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The coming rise of urban infrastructure: turning infrastructure green
By Andrew M. Deutz, Ph. D., Director, International Government Relations, The Nature Conservancy — There are a handful of truly critical global sustainability challenges that will determine whether or...
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ICLEI’s take on what to expect in 2018: The year for a reality check
Last year ended with a sense that the momentum on sustainable development is durable. It was a hard blow when the U.S. backed out of the Paris Agreement, but the global and U.S. domestic response was...
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Plotting a new course: Towards external financing for nature-based solutions...
By Ingrid Coetzee, Senior Manager, Biodiversity and Nature-based Solutions, ICLEI Cities Biodiversity Center (CBC) and Kobie Brand, Director of the CBC The challenge of rapid urbanization The United...
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Letter from Ashok-Alexander Sridharan Mayor of Bonn and First Vice President...
Dear ICLEI friends and colleagues, Building resilience in our communities plays an important role in the actions we take as local leaders. The global climate is changing quickly, and urban...
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Our digital cities: Open, transparent – but hackable?
Five seconds, a simple laptop, knowing where to look and what to look for. This is what it took to Thomas Stasch, Head of IT-Security and Civitec-CERT at Civitec to do a live demonstration of how...
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Multilevel climate governance: A hot topic for the next decade
The Talanoa Dialogue launched at COP23, the 23rd United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2017, is designed to take stock of and strengthen climate action globally. It also opens the door to a more...
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Resilient Cities 2018: Driving global conversations
Knowledge exchange and technical deep dives are always core elements of the annual Resilient Cities congress. The program is designed for a critical examination of emerging issues in urban resilience...
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Resilient Cities Don’t Fear Rainy Days
Lykke Leonardsen is constantly thinking about rainy days… even when it’s sunny outside. But you really can’t blame her. Ever since Copenhagen’s 100-year storm on July 2 of 2011, which caused major...
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From rubbish to resource: Building resilient urban food systems
by Sophia Rettberg, Resilient Cities 2019 Guest Blogger Food waste is a global issue. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, more than one third of all food worldwide is...
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Thirty-seven mayors commit to collective responsibility for creating...
A record thirty-seven mayors of African capital cities committed to collective responsibility to build sustainable African capital cities at the fifth African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum...
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New report charts the evolution of urban resilience
It’s 2009. The world has failed to reach a meaningful international climate agreement at COP15 in Copenhagen. Despite increased climate action, cities and regions are increasingly feeling the effects...
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Achieving road safety through Vision Zero
By Himanshu Raj, Sustainable Mobility Officer and Dana Vigran, Senior Communications Officer Road traffic injuries are the tenth leading cause of death globally, and the first cause of death for...
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How COVID-19 is affecting the work of local government sustainability officers
Nontsundu Ndonga in uMhlathuze, South Africa, is now requiring all applications to the planning department to be completed online to eliminate the need for in-person consultations. Chris Castro in...
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Urban resilience: Learnings from COVID-19
Written by Olga Chepelianskaia, international sustainability expert and Founder of UNICITI. Natural disasters, economic crises and viral outbreaks have greatly impacted our cities in the past. Today,...
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Collaboration cultivates innovation: How ICLEI Africa and the City of Cape...
In its 30 years of urban sustainability work, ICLEI has partnered closely with many of the world’s cities to form long-standing, mutually supportive relationships. The relationship between the City of...
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With goal of becoming world’s first climate resilient country, Dominica...
Three years ago, the Caribbean island of Dominica was battered by Hurricane Maria’s winds of up to 250 km. Now, the island nation has announced plans to become the world’s first climate resilient...
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Methods and myths of sustainable development
Sustainable isn’t attainable when it comes to urban development and growth. Or at least that’s the prevailing perception many naysayers have, said Carolina Schmidt, Chile’s Minister of Environment...
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Daring Cities closing balances bold initiatives with challenges that lie ahead
Inspiring city initiatives in the fight against climate change have sprung up around the world, from the conversion of former landfill sites into wetlands in Buenos Aires, to Delhi closing its most...
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Framing the future of urban resilience: An interview with Resilient...
Ten years ago, ICLEI launched the first Resilient Cities Congress to respond to a growing and largely unaddressed need of local and regional governments to plan for the uncertain impacts of climate...
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Mussels Farming: The path to cleaner water in Öresund
In Öresund, beneath the surface of the sea, hides northern Europe’s largest mussel bed. This 75 square kilometer area is covered with millions of mussels. However, the most impressive part isn’t the...
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