AfriAlliance: Africa-EU Innovation Alliance for Water and Climate
ICLEI, through the AfriAlliance project, aims to support existing networks in identifying and sharing social innovations and technological solutions for key water and climate challenges. Capitalising on existing and emerging knowledge and innovation in Africa and the EU, ICLEI supports this process by contributing to the development of a social innovation database for water and […]
African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum
The African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum (ACCSF) draws together the political and technical leaders of the continent’s capital cities to provide a guiding light for how African cities must think about the future and lead sustainability efforts. It facilitates the exchange of knowledge and learning and provides a platform for exploring how to develop truly […]
ICLEI Cities Biodiversity Center
Since 2008, ICLEI’s Cities Biodiversity Center (CBC) has convened successive summits as official parallel events to the Conference on Biological Diversity COP, to enable local and subnational governments engagement. These Summits have resulted in strong political outcomes, including the Quintana Roo (2016) and Sharm El-Sheikh (2018) Communiques, Nagoya Plan of Action on Subnational Governments, Cities […]
CitiesWithNature Partnership Initiative
Through CitiesWithNature (CWN), local and regional governments are able to enhance the potential of nature to provide essential ecosystem services and solutions for the overall health of human habitats and urban areas. Through this platform, cities can engage, connect, learn, share, act, and inspire each other in the way of biodiversity and urban nature. ICLEI […]
Supporting African Cities Development of Climate Action Plans
Through the Supporting African Cities Development of Climate Action Plans (CAPs) project, ICLEI Africa supported Moroni (Comoros) and Nacala (Mozambique) in becoming leading Africa cities in terms of climate mitigation and adaptation action planning as well as supporting these cities with continued compliancy to the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) initiative. […]
Reflecting Cities: Connecting on Sustainability
Through the Reflecting Cities project, ICLEI aims to provide African cities with spaces for reflection to assist them in engaging with the complex urban planning challenges they have identified. The project facilitates a number of exchanges to support urban planners (including representatives from national and local governments) in learning from the experiences of other cities, […]
Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa (Phase III)
The Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa supports Sub-Saharan African cities to tackle the interconnected challenges of climate change and access to sustainable energy. Started in 2015, CoM SSA is the African regional chapter of the Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM), the largest network of cities driving urban climate action. CoM SSA provides broad-scale technical […]
One Planet City Challenge
WWF-SA and ICLEI Africa have partnered on the One Planet City Challenge (OPCC) to assist African districts, metros and municipalities to submit their climate action plans or projects via the CDP ICLEI Unified Reporting System (URS), motivating the need, and highlighting opportunities, for both adaptation and mitigation initiatives at the local level. In addition, ICLEI […]
Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) – Africa
ICLEI is implementing the BEA project Phase 2 in Africa through three initiatives. BEA Africa Regional Network: ICLEI Africa coordinates the Africa Regional Network for BEA where organisations working across Africa on issues of building efficiency share lessons, current practices, and coordinate their work. Through this network, organisations are able to connect and align their […]
Improved Municipal Planning in African CiTies (IMPACT) – for a Climate Resilient Urban Future
Through IMPACT, ICLEI and partners are exploring opportunities to integrate innovative collaboration mechanisms that may prove successful in the implementation of each of the countries Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC), which will lead to climate resilient development at a local level.