To ensure climate policies are more socially balanced, particularly in addressing the needs and participation of structurally disadvantaged populations, the INCLU:DE project promotes a shift in focus from incentivizing to enabling. How do cities design local climate actions that speak to all different realities?
Aiming for net-zero emissions in 2050, the largest city on the island of Taiwan has successfully implemented several initiatives, like its “Energy-Saving E-House Program,” the region’s first-ever housing energy-saving initiative engaging private stakeholders from the real estate sector and local communities.
As the impacts of climate change become increasingly apparent, concerns over the rising risks of urban flooding and water scarcity…
At COP29, this session at the Korea Pavilion presented how to build net-zero cities through legal innovation and citizen engagement.
As the world’s attention turned to COP29, leaders from the Local Governments and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) Constituency, gathered on 13 November at a special session to respond to COP29 and the World Leaders Climate Action Summit (WCAS).
Despite cities being home to the majority of G7 citizens, local governments are not yet systematically consulted by national governments on critical decisions affecting their communities. The Urban7 (U7) is seeking to change that within the G7 group of countries.
Local government representation in international fora doesn’t end with the United Nations agendas, such as the Climate COPs. Local and regional governments are advocating for representation – especially with regards to sustainable development objectives – on multiple fronts, including the G7, G20 and other multilateral platforms.
At COP29, California and Japan’s local leaders emphasize that cities must lead the charge on climate action, showing that bold, independent initiatives can drive sustainable futures beyond national policies.
In recent years, more and more local and regional government leaders are traveling to international environmental conferences, like the annual Climate COPs or the ICLEI World Congress. These meetings provide the opportunity to discuss solutions to global and local challenges. But at the same time, the concrete value of elected leaders’ engagement can at times be difficult to grasp. What is the value for such in-person meetings? How does the community back home benefit?
When projects like the Climate Resilience for Communities (CRC) initiative take the time to listen to these stories, they turn local communities’ traditional practices into effective, long-term, resilient and sustainable solutions.
Durante a plenária de encerramento do Congresso Mundial ICLEI 2024, a prefeita Katja Dörner conclamou os líderes urbanos a se envolverem proativamente com seus governos nacionais e associações nacionais de governos locais para aprimorar as NDCs até 2025 e apoiar o CHAMP.
Com base no impulso de ação multinível sem precedentes da COP28 e com as próximas COP16 e COP29 até o final do ano, as cidades e regiões têm uma janela de oportunidade real para ampliar suas vozes nas discussões climáticas globais. Na plenária do Congresso Mundial ICLEI 2024, “Do global para o local para o global: moldando o futuro da sustentabilidade”, prefeitos e líderes climáticos enfatizaram que agora é a hora de os governos locais e regionais pressionarem por uma ação unificada e intergovernamental para alcançar as transformações urgentemente necessárias em direção a um mundo sustentável.
Em um mundo cada vez mais moldado pela emergência climática, as cidades estão assumindo a vanguarda dos esforços de resiliência e sustentabilidade. Durante a plenária “Nosso Mundo em Transformação” do Congresso Mundial ICLEI, os membros e especialistas do ICLEI discutiram como as cidades podem alavancar iniciativas locais para gerar impacto global, enfatizando a urgência de abordagens integradas para mitigar os riscos ambientais e construir comunidades resistentes ao clima em todo o mundo.