How chemicals from dry cleaning add harmful gases to the air, and how the city is switching to cleaner machines, tougher pollution rules, and smarter city policies to help everyone breathe easier.
While parts of Europe and North America are slowing their push for renewable energy, Southeast Asia’s clean energy transition is gaining speed.
World Food Day, on 16 October, lands with new urgency to work together for better food and a better future. Answer the call to collaborate across governments, sectors, institutions, and communities, our global ICLEI CityFood Program and network cities are advancing actions for healthy people, landscapes, and climate. After all, cities thrive when their food systems do.
On 10 October, World Mental Health Day, is a reminder that urban environments, climate resilience, and social connections profoundly shape wellbeing, and that local governments play a critical role in safeguarding it.
Food systems, by their very nature, cross boundaries. That’s why FoodCLIC is expanding both the sectors of knowledge involved and the geographies engaged.
Through the IKI-funded Blue-Green Development in Kiribati project, communities in South Tarawa pair local know-how with practical tools to boost food security and strengthen resilience, proving that land-based, nutritious food systems can thrive even in fragile atoll landscapes.
From coffee cups to soda bottles, over 1,000 tonnes of waste are generated every day in Medellín, Colombia. In response, the city has been focusing on reusable systems.
From uneven sidewalks and distant bus stops to unsafe, costly rides, mobility gaps are an everyday reality. Cities in the Malmö Commitment, ICLEI’s global network on prioritizing equity in sustainable development, are removing barriers with equity-led, people-centered approaches that make moving safer and easier for all.
In Quezon City and Pasig City, Philippines, the SPARK Project centers on a participatory approach with community volunteers using a digital walkability app to review their own streets -rating sidewalks, crossings, and intersections- to share firsthand insights on how to make their neighborhoods safer and more walkable.
As demand for cooling continues to soar, local and regional governments are looking at both technological and design solutions.
A new paper highlights gaps in urban climate research and sets out a roadmap to accelerate ecological transitions. Its insights will help shape the upcoming IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities and drive a new era of data and community-driven multilevel climate governance.
Water is a “blue thread” connecting human rights, the SDGs, and the three Rio Conventions on climate, biodiversity, and land. Embedding water resilience into urban planning is not optional; it is essential for climate-smart, inclusive, and livable cities, and local and regional governments are already delivering. Explore how we are supporting them to step up to the challenge and scale their impact.