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ICLEI Secretary General Gino Van Begin reflects on 2024 and shares an inspiring vision for 2025. "As we look to what 2025 has in store for us, your work and successes provide inspiration to us all. We need this inspiration, because many challenges stand before us."
Discover how ICLEI Members worldwide are shaping resilient communities, driving climate action, and advancing sustainability this year through hundreds of activities, guided by our five interconnected pathways, in cities, towns and regions worldwide.
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Cultural burning is a traditional Indigenous practice of low-intensity, controlled fires conducted in optimal conditions to reduce fuel loads, enhance biodiversity, and restore native vegetation. Integrating it into modern land management can protect landscapes, restore ecosystems, and strengthen our connection with nature. | | |
Pioneers of the Malmö Commitment on Inclusive and Equitable Communities are working to address the complex challenges of housing affordability, equity, and sustainability through innovative initiatives. During a recent pioneers' exchange, representatives shared their strategies, highlighting both barriers and solutions to support local populations. | | |
Cities and provinces of the Republic of Korea lead the way in addressing plastic waste and pollution. Alongside INC-5, the Ministry of Environment and Korea Environment Corporation hosted the Rethinking Plastic Life Forum where ICLEI showcased its Circular offering and the "Local and subnational governments coalition to end plastics pollution." | | |
To ensure climate policies are more socially balanced, particularly in addressing the needs and participation of structurally disadvantaged populations, the INCLU:DE project promotes a shift in focus from incentivizing to enabling. How do cities design local climate actions that speak to all different realities? | | |
Shenzhen, China is a leader in nature-positive, low-carbon development. This UrbanShift Peer-to-Peer Exchange explored how cities in Asia can learn from their innovation offering insights for cities across the region in their journey toward net-zero emissions. | | | |
This project is leading its way in co-creating solutions to empower vulnerable communities to adapt and thrive in the face of climate change. By involving local communities in the creation of resilience plans, the project not only monitors the effectiveness of solutions but also helps build residents' skills.
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Local and regional governments require flexible, innovative financing to achieve their sustainability goals. This webinar series explored global approaches, from Japan's transition bonds driving climate investments to Europe's green bond standards supporting municipal financing. The latest session focused on Africa, where green bonds offer potential but face challenges like creditworthiness barriers.
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This guide, designed by the US Department of State, supports Latin American and Caribbean cities from the Cities Forward initiative by providing a detailed overview of multilateral (public) sources of funding available to cities, including resources from Multilateral Development Banks, the Global Environment Facility, the Development Finance Corporation, among others. |  | REPORT
This report from eight major European subnational government networks, including ICLEI Europe, reveals that vulnerable households in the EU are at risk of being underserved by the €86 billion Social Climate Fund due to their inadequate consultation by national governments.
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Discover strategies for responsive risk management with practical tools by joining this first session of the UrbanShift new series on 5 February at 10:30 UTC+1, co-hosted by UrbanShift, Cities4Forests, and WRI India. |  |
ICLEI Europe is once again thrilled to invite all those seeking to shape a climate-resilient future for our cities and regions to attend the 12th edition of the European Urban Resilience Forum (EURESFO) in ICLEI Member Rotterdam (The Netherlands) on 25-27 June 2025. | | Copyright © 2024 ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability. All rights reserved.
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