ICLEI Member City of Toronto recently convened the Weather-Wise Partnership, with over 50 organizations from across the region collaborating on effective ways to adapt to climate change.  [more]

The City Mayors Foundation seeking nominations for the 2012 World Mayor Prize. Previous awardee includes Mexico City Mayor and Chair of World Mayors Council Marcelo Ebrard who received the Prize in 2010.  [more]

ICLEI is currently at the UN headquarters in New York for the consultations on the Zero Draft of the Rio+20 Outcome Document held from 25-27 January 2012. [more]

Three ICLEI Member cities are announced as finalists of the 2012 Sustainable Transport Award for visionary achievements in sustainable transportation and urban liveability. [more]

Building on the success of the West African pre-COP17 congress co-hosted by Lagos State and ICLEI Africa, as well as Lagos' active participation in the recent Durban LG Convention, ICLEI now officially welcomes Lagos to the global network of local governments committed to sustainable development.  [more]

For the first time, local authorities and representatives of government are meeting in Montpellier today to implement the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 in the Mediterranean region.  [more]

ICLEI joins the United Nations in underscoring the importance of clean energy to sustainable development as the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All kicks off this week.  [more]

ICLEI is an association of over 1200 local government Members who are committed to sustainable development. Our Members come from 70 different countries and represent more than 569,885,000 people. [more]

Global Energy Basel (GEB) brings together high-profile representatives from government, economy and society to address the policy and financing of sustainable urban infrastructure through the GEB professional platform.  [more]

The final CARE-North conference will take place in ICLEI Member city Bremen, Germany, presenting innovative carbon reduction strategies for urban and regional transport. International experts will link the topic to the EU perspective as well as to the Rio+20 process. [more]

Resilience Cities 2012, 3rd World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change is already on its way to provide you with the keys to smarter infrastructure, better urban planning and state-of-the-art tools that will improve the future of cities.  [more]

Held every 3 years, the world congress gathers local government and world leaders to take up the charge to sustainability. The event will take place just days before the Rio+20 Conference in neighboring Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, marking two decades since the adoption of Agenda 21.  [more]

The carbonn Cities Climate Registry (cCCR) is the global response of local governments to measurable, reportable, verifiable climate action. Register now to cCCR and start reporting! Over 107 commitments, 20 GHG inventories, and 462 mitigation/adaptation actions have already been reported. [more]

ICLEI's FutureCityLeaders, a new initiative for young, elected Mayors and Council members is now accepting applications for its 2-year capacity building program. [more]