ICLEI e-News | issue 10, October - November 2007
Dear ICLEI Members and partners,
Welcome to the newest edition of the ICLEI e-News service. ICLEI e-News reports on ongoing ICLEI program and campaign activities, conferences and events, partnerships, and Member activities.
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Local action moves the world.
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ICLEI members Heidelberg, Hannover and Freiburg in Germany awarded for nature conservation and biodiversity
November 28, 2007
114 German cities took part in the 2007 national competition "Capital of Nature Conservation".
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ICLEI Korea Office hosts the 1st Jeju International Environmental Education Forum
November 28, 2007
On 22-23 November 2007, the ICLEI Korea Office hosted the 1st Jeju International Environmental Education Forum in Jeju (Korea [Full]
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UN declares 2008 the International Year of Sanitation
November 28, 2007
The United Nations has declared the upcoming year, 2008, as the International Year of Sanitation. [Full]
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ICLEI Executive Committee met 27-29 October in Jeju
November 14, 2007
The ICLEI Executive Committee held its annual series of meetings from 27 to 29 October 2007. [Full]
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ICLEI Members named in the 11 Most Bicycle Friendly Cities in the World
November 14, 2007
As determined by Virgin Vacations, eight ICLEI Members are listed in the 11 most accessible and bike friendly cities in the w [Full]
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ICLEI Members on list of mega-cities threatened by sea level rise
November 14, 2007
The Worldwatch Institute has determined that 21 of the 33 cities around the world predicted to have at least eight million pe [Full]
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ICLEI ExCom Ex-Officio Member Masondo appointed as a UCLG co-president
November 07, 2007
Mr. Amos Masondo, Executive Mayor of Johannesburg (South Africa) and Ex-Officio Member of ICLEI’s Executive Committee, was ap [Full]
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Apply for the 2008 Green Energy Awards
November 07, 2007
The Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy are seeking entries from inspirational and innovative local sustainable energy proje [Full]
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PEPS Mexico Program has reduced 15,467 tons of eCO2 emissions
October 31, 2007
The PEPS Mexico Program, in its third year of operation, has engaged 40 cities across the country in energy efficiency activi [Full]
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Beate Weber to receive the German Environmental Award
October 24, 2007
Beate Weber, former Lady Mayor of Heidelberg (Germany) and a member of the World Mayors Council on Climate Change, was recent [Full]
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Bhubaneswar and Nagpur adopt renewable energy and energy efficiency policies
October 24, 2007
Bhubaneswar and Nagpur (India) have recently adopted city level policies on renewable energy and energy efficiency. [Full]
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Cities in LACS Poised to Set up Local Observatories
October 17, 2007
Significant progress has been made during the second phase of the Local Agenda for Peace and Security Research Project. [Full]
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6 October was Ecological Debt Day
October 03, 2007
The Global Footprint Network determined that 6 October was the day when humanity had consumed all the resources the planet wo [Full]
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Apply for the World Habitat Awards
October 03, 2007
Applications are now available for the 2008 World Habitat Awards. [Full]
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New U.S. Star Community Index to help local governments measure, declare "green" status
November 28, 2007
Starting in 2008, the Start Community Index will provide local governments with a standardized framework to plan, track and c [Full]
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Sustainable Public Procurement accelerating in Brazil and Argentina
November 21, 2007
The ICLEI Latin America and Caribbean Secretariat is actively promoting sustainable public procurement (SPP) in Brazil, and d [Full]
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ICLEI Mexico Office formally established
November 21, 2007
The ICLEI Mexico Office was formally established and approved at the recent ICLEI Executive Meeting, held in Jeju (Korea) in [Full]
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Promoting sustainable industries to local governments in Australia and New Zealand
November 21, 2007
The ICLEI Oceania Secretariat is currently scoping ways to promote small to medium-sized enterprises (SME’s) that are defined [Full]
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ICLEI Pilots Adaptation Guidebook
November 21, 2007
ICLEI Canada has launched a new climate adaptation pilot project in partnership with Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan) Clima [Full]
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Important to register for the RESPIRO Conference in Lille
November 21, 2007
In three weeks time, the RESPIRO Conference will be welcoming participants from across Europe to this conference on Socially [Full]
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ICLEI an organizer of the Latin American Seminar on Citizen Security
November 14, 2007
The Latin America and Caribbean Secretariat of ICLEI (ICLEI LACS) is co- organizing the Latin American Seminar on Citizen Sec [Full]
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Final Workshop on the Oceania Sustainability Reporting Alliance held
November 07, 2007
The Centre for Public Agency Sustainability Reporting™ recently held its closing workshop for the 2007 Australia and New Zeal [Full]
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Cities from around the world meet to plan action for urban biodiversity
October 31, 2007
20 cities met in an historic biodiversity workshop in the Croatian capital of Zagreb last week, to focus on programmes and st [Full]
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ecoBudget final conference linked two global regions
October 31, 2007
The two final ecoBudget Conferences, held earlier this month, were probably the first time that an ICLEI project was celebrat [Full]
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RESPIRO Conference - Final Invitation and Programme
October 17, 2007
Please find attached the final invitation and programme brochure, as well as the registration form to attend the RESPIRO Conf [Full]
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Two final conferences to conclude ecoBudget - ASIA
October 10, 2007
The project ecoBudget - ASIA, funded by the European Union programme ASIA URBS, has now come to its conclusion. [Full]
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Bali2007: 45 local governments to help determine the ‘Bali Roadmap’
November 28, 2007
45 local governments from all over the world will attend the second week of the United Nations Climate Change Conference to i [Full]
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Bali2007 to be the “defining moment”; local governments in agreement
November 21, 2007
The Chairman of the IPCC, upon the release of its definitive scientific report, contends that “What we do in the next two to [Full]
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Bali2007: Key COP 13 document to be released this week
November 14, 2007
An IPCC Report being released on Saturday, 17 November will summarize the scientific consensus on what measures need to be ta [Full]
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Bali 2007: Local governments part of the growing political momentum on climate change
October 31, 2007
ICLEI, the World Mayors Council on Climate Change (WMCCC) and other strategic local government partners are an integral part [Full]
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Bali2007: ICLEI organizes Local Government Climate Sessions at COP 13
October 24, 2007
ICLEI is organizing, in cooperation with local government and United Nations partners, the ‘Local Government Climate Sessions [Full]
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Opportunity to host the 7th EcoProcura Conference
October 10, 2007
ICLEI invites its European Members to express their interest in hosting an important event on sustainable procurement: [Full]
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