Letter from Pekka Sauri, Deputy Mayor of Helsinki – March 2017
Dear ICLEI Friends and Colleagues, Cities around the world have a crucial role in the transition to sustainable consumption and…
How Copenhagen plans to become the world’s first carbon neutral capital
Ambitious cities around the world are setting their sights on becoming carbon neutral. This means that, after measuring their carbon…
ICLEI Links: 15 August 2016
Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! City…
Rethinking the Commute With Intermodality in Leipzig
Shared Mobility Airbnb, Kickstarter, Craigslist, Uber, TaskRabbit. These names, and the ever-growing market value they each represent, are indicative of…
ICLEI Links: 1 August 2016
Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! City…
ICLEI Links: 18 July 2016
Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! City…
ICLEI Links: 4 July 2016
Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! City…
ICLEI Links: 20 June 2016
Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! City…
Smart productive cities or how can cities achieve sustainability by creating their own resources?
How can cities use ‘smart’ projects and frameworks to achieve a net positive gain in their resource? Today, as part…
Paradoxes of a Smart City – Part 3: Open data vs data management
Open data has become an important concept in the Smart Cities debate. By opening up vaults of municipally-generated information, local…
Cities in Action: Solar Switch on at Doornkop
Over the last few months, ICLEI Africa has been working with the local municipality and Doornkop Community to implement a…
Cities in Action: São Paulo’s Protected Areas
São Paulo is the largest city in South America, with over 11 million inhabitants. Remarkably, 40% of its metropolitan area…