On 25-27 September 2015, heads of states and governments will announce their commitment to the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 in New York, USA. What is the Summit? The Summit is expected to set out the UN’s vision for a better world, leaving no one behind. It will
This blog series presents some of the applications to the Transformative Actions Program, to show you how cities are “tapping” their potential for sustainability. For more information on the TAP, please visit the website. The city of Curitiba in southern Brazil has submitted a project to the TAP called “The Sustainable Village”. Its aim is
With fewer than six weeks until the Second Working Meeting of the EU-Canada Urban Policy Cooperation, the District of Saanich is not waiting until their arrival in Almada (Portugal) to make headlines for their sustainability initiatives. On 3 September 2015, Saanich announced an agreement with the neighboring City of Victoria that will see the two Canadian
Alice Reil of the ICLEI European Secretariat reports from a learning exchange organised by CDKN and ICLEI in Quito, Ecuador in late July. The gathering kicked off a new learning endeavour among the organisations and their partners to understand the success factors for delivering and scaling up climate compatible development from the local level. Over recent
Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! City Stories Why Eco-Cities Fail Quito – a local government at work to achieve climate compatible urban development Florida’s New Target in the Fight Against Sprawl: Too Many Roads School eco-mobility: Rethinking the School Run Nurturing
This blog series presents some of the applications to the Transformative Actions Program, to show you how cities are “tapping” their potential for sustainability. For more information on the TAP, please visit the website. The City of Gothenburg and AB Volvo realized that they share the same vision of developing a sustainable public transport system
As the calendar gives way to September, delegations representing four cities each from Europe (Almada, Portugal; Hannover, Germany; Tallinn, Estonia; and Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain) and Canada (Edmonton, Saanich, Ottawa, and Halifax) are counting down the seven weeks that remain until the Second Working Meeting of the EU-Canada Urban Policy Cooperation, which will take place between 19 October
The city of Suwon is located just below Seoul, South Korea, and is home to over a million people. The local government took up a campaign to establish itself as an environmental capital and hosted the first ever Ecomobility festival in 2013. Suwon also boasts an outstanding public transportation system and is the location of the
Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! City Stories Paris Will Stop All Traffic, Literally, For One Day in September Can the New Urban Agenda spark the local action needed? Why Municipalities Are the Key to Fighting Climate Change Rethinking the Ideal City
Bonn houses the headquarters of the United Nations Climate Secretariat, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, and the carbonn Cities Climate Registry. In addition, the city is actively contributing to both climate change mitigation and adaptation by means of an Integrated Climate Protection Plan that will significantly reduce local GHG emissions by 2020. This Plan includes networking
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