In its 30 years of urban sustainability work, ICLEI has partnered closely with many of the world’s cities to form…
Wild edible plants play an important role in the food of the communities living in Goa. While they form a…
By Rodrigo de Oliveira Perpetuo, Regional Director ICLEI South America Secretariat Read the original article in Portuguese. World Environment Day…
Imagine being in nineteenth century Europe. Imagine walking on a city street and hearing people complain about the smell and…
Healthy and functioning natural ecosystems are critical for cities to thrive. Pressures from urbanization and climate change on the natural…
By Dana Vigran and Subuhi Parvez “Hope in the City” tells the story of Vikram and his daughter Anita who…
As we kick off a new decade, environment takes center stage. For the first time, the top five global threats in the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report are all environmental. Climate action failure and biodiversity loss make the top five both in terms of likelihood and level of impact.
By Adel Strydom and Dana Vigran In a time when cities are bursting at the seams, policy reform is vital…
There’s an urgent need for cities to do a better job of protecting biodiversity, due to nature’s critical role both…
In a time when cities are bursting at the seams, policy reform is vital to protect ecosystems and build climate…
Most of the messages reaching us about environmental degradation and climate change have a looming, threatening rhetoric. Rising greenhouse gas emissions are melting glaciers, the world is experiencing mass extinctions, and extreme meteorological events linked to climate change are hitting communities throughout the world.
Over three billion people depend on marine and coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods while 1.6 billion people, including 70 million…