When science meets policy and practice: Top 3 ways to achieve Paris goals
We need to dig in and build stronger links between climate science, urban policy and practice. The interconnection between the…
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…
Building the architecture for inclusive and ambitious climate action
A focus on action at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP22, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Marrakech,…
Why are cities setting 100% renewable energy targets?
Over the last decades cities, towns and regions in different continents and of different sizes have been setting ambitious renewable…
Cities are making a difference in the transition to renewable energy
With the Paris Agreement, world leaders have mandated net zero greenhouse gas emissions to be reached in the second half…
6 Days to the ICLEI World Congress: Bold Local Climate Leadership in the Compact of Mayors
Local action moves the world, certainly from a climate perspective. Current buzzwords like “cities” and “climate leadership” are used in…
Lima hosts cities climate change meeting alongside COP20
Lima convenes the biggest gathering of Mayors and climate action experts after the New York Climate Summit 8 December 2014,…
Bristol becomes the 500th reporting city of carbonn Climate Registry
8 December 2014, Lima, Peru: The world’s leading reporting platform for local and subnational climate action – the carbonn Climate…