COP26 outcomes: Multilevel action is the beacon of hope to keep the 1.5 degree goal alive
Leaders returning home from Glasgow will be feeling many mixed emotions on how COP26 concluded. In a fraught two weeks,…
Glasgow Food and Climate Declaration: Putting local and regional food systems on the table of the UN Climate Negotiations
Today’s food systems account for approximately one third of total GHG emissions, are a primary cause of environmental degradation, loss…
It’s not all about megacities. Small and medium municipalities join forces to deliver impactful climate action.
Cities have been making headlines this COP, but it’s often the climate action of big player metropoles that we see…
Cities’ climate commitments outperform nations on ambition.
Cities are ready with robust climate action plans and ambitious targets that often outpace their national counterparts. What they need…
How knowledge brokering is catalyzing resilience and gender equity in Global South’s climate plans
The uneven distribution of climate impacts between the Global North and South is irrefutable. As the Global South mobilizes to…
Regions employ nature-based, financial and legal instruments to outperform on adaptation
While climate measures have sought to mitigate future climate change through reducing emission levels, efforts to adapt communities to harmful…
Listen. Include. Empower. How local communities take central stage at COP26
Subnational governments have found their home at the Multilevel Action Pavilion at COP26, a place for debate, knowledge exchange, and…
Why there won’t be climate action without culture and youth.
“What of the past will the present save for the future?”. That’s how Andrew Potts, Coordinator of Climate Heritage Network,…
How The Gambia became the first country set to fully honor the Paris Agreement
National climate plans from all over the world rolled in ahead of COP26, but as yet only one country’s plans…
Taking concrete steps to get climate finance to cities
This blog was written by Adel Strydom, Senior Communications Officer at ICLEI Africa, and Kale Roberts, Senior Program Officer at…
Meaningful Progress at COP26 Predicted Because No Country Wants to Be Seen as a “Climate Pariah”
An interview with GLOBE CEO Malini Mehra World leaders have converged on Glasgow for the much anticipated COP26 summit…
Five things cities and regions are bringing to Glasgow
The 26th, and arguably one of the most pivotal, Conference of the Parties (COP) on climate begins in Glasgow. Whatever…