The prefecture of Kanagawa launched a model project to promote the use of electric vehicles (EVs) as a possible solution for environmental and resource problems.  [Full text...]

ICLEI contributed to new Worldwatch report on report on renewables and efficiency.  [Full text...]

ICLEI has signed an agreement with renowned publisher Springer on a "Local Governments for Sustainability" book series. [Full text...]

Significant global initiatives by ICLEI were developed and coordinated out of Toronto: Local Agenda 21, Cities for Climate Protection (CCP), the Water Campaign.  [Full text...]

The responsibility of General Manager (Geschäftsführer) at the ICLEI European Secretariat GmbH was handed over to Wolfgang Teubner by Konrad Otto-Zimmermann. [Full text...]

The signing of the Host Agreement sealed ICLEI's move to Bonn. The hosting arrangement with the City of Toronto expired on 31 December 2009 after 18 years of generous support ICLEI received from the City.  [Full text...]

The World Mayors Council on Climate Change prepares for another year of climate advocacy towards COP16 [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...]

First World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change, Bonn, Germany, 28-30 May 2010 [Full text...]

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Porto Alegre, Brazil – September, 23-24 2009 [Full text...]

Local Governments Facing Climate Change, 9 - 11 September, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico [Full text...]

Procura+ Seminar 2009, Zürich, Switzerland, 22-23 October 2009 [Full text...]

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