The Importance of City Climate Action in 2016

The role of cities in the fight against climate change was at the forefront of the COP21 as over four hundred mayors descended on Paris City Hall for the Climate Summit for Local Leaders. That’s because city-led local climate action can make a real…

The Sustainable Development Goals: What Local governments need to know

UCLG explains why all 17…

Paradoxes of a Smart City — Part 1: Efficiency Increase vs Absolute Consumption

Post co-authored by Roman Mendle, ICLEI Smart Cities Program Manager and Bohyun Kim, Junior Officer, ICLEI Smart Cities Team

Urban Resilience: From Surviving to Thriving

Post by Laura Kavanaugh, Resilient Cities Team Leader, ICLEI World Secretariat

Resilience as a concept within the field of environmental sustainability is a relatively new development. Previously, policy makers and…

How to Close the Gap between Finance and Urban Climate Action

08.03.2016

Local governments will be crucial in keeping the world on a global development pathway that limits the increase in global temperatures to 2 degrees Celsius (°C) above pre-industrial…