Over the past two days the ICLEI Cities Biodiversity Center in partnership and with thanks to the City of Belo Horizonte, SEBRAE and the Secretariat of Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has hosted the third Urban Nature Forum in Belo Horizonte. Read the official message from the Urban Nature ... [Full text...]

Ethekwini Municipality is implementing its Municipal Climate Protection Program with a strong focus on an early response strategy to climate change [Full text...]

Time has come to engage local and subnational governments to raise level of ambition and accelerate action on climate change. [Full text...]

Emissions reports and reduction plans from 1,159 facilities from Tokyo have been submitted under the Tokyo Cap-and-Trade Program.  [Full text...]

ICLEI Member Jeju Island, South Korea announced that they will be charging ahead with the 'Carbon-Free Island Jeju by 2030’, a plan supporting the shift to renewable energy. [Full text...]

ICLEI, C40, WRI and partners release pilot Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions  [Full text...]

ICLEI President David Cadman and Secretary General Konrad Otto-Zimmermann join a diverse panel on 11-12 May at an expert forum on green urban economy, convened by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the City of Bonn, in collaboration with ICLEI. [Full text...]

The sustainability program of Marin County (California, U.S.A.) has become a national model in the U.S.A. demonstrating how planners can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. [Full text...]

Clarence (Australia’s) recycled water scheme was established in 1995 to reduce effluent discharged into the Derwent Estuary from the Rosary Treatment Plant. [Full text...]

Rented bicycles are available in Koprivnica (Croatia) to help melt the city’s sustainable mobility goals. [Full text...]

The Climate Change Working Group in Ayer (Massachusetts, U.S.A.) is collecting data that will present a picture of the town’s carbon footprint. [Full text...]

The city of Ballarat (Australia) is bringing GreenHome to Ballarat residents. [Full text...]

Dallas (Texas, U.S.A.) recently launched an advertising and internet campaign showcasing its environmental initiatives, and educating residents on living a greener lifestyle. [Full text...]

The historical city centre in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Lapa, has been restored as a vibrant area of the city. [Full text...]

Local governments from around the world actively participated in the Local Government Climate Sessions and the international climate change sessions that took place in Bali (Indonesia) during the second week of December.
10,000 delegates gathered at COP 13 during the first tw... [Full text...]

‘Local Government Climate Sessions’ as parallel events to the 2007 United Nations Climate Confer­ence in Bali are being convened by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability in cooperation with, and with support from, partner organizations. [Full text...]

Please find attached the final invitation and programme brochure, as well as the registration form to attend the RESPIRO Conference that will take place in Lille, France, 3-4 December 2007. [Full text...]

The Province of Rovigo and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability invite you to the conference 'Climate protection and renewable energy' in Rovigo, Italy, on 2-4 April 2008. [Full text...]

Last week, ICLEI together with the City of Freiburg held a European conference on sustainable energy, which attracted over 200 experts from local governments, academia and the energy industry. [Full text...]

From 10 - 13 July, 2007 local government leaders and practitioners from across the U.S.A. will come together in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to take action and share strategies on realizing economic benefits through climate protection actions. [Full text...]

ICLEI Sustainability Procurement Campaign is inviting interested organizations, including regional and local governments, to host ‘Responsibility in Procurement – a European Forum’. [Full text...]