In support of cities meeting their Compact of Mayors‘ commitments to local climate action and thanks to a grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, starting today the community-scale Inventory Module of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability‘s ClearPath is open to any US city, county, or regional government for free through the end of 2018. ICLEI USA
While national governments may sign international climate agreements, 80% of the resulting actions will be implemented in cities and regions. Against this backdrop, the Basque Country has submitted an application to the TAP based on its Regional Climate Change Strategy to 2050 – the blueprint for a transition to a low-carbon and resilient region. This
Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! City Stories From Amsterdam to Beijing: The Global Evolution of Bike Share Belgian Streets Got Rid Of Cars And Turned Into Beautiful Parks This Summer Climate-smart cities could save the world $22tn, say economists Rio Mayor:
On 25-27 September 2015, heads of states and governments will announce their commitment to the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 in New York, USA. What is the Summit? The Summit is expected to set out the UN’s vision for a better world, leaving no one behind. It will
This blog series presents some of the applications to the Transformative Actions Program, to show you how cities are “tapping” their potential for sustainability. For more information on the TAP, please visit the website. The city of Curitiba in southern Brazil has submitted a project to the TAP called “The Sustainable Village”. Its aim is
With fewer than six weeks until the Second Working Meeting of the EU-Canada Urban Policy Cooperation, the District of Saanich is not waiting until their arrival in Almada (Portugal) to make headlines for their sustainability initiatives. On 3 September 2015, Saanich announced an agreement with the neighboring City of Victoria that will see the two Canadian
Alice Reil of the ICLEI European Secretariat reports from a learning exchange organised by CDKN and ICLEI in Quito, Ecuador in late July. The gathering kicked off a new learning endeavour among the organisations and their partners to understand the success factors for delivering and scaling up climate compatible development from the local level. Over recent
Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! City Stories Why Eco-Cities Fail Quito – a local government at work to achieve climate compatible urban development Florida’s New Target in the Fight Against Sprawl: Too Many Roads School eco-mobility: Rethinking the School Run Nurturing
This blog series presents some of the applications to the Transformative Actions Program, to show you how cities are “tapping” their potential for sustainability. For more information on the TAP, please visit the website. The City of Gothenburg and AB Volvo realized that they share the same vision of developing a sustainable public transport system
As the calendar gives way to September, delegations representing four cities each from Europe (Almada, Portugal; Hannover, Germany; Tallinn, Estonia; and Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain) and Canada (Edmonton, Saanich, Ottawa, and Halifax) are counting down the seven weeks that remain until the Second Working Meeting of the EU-Canada Urban Policy Cooperation, which will take place between 19 October
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