Water Security Strategy for the City of Johannesburg
ICLEI Africa is developing a Water Security Strategy with the City of Joburg through the following steps: Desktop research to understand the current water system, strategic intervention points and ongoing water-related initiatives and projects Baseline workshopping with stakeholders in and around Johannesburg to benchmark the city as a Water Sensitive City using the 34 indicators […]
African Mobility Month
In order for national and local governments to better appreciate the need for safe walking and cycling facilities, Africa’s urban citizens need to challenge the widely held assumption that they all wish to drive cars by showing their support for walking and cycling. Various local initiatives around the continent (such as car-free days, place making, […]
Enabling African Cities for Transformative Energy Access (ENACT)
The ENACT project aims to create a conducive enabling environment to improve energy security in Africa (more specifically Uganda and Sierra Leone)’s urban areas with focus on the urban poor, by introducing market-led interventions for energy access. Through this project, ICLEI Africa’s team will contribute to creating suitable conditions for local governments to engage with […]
Supporting a Just Transition to a Low-Carbon and Resilient Economy in Steve Tshwete Local Municipality
ICLEI is supporting the city to plan for their Just Transition journey through action planning and unlocking finance. ICLEI will review Steve Tshwete's policies and support the development of a roadmap which includes strategies and actions for the Just Transition at the local level. In addition, the project will package and prepare Just Transition projects […]
Promoting climate action through an inclusive, integrated and sustainable metropolitan mobility system in Maputo
UN Habitat request ICLEI Africa as an Implementing Partner to support the implementation of the project ‘Promoting climate action through an inclusive, integrated and sustainable metropolitan mobility system in the Maputo Metropolitan Area’ by developing a joint Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Action Plan (SEACAP) for the Maputo Metropolitan Area (MMA). ICLEI Africa is following […]
Transforming Africa’s urban food environments through strengthening linkages between food system stakeholders
The project aims to improve food security and urban sustainability in African cities by: Applying an urban food systems lens to promote shifts to healthy, sustainable diets; Transforming urban food environments through real-world socio-technical experiments; Promoting inclusive multi-actor governance to empower public officials, small businesses and communities with ownership and agency to shape their food […]
Scaling up and Empowering Movements for Climate Change Advocacy
Through the SEMCCA programme, ICLEI aims to foster a strong and effective collaboration between people-powered community and civil society groups and their local governments, thereby enabling a robust and strategic collective movement for action. ICLEI supports the development of enabling conditions for revitalised civic and social participation, through designing and implementing tailored approaches, within a […]
BRokering Innovation for Decentralised climate finance & Gender Equality
ICLEI Africa is leading the implementation of the BRIDGE project working closely with FEICOM and the University of Yaoundé 1. The methodology used includes: Organising inclusive Learning Labs Deploying a suite of interactive activities and engagement methodologies Undertaking in-person and virtual facilitation of pre-developed interactive online courses, which can be tailored for BRIDGE The project […]
Making Cities Resilient: Supporting Cities in Uganda towards the Development of Local Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDDR) has been promoting Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) as well as the ‘Making Cities Resilient’ Campaign (MCR) with the aim of strengthening the capacity of cities and local governments in DRR and the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Action. ICLEI Africa was appointed to provide technical […]
Disaster Risk Reduction: A Resilience Agenda for Urban Africa
The DRR4Africa project seeks to improve resilience and safety from climate-induced disasters across three African cities, as the epicentres of localised climate impacts. Utilising WRP and additional data emerging from project learning labs, DRR4Africa will support the cities of Lusaka, Cape Coast and Port-Louis in undertaking a baseline risk assessment, through the Making Cities Resilient […]