Over 50 cities applied for the awards which will be presented during the First European Green Capital Conference in Stockholm, Sweden, October 20 – 22, 2010. [Full text...]

ICLEI Member London is about to launch a new public bike program in the city's center which is intended for short-term trips.  [Full text...]

Saturday, August 21, marks the day our ecological budget for 2010 runs out. [Full text...]

The Australian government’s Low Carbon Communities program builds on ICLEI's Cities for Climate Protection initiative. [Full text...]

Desertification currently threatens the well-being of about 1.5 billion people in roughly 100 countries. [Full text...]

The Presidents of Finland and South Africa will lead a new panel established by the United Nations (UN) to promote a global plan for sustainable development. [Full text...]

ICLEI Member city, Jerusalem, introduces urban infrastructure for battery-powered, fully electric cars. [Full text...]

All communities with C02 reduction targets are invited to share their climate protection targets in the new Copenhagen World Climate Catalogue of City Commitments to Combat Climate Change. [Full text...]

Leading Local Government associations worldwide embark on a two year strategy 'From Bali (COP 13) to Poznan (COP14) to Copenhagen (COP 15)' [Full text...]

A handful of local governments are supplementing their climate protection plans with regional "climate prosperity" strategies. Two experts explain the power of this new paradigm. Part 1 in a series [Full text...]

Inspired by key examples of climate prosperity at work—including Portland, Oregon—local government leaders across the country are collaborating on regional climate prosperity strategies. Part 2 in a series. [Full text...]

The Roadmap supports South Asian local governments to grasp the impacts of urban carbon emissions. It also develops a regional consensus on local action plans and build a network of leaders to influence the post-Kyoto climate negotiations. [Full text...]

A new movement working towards a recognized role for Local Governments in the post-2012 Climate Framework has started. From a clear city message sent in Bali to the start of a global process - cities are pressing forward with the new Local Government Climate Roadmap [Full text...]

ICLEI Oceania is establishing a new social sustainability program: Cities for Safe and Healthy Communities (CSHC). This new program helps local governments foster healthy, safe, resilient and sustainable communities.  [Full text...]

Today, 25 May 2009, marks the commemoration of Africa Day, the day on which the Organisation of African Unity was born, 46 years ago. We encourage all our African and global members to celebrate this important day with us. [Full text...]

Ruud Schuthof, the Executive and Policy Assistant to ICLEI Secretary General updates us about his work at the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development taking place in New York (USA). 14 May 2009: We, as Local Authorities group, will have the possibility to address the ministerial pl... [Full text...]

The activity was part of the global initiative SWITCH – Managing Water in the City of the Future (www.switchurbanwater.eu). [Full text...]

The São Paulo State Secretary of Environment and Secretary of Housing sign the Environmental Protocol for Sustainable Construction  [Full text...]

On 28 and 29 November more than 300 participants gathered in Riccione (Italy) for the Second Conference on Sustainable Tourism  [Full text...]

One of the pilot governments of the Brazilian Sustainable Procurement Project “CPS-Brazil” has completed all of the phases of ICLEI´s Sustainable Procurement process. [Full text...]

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa unveiled an ambitious long-range plan Monday for securing enough solar power to meet one-tenth of the city's energy needs by 2020, a move aimed at making L.A. a hub of the solar-energy industry. [Full text...]

Eco-efficiency . Resilience . Green Economy . Happiness [Full text...]

What role can sustainable procurement play in public construction projects? How can public authorities make contracts more accessible to small and medium-sized enterprises?  [Full text...]

Host city Dezhou is dubbed China's "Solar City” for its firm commitment to solar energy. [Full text...]

Changing fuels or changing patterns? The role of renewables in sustainable urban mobility. [Full text...]

Local governments to discuss urban biodiversity in Nagoya/Aichi, Japan, 24-26, October 2010.  [Full text...]

Join ICLEI and the City of Frieburg, Germany, who are hosting the Local Renewables 2010 within the larger Intersolar North America Conference. [Full text...]

Resilient cities 2010 concluded on 30 May after three days of discussion, learning and exchanging on the topic of urban adaptation to climate change. [Full text...]