Celebrating the Success of Earth Hour 2016On Saturday March 19th, during the World Wildlife Fund’s 10th annual Earth Hour event, cities across the globe joined together in turning off their lights to demonstrate the power of united city action against climate change.
Mayors, city networks and urban stakeholders worldwide call for an IPCC Special Report on Cities and Climate ChangeThis call comes days in advance of the IPCC 43rd Session on April 11–13 in Nairobi.
Paradoxes of a Smart City — Part 1: Efficiency Increase vs Absolute ConsumptionPost co-authored by Roman Mendle, ICLEI Smart Cities Program Manager and Bohyun Kim, Junior Officer, ICLEI Smart Cities Team
Mayors of 20 European cities sign a joint letter to proritize the health of citizenshe mayors of 20 European cities have signed a letter published in le Monde on Wednesday 25 March 2016, criticizing the European Union for allowing a loophole in diesel cars’ pollution…
Creating a Common Narrative for Financing a Sustainable Urban FutureBy Mark Watts, Executive Director of C40, Ani Dasgupta, Global Director of WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, and Brandee McHale, President of the Citi Foundation and Director of Corporate Citizenship at Citi
Urban Resilience: From Surviving to ThrivingPost by Laura Kavanaugh, Resilient Cities Team Leader, ICLEI World SecretariatResilience as a concept within the field of environmental sustainability is a relatively new development. Previously, policy makers and…
5 Reasons Why Cities Hold the Key to Delivering Climate SuccessBy Mark Watts, C40 Executive DirectorThe aspiration of the Paris Agreement to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees may one day be recognized as one of the most important goals ever…
Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille on a more ambitious climate change agendaClimate change is one of the most significant challenges facing our planet.At the COP21 climate negotiations in Paris in December, I was invited to participate in a number of…
