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Greater Sydney hosts a regional Town Hall COP, sparking community-driven climate dialogue
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Greater Sydney hosts a regional Town Hall COP, sparking community-driven climate dialogue

ByAriel Dekovic April 17, 2025April 17, 2025

On 13 March 2025, Greater Sydney hosted one of the first Town Hall COPs for 2025 – part of a growing global effort to place local priorities at the center of national and international climate decision-making.

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Collecting data, building trust: Climate Resilience for Communities project advances in Izmir
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Collecting data, building trust: Climate Resilience for Communities project advances in Izmir

ByMatteo Bizzotto October 23, 2024January 24, 2025

Imagine a neighborhood facing regular flooding and heat waves, where residents know which streets become impassable, which houses and businesses…

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Enhancing local climate action: Moving toward greater and greener resilience 
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Enhancing local climate action: Moving toward greater and greener resilience 

ByGlobal Communications Team June 23, 2022June 26, 2024

This blog post was written by Dewi Sari and Kanak Gokarn with contributions from the Resilient Development and Sustainable Energy…

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TUMI E-Bus Mission aims to electrify public transit across the Global South
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TUMI E-Bus Mission aims to electrify public transit across the Global South

ByCatherine Cowan June 21, 2022June 26, 2024

Main photo: [Left to right] Rohan Modi, advisor for Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); Tu My Tran, Head of…

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Learning to live with water scarcity
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Learning to live with water scarcity

ByGlobal Communications Team June 10, 2022June 26, 2024

Ingrid Coetzee, Director of Biodiversity, Nature and Health for ICLEI Africa, recently shared her expertise with the international broadcaster Deutsche…

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Yucatán capital Mérida becomes fourth city to join climate insurance program
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Yucatán capital Mérida becomes fourth city to join climate insurance program

ByCatherine Cowan May 31, 2022June 13, 2024

Photo: Renán Barrera (left), Mayor of Mérida, Mexico, and Edgar Villaseñor Franco, ICLEI Director for Mexico, Central America and the…

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Putting people at the heart of integrated climate action
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Putting people at the heart of integrated climate action

ByCatherine Cowan May 25, 2022June 26, 2024

Panelists and organizers for “Nothing about us without us: How to engage young people in co-creating sustainability policies?” included (left…

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What does the Malmö Commitment mean to Malmö? Ultimately, a good life for all in a more sustainable world
Equitable Development World Congress 2021-2022

What does the Malmö Commitment mean to Malmö? Ultimately, a good life for all in a more sustainable world

ByMark Wessel May 25, 2022June 26, 2024

Photo: Malmö Mayor Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh signs the Malmö Commitment on Inclusive & Equitable Communities during the ICLEI World Congress…

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Five events to attend this Urban October
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Five events to attend this Urban October

ByBraoin MacLauchlan September 21, 2021July 2, 2024

Urban October is a UN-organized, jam-packed calendar of opportunities for everyone wanting to be a part of the conversation on…

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5 Brazilian cities that are leading on climate reporting
Global Advocacy South America

5 Brazilian cities that are leading on climate reporting

ByICLEI Network February 9, 2021February 11, 2021

To wrap up 2020 five Brazilian municipalities that are part of the ICLEI network in South America – Betim, Canoas,…

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The crucial role of local governments in South Korea’s bold actions towards carbon neutrality by 2050
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The crucial role of local governments in South Korea’s bold actions towards carbon neutrality by 2050

ByICLEI Network November 19, 2020January 28, 2021

On 5 June 2020, World Environment Day, 226 local governments in South Korea gathered at the national assembly to declare…

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Three decades of local action towards urban sustainability: ICLEI at 30
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Three decades of local action towards urban sustainability: ICLEI at 30

ByGlobal Communications Team September 22, 2020September 23, 2020

On September 5, 1990, local government officials representing 200 cities from 43 nations gathered at the United Nations in New…

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