What can cities actually do to decarbonize industry? Five approaches in action
While local governments may not regulate major industries directly, they are indispensable enablers of industrial mitigation ambition and implementation.
What does an eco-friendly construction site look like? Seoul is building with less dust and noise
Clearer air, less noise and cleaner streets. Discover how Seoul, Republic of Korea, is reducing the environmental impact of urban development while protecting people and the environment.
Why resilience and equity are inseparable: A climate risk perspective
This blog examines the interdependence between equity and resilience, exploring how climate-related risks are experienced across different regions and how ICLEI’s work around the world integrates both in responding to these risks.
The gap that rarely gets counted: Gender data in climate risk and vulnerability assessments
When climate risk assessments leave gender out, the inequality that follows goes unmeasured, and unmeasured inequality never becomes a reason to change course.
Small floods, small solutions: How a neighborhood in Izmir learned to hold back the water
In Pazaryeri, it does not take a major flood to ruin a shop or damage a home, and it does not take a major intervention to prevent it.
Geographic access: How cities use mapping to drive fairer decisions
Where people live often determines the opportunities and risks they face – albeit often resulting from economic pressures, planning decisions, environmental conditions, and historical policies.
Five cities rewriting the rules on climate action through plastics circularity
From reducing emissions to boosting climate adaptation, cities around the world are showing how Rethink, Regenerate, Reduce, Reuse and Recover strategies are turning action on plastics into a powerful lever for climate action.
One curriculum transformed Izmir’s climate training, and created an emergency team
In Izmir, four departments stopped working in silos and built one shared curriculum, with results none of them expected.
On the road to COP31, cities lead on zero waste and climate action at the Zero Waste Forum
At the Zero Waste Forum 2026 (5-7 June, Istanbul, Türkiye), cities made the case that transforming waste into a resource is emerging as one of the most practical pathways for delivering climate action, strengthening resilience, and advancing sustainable urban development.
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When the heat rises, cities act
Heat Action Day, celebrated every year on 2 June, is a moment to recognize the scale of the challenge and the growing range of responses cities are leading. Across ICLEI’s network, those responses take many forms.
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Heat, humidity and hard choices: Lessons from Belém’s climate risk analysis
Sitting at the edge of the Amazon rainforest, surrounded by rivers, parks, and some of the richest biodiversity on the planet, Belém seems an unlikely place to talk about heat as a crisis. And yet…
What cities need to unlock the net-zero transition: Lessons from the Kaohsiung-ICLEI Community of Practice
Cities consume over 70% of global energy and account for more than 60% of carbon emissions. With accelerating urbanization, cities…