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18.04.2013

UNEP new report puts cities in the limelight of sustainable development

With the proportion of the global population living in the urban areas sets to rise to 70% by 2050, cities worldwide are catching up to build infrastructures – 60% of which are yet to be built - to meet today’s challenges and future’s demands amid...

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NEWS

17.04.2013 Kumamoto’s ‘Project to flood’ wins UN-Water Award

16.04.2013 IGES-ICLEI Japan kicks off new research collaboration on Sustainable Cities

15.04.2013 SuperCities to shape future urban infrastructure

15.04.2013 Vitoria-Gasteiz integrates resilience into urban planning

15.04.2013 ICLEI leads national-subnational integration in Low Emission Development

BLOG

05.03.2013

New ICLEI website launched

ICLEI’s recently launched website boasts of a slick and interactive design, a user-friendly architecture and a powerful search engine that...

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20.11.2012

Novel ways to incorporate stakeholders into adaptation planning

It is common knowledge by now that adaptation to climate change is only possible if a wide range of society engages itself into the process...

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NEW PUBLICATIONS

07.11.2012

The Economy of Green Cities

Bringing together 35 contributions from over 60 experts from research, the private sector, international organizations and local...

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07.11.2012

Case studies on Renewable Energy at the local level

IRENA and ICLEI collaborated to produce seven case studies to present different policy tools for local governments to harvest the renewable...

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Events

08.04.2013 - 12.04.2013 Global Town Hall @ Metropolitan Solutions

17.04.2013 - 19.04.2013 7th European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns

31.05.2013 - 02.06.2013 Resilient Cities 2013

01.09.2013 - 04.09.2013 EcoMobility Congress 2013

01.09.2013 - 30.09.2013 EcoMobility World Festival 2013

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ICLEI accelerates action

Local government and city leaders are not waiting for action - they are early movers, shakers, adopters of sustainable change.

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ICLEI - Advocacy
ICLEI President David Cadman urges the global sustainability community to
recognize the role of cities in sustainable development.
ACCELERATING ACTION
ICLEI accelerates action and strengthens its base in East Asia through
the opening of the Korea office.
AGENDA: Smart Urban Infrastructure
Buses running on hydrogen

ICLEI serves as a gateway to solutions

Together with leading global partners, ICLEI builds local government capacity on sustainability in the areas of science, networking, technical support policy and communications.