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.
Local and regional governments are paying attention to the multilateral oceans agenda because of the myriad ways life in coastal cities, towns and regions depends on the health and sustainability of our oceans.
As the impacts of climate change become increasingly apparent, concerns over the rising risks of urban flooding and water scarcity…
For many years, the upstream and downstream communities in Nepal have harmoniously collaborated to ensure the availability of sufficient water…
Is it possible to reduce the use of resources in our urban food, energy and water systems, and at the same time stimulate local development and the economy? Nashik, India shows that a nexus approach – an intersectoral approach to sector specific problems – could be the answer.
In partnership with hosts the City of Ekurhuleni, ICLEI Africa convened the Local Climate Solutions for Africa (LoCS4Africa) congress from…
By Andrea Erickson, Managing Director, Water Security The journey of our water from source to tap is long, and not…
Session 2 on day 1 of the Local and Regional Authorities Conference focused on the recent progress in water actions…
The host cities of the 7th World Water Forum: Daegu and Gyeongbukdo, shared the water…
Post by Abrina Williams Sub-plenary 7 of the ICLEI World Congress 2015 looked at the future of water in cities,…
The Seoul Metropolitan area has around 10 million inhabitants. Providing clean drinking water to all of them is a substantial…
Today’s launch of India Water Tool 2.0 (IWT 2.0) generated an enthusiastic discussion. The launch took place at the International…