New online platform to foster collaboration and exchange of ideas among young municipal leaders [Full text...]

The City of Melbourne is promoting the idea of an Eco-City in its development trajectory and it has begun its transformation through the Future Melbourne Strategy in 2007 which aims to establish Melbourne as a viable sustainable city. [Full text...]

ICLEI Member Makati City in the Philippines has scooped an award for an innovative city-to-city learning partnership between Quito, the capital of Ecuador, and the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu.  [Full text...]

European cities are invited to take part in a training aimed at building capacity on climate change adaptation. The end result will be a tailored adaptation strategy for each city in attendance. [Full text...]

ICLEI and the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) have just signed a partnership agreement. ICLEI is now GGKP’s first urban-focused Knowledge Partner.  [Full text...]

The Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20-22 June 2012. ICLEI has been involved in the Rio+20 process in three ways: Advocacy, Global Town Hall and Participation at partner events... [Full text...]

Mexico City Pact and Carbon Cities Climate Registry (cCCR) were showcased as one of the select sample of registered commitments by a range of stakeholders. [Full text...]

Bhubaneswar (India) has adopted a city level policy on renewable energy and energy efficiency.  [Full text...]

Water Futures, the draft water management strategy for 2008-2013 for Onkaraparinga (Australia), is available for public comment. [Full text...]

A large supermarket chain in Yamanashi Prefecture (Japan), Yamato Co., is actively engaged in household food waste recycling. [Full text...]

The Energy and Climate Committee of Belfast (Maine, U.S.A.) has issued an energy challenge to promote conservation and fight climate change. [Full text...]

Hingham (Massachusetts, U.S.A.) is working with the ICLEI USA Office to produce a baseline greenhouse gas emissions report.  [Full text...]

New ICLEI Member Tatabánya (Hungary) has developed the first Hungarian local climate change strategy.  [Full text...]

Public buses and garbage trucks in Bogor (Indonesia) are being powered by biodiesel produced from using cooking oil. [Full text...]

The Urban Research Symposium will take place on 28 to 30 June 2009. It is sponsored by the World Bank and supported by ICLEI. A call for papers is open until 14 October 2008. [Full text...]

Representatives from the public and private sector meet to discuss successful projects for sustainable energy supply at Global Energy Basel (12 to 14 November 2008) [Full text...]

At Global Energy Basel, cities and local governments will find partners for sustainable infrastructure and urban development projects. [Full text...]

Climate Neutral through Procurement, Reykjavik, Iceland, 25-27 March 2009. Institutions and individuals working towards climate neutral products and services are invited to respond to this Call for Contributions. [Full text...]

From the 27 to 29 August 2008, Mexico City (México) invite the local authorities of America to discuss, debate and consult around the big challenges of advancing of Democracy, Development and Decentralization in the Americas. [Full text...]

ICLEI is organising a free training session entitled ‘Integrated Urban Water Management – What’s in it for the City of the Future?’ taking place in parallel with the World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden 19 August 2008. Targeted at senior decision-makers and planners in local governments, this 3 hou... [Full text...]

The City of Los Angeles will host a three-day International Earthquake Conference with a focus on Policy, Planning, & Preparedness. [Full text...]