To truly empower local people, community needs must be incorporated into policy, ideally using familiar language to communicate climate action and involving diverse groups in decision-making processes. Examples from cities like Baltimore, Glasgow, Lusaka, Rosario, and Baguio demonstrated the benefits of local stocktakes and continuous dialogue.
Under the #Stocktake4ClimateEmergency initiative, 26 cities and regions staged their local events that officially contributed to the first Global Stocktake….
International Youth Day on 12 August recognizes young people as drivers of change. How can local and regional governments effectively…
Daring Cities 2022 highlighted the pivotal role of cities in responding to the climate emergency through innovative finance, people-centered approaches, and resilience initiatives, emphasizing the need for formalizing climate action processes, improving funding access, and including traditionally underrepresented groups.
“Two huge things need to happen” to have any hope of lifting the world’s most vulnerable out of poverty, while…
Panelists and organizers for “Nothing about us without us: How to engage young people in co-creating sustainability policies?” included (left…
Throughout 2022 to 2024, IHRB, ICLEI and other partners advance a research and action agenda on just transitions in the…
“What of the past will the present save for the future?”. That’s how Andrew Potts, Coordinator of Climate Heritage Network,…
When a city’s population triples in twenty years’ time, essential services need extra attention. In the case of Hanoi –…