Paradoxes of a Smart City – Part 1: Efficiency Increase vs Absolute Consumption
In a previous blog post, the ICLEI Smart Cities team explored three smart cities examples and argued that smart cities…
ICLEI Links: 18 March 2016
Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! City…
Urban Resilience: From Surviving to Thriving
Post by Laura Kavanaugh, Resilient Cities Team Leader, ICLEI World Secretariat Resilience as a concept within the field of environmental…
City of Tshwane and Budapest join the Global Lead City Network on Sustainable Procurement
The Global Lead City Network on Sustainable Procurement has welcomed two new participants: the City of Tshwane (South Africa) and…
Habitat III: What Needs to be Done on Financing Urban Development
The Mexico City Habitat III meeting on financing urban development is underway. The meeting is meant to provide input to…
The Significance of the Melaka Citizens’ Pledge
The 2nd Resilience Cities Asia-Pacific congress came to a close yesterday, here in the beautiful and historic city of Melaka…
High Level Segment at RCAP 2016 Reasserts Role of Cities in Achieving Sustainability
After two days of deliberations that reaffirmed the importance of building resilience in cities and promoting initiatives from city mayors…
P5: Deciphering the SDGs for Local Governments
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in New York in 2015 were a major step for international sustainability efforts. The…
P3: Bridging the Resilience Finance Gap
When it comes to financing urban resilience, there is a clear gap between demand and supply. Comprehensive resilience infrastructure will…
City of Cape Town to Procure Electric Buses
The City of Cape Town, one of the Global Lead City Network on Sustainable Procurement participants, will issue a tender…
B1: Informal Settlements: Let the People Be the Solution
What are some principles for working with informal settlements? In the Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific panel B1 on 2 March, experts…
A3: Resilient Investment – Targeting is Good, Embedding is Better
As a city, if you want to address resilience, where do you start? At the Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific A3 panel…