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Improving Collaboration between Cities and Businesses

Urban Sustainability needs City-Business Cooperation The impetus for sustainable development generally comes from local governments: they are the drivers of sustainability in cities and advocates of citizens’ needs. However, there are limits to what city leaders can achieve on their own. Many urban systems, including those of food, energy, waste, water and transportation, are partly 

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ICLEI Links: 16 January 2015

Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! Thanks to all on Twitter and elsewhere for sharing. ICLEI News Earth Hour City Challenge winners to be announced at ICLEI World Congress 2015 Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo win 2015 Sustainable Transport 

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ICLEI Links: 9 January 2015

Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! Thanks to all on Twitter and elsewhere for sharing. ICLEI News Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific congress now open for registration Municipal Council of Recife approves Green Roof Law City News If you care about green cities, you 

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What are your #CitySolutions?

In April of this year, we’ll be holding the ICLEI World Congress 2015 in Seoul. The title of this year’s Congress is “Sustainable Solutions for an Urban Future”. Global leaders on urban sustainability will take part in plenaries, debates, mobile workshops and trainings, with a view to elaborating the solutions that we all need. They’ll 

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Highlights of the COP20 in Lima

With the end of the COP20, we’ve gathered together absolutely everything you could want to know about ICLEI’s involvement! Read on… Press Release Lima united countries for climate action, Paris must bring all actors on board “The new global climate regime must engage and empower local and subnational governments in order to guarantee a low-carbon, climate-resilient 

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Call for Social Reporters: ICLEI World Congress 2015

Are you interested in the environment, sustainability, local governments, climate change, and the future of cities? Would you like to spend one week reporting on a major international congress and working with the communications team of the world’s leading local government network? Then we want to hear from you! We are looking for volunteer social 

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ICLEI Links: 19 December 2014

Welcome to the final 2014 edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! Thanks to all on Twitter and elsewhere for sharing. ICLEI News ICLEI’s view on the result of the COP20 in Lima ICLEI council 2015-2018 finalized City News  Seven ways Belo Horizonte, Brazil, inspires sustainable cities 

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