Two of the Canadian participants in the EU-Canada Urban Policy Cooperation have received deserved recognition for their actions and accountability…

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TAP Talk: ‘Forward, the Green Brigade!’ – Sir David King looks to catapult climate action on multiple fronts
Zero emission Development

TAP Talk: ‘Forward, the Green Brigade!’ – Sir David King looks to catapult climate action on multiple fronts

ByMichael Woodbridge December 12, 2015June 3, 2025

Sir David King occupies a unique position in the world of climate action. As the United Kingdom Foreign Secretary’s permanent…

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Back to class with the Manchester-based Carbon Literacy Project
Zero emission Development

Back to class with the Manchester-based Carbon Literacy Project

ByMichael Woodbridge December 10, 2015June 3, 2025

In 1835, famed French political thinker Alexis de Tocqueville arrived in Manchester (UK), which at the time of his visit…

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Nantes: Non-state Actors: A Chance for Climate
Zero emission Development

Nantes: Non-state Actors: A Chance for Climate

ByMichael Woodbridge December 3, 2015June 3, 2025

How do you maintain the clarity of a message that reflects diverse scales of actors and contentious agendas? According to…

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Postcards from the World Cities Project: Almada, Portugal
Transport & mobility

Postcards from the World Cities Project: Almada, Portugal

ByMichael Woodbridge October 22, 2015June 3, 2025

In the Municipality of Almada, the approach to being an international leader in EcoMobility begins with a twist: if sustainable…

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Postcards from the World Cities Project: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Global Events

Postcards from the World Cities Project: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

ByMichael Woodbridge October 21, 2015February 14, 2025

A common thread among local governments that are globally recognized as urban sustainability leaders – a category which includes the…

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ICLEI & the World Cities Project at Open Days in Brussels
Global Events

ICLEI & the World Cities Project at Open Days in Brussels

ByMichael Woodbridge October 15, 2015June 3, 2025

In stark contrast to the grey skies and scattered showers that had been (correctly) forecast for Brussels on 13 October,…

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Cities in Action: Saanich cashing in on electric vehicle rebates
Zero emission Development

Cities in Action: Saanich cashing in on electric vehicle rebates

ByMichael Woodbridge September 8, 2015June 3, 2025

With fewer than six weeks until the Second Working Meeting of the EU-Canada Urban Policy Cooperation, the District of Saanich is…

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Advocacy & diplomacy

The EU-Canada Urban Policy Cooperation

ByMichael Woodbridge September 2, 2015June 3, 2025

As the calendar gives way to September, delegations representing four cities each from Europe (Almada, Portugal; Hannover, Germany; Tallinn, Estonia; and…

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World Congress 2015

5 Days to the World Congress: How do cities learn from science?

ByMichael Woodbridge April 3, 2015June 3, 2025

ICLEI is very much looking forward to welcoming participants to the Researchers’ Symposium at the ICLEI World Congress 2015 in Seoul, 8-12…

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