From Agenda 21 to COP21: Addressing resilience in cities and informal settlements
By Omar Siddique, Senior Urban Specialist, Cities Alliance Chapter 7 on ‘human settlements’, which emerged from the first Rio Conference…
Updates from UN Bonn Climate Change Conference 2016, 16-27 May, SB44/APA1
CONFERENCE LINKS Conference website – http://unfccc.int/meetings/bonn_may_2016/meeting/9413.php IISD Earth Negotiations Coverage is available at http://www.iisd.ca/climate/sb44/ ICLEI DOCUMENTS LGMA Intervention at the…
Building Resilience in Informal Settlements
Building resilience in cities should enhance the quality of life for all residents. Yet resilience planning, like urban development, has…
Cities Are “Underdeveloped” – But Cooperation Can Change That
Through forming partnerships across different sectors of society, cities can transform themselves from being output based to outcome based, greatly…
European cities and towns acclaim the Basque Declaration
The Basque Declaration has been adopted by local and regional leaders taking part in the 8th European Conference on Sustainable…
Paradoxes Of A Smart City – Part 2: Integrated Urban Systems vs. Resilience
In our first “Paradoxes of a Smart City” post we explored the Jevons paradox and argued that cities need to…
Resilience and Sustainable Development Goal 11
SDG 11: A Stimulus for Integrated and Inclusive Resilience In adopting Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG 11), which aims to…
China’s New Opportunity: Water Funds
By Daniel Shemie, Kari Vigerstol, Mu Quan, Wang Longzhu The Nature Conservancy What do the Chinese cities of Harbin, Ningbo,…
Updates on #CitiesIPCC Campaign
Reporting from the IPCC 43rd Session in Nairobi: On the morning of Tuesday 12 April, the IPCC43 Plenary continued deliberations…
Day 1 at IPCC 43rd Session in Nairobi and updates on #CitiesIPCC Campaign
This post aims to provide a snapshot from the first day of the 43rd Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on…
ICLEI around the World: Steve Gawler, Regional Director, Oceania
Q. What is one important particularity of working with local governments in the Oceania region? One important thing to bear…
Urban Resilience: From Surviving to Thriving
Post by Laura Kavanaugh, Resilient Cities Team Leader, ICLEI World Secretariat Resilience as a concept within the field of environmental…