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COVID-19 Response

How are local governments and partners responding to the COVID-19 pandemic? A round-up of regional reports from the ICLEI network.

Partnership during a pandemic: Insights from a resilience recovery guide
COVID-19 Response Resilient Development

Partnership during a pandemic: Insights from a resilience recovery guide

ByNazmul Huq February 9, 2022July 2, 2024

This article is written by Anina Hartung and Dr. Nazmul Huq from the ICLEI Global Resilient Development Team. It should…

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This is what leadership in an emergency looks like.
COVID-19 Response Daring Cities 2021 Global Advocacy Transport & mobility

This is what leadership in an emergency looks like.

ByBraoin MacLauchlan October 7, 2021June 3, 2025

What does leadership in a climate emergency mean? Midway through Daring Cities 2021, this was the question occupying our panelists…

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How four cities are fostering equity-focused climate action
COVID-19 Response Equitable Development

How four cities are fostering equity-focused climate action

ByRebecca Wessinghage August 19, 2021June 28, 2024

Cities bring together all types of people into confined urban spaces, and they also reveal stark social inequalities. In dense…

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Tackling climate change and COVID-19 at the local level in Africa
COVID-19 Response Food systems

Tackling climate change and COVID-19 at the local level in Africa

ByMatteo Bizzotto December 8, 2020June 3, 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected the work of national, regional, and local governments. Many countries around the world have…

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COVID-19 Response South Asia

CDKN webinars highlight knowledge brokering, climate finance and frontline experiences in battling the pandemic

BySubuhi Parvez December 1, 2020June 2, 2025

ICLEI South Asia and SouthSouthNorth (SSN), under the Climate Development Knowledge Network-Knowledge Accelerator (CDKN-KA) project, organised three sessions over a…

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COVID-19 Response Japan Office

The 12th International Forum on Sustainable Asia-Pacific (ISAP2020)

ByYuko.Hori November 6, 2020July 2, 2024

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) will hold the 12th International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific [ISAP2020]…

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Financing a post COVID-19 economy that’s green and inclusive
COVID-19 Response Transport & mobility

Financing a post COVID-19 economy that’s green and inclusive

ByMark Wessel October 23, 2020June 3, 2025

Cities are bearing the brunt of the combined effects of global warming and COVID-19. And far too many are contending…

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Climate Resilience Webinar Series Highlights Opportunities for Recovery in South Asia
COVID-19 Response South Asia

Climate Resilience Webinar Series Highlights Opportunities for Recovery in South Asia

BySubuhi Parvez August 28, 2020August 31, 2020

ICLEI South Asia and CDKN organised a series of webinars on climate resilience and its various aspects, including urban and…

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Sustainability and Local Governments in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 Response Transport & mobility

Sustainability and Local Governments in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

ByGino Van Begin July 29, 2020June 3, 2025

Photo credit: The Paris Photographer The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the fragile economic, social and environmental underpinnings of our…

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Podcasts around pandemic: Insights from Indian states
COVID-19 Response South Asia

Podcasts around pandemic: Insights from Indian states

BySubuhi Parvez July 9, 2020July 9, 2020

Lessons from Maharashtra’s Battle with COVID-19 Dr. Ramnath Sonawane, Secretary, Maharashtra Water Resource Regulatory Authority, talks about how Maharashtra, an…

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What is the new normal? Challenges and opportunities beyond COVID-19
COVID-19 Response Transport & mobility

What is the new normal? Challenges and opportunities beyond COVID-19

ByICLEI Network June 24, 2020June 3, 2025

Now, as we seem to have moved beyond the peak of the first large coronavirus/COVID-19 wave in Europe and the…

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Urban resilience: Learnings from COVID-19
COVID-19 Response South Asia

Urban resilience: Learnings from COVID-19

ByGuest Author June 19, 2020July 1, 2020

Written by Olga Chepelianskaia, international sustainability expert and Founder of UNICITI. Natural disasters, economic crises and viral outbreaks have greatly…

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