Solutions Gateway
ICLEI provides detailed guidance and practice-oriented resources to technical staff through an open access, online, low emission development platform. The Solutions Gateway is an online resource platform for local and regional governments where they will be able to find relevant Low Emissions Development (LED) Solutions for their cities. The platform contains sectoral and cross-sectoral packages […]
Transformative Actions Program
The Transformative Actions Program (TAP) provides a framework for this by connecting transformative local climate projects with project preparation facilities (PPFs) and tools that improve project bankability. Projects in the pipeline are screened based on their transformative impact which ensures their enduring potential. ICLEI develops partnerships that connect the goals of diverse stakeholders into one […]
City Climate Planner Program
The City Climate Planner program ensures urban professionals are equipped to support local climate action planning, including developing greenhouse gas (GHG) emission inventories; climate action planning (low emission development planning); and climate adaptation planning. These efforts are essential building blocks of local planning and policy development efforts of local governments in addressing climate change. The […]
Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy
ICLEI provides technical guidance by participating in GCoM’s technical working groups, which address mitigation and adaptation in specific data-related sub-groups, including Emissions and Targets; Climate Action Planning; Resilience; and Access to Energy. ICLEI also participates in non-data related groups, including Access to Finance; Governance and Regional Coherence; Research; and Communications. ICLEI has a representative in […]
Transformative Initiative: Strengthening local fresh food markets for healthier food environments within planetary boundaries
Funded by GIZ, this project – coordinated by ICLEI’s Global CityFood Program – aims to leverage the potential of fresh food markets to empower citizens to shift to healthier and more diversified nutrition, while improving urban food environments. While implementation will focus on two African cities – Lusaka (Zambia) and Lilongwe (Malawi) – ICLEI also […]
carbonn Climate Registry / CDP-ICLEI Unified Reporting System
Starting in 2019, local and regional governments are – for the first time – reporting climate action data through one unified reporting system. They give their permission to both CDP and ICLEI to use their publicly reported data and receive in return the support of both organizations. ICLEI uses this data to inform research and […]
Global Climate City Challenge
The Global Climate City Challenge is part of a new partnership under the umbrella of Global Urbis, an ambitious global initiative announced during the One Planet Summit in Paris in December 2017, that provides cities and local governments around the world with technical assistance and financing for climate action. The Challenge is a collaboration between […]
TUMI Network of High Ambition Leaders
We engage in the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI) to advance sustainable urban mobility in developing countries and emerging economies with a special focus on cities in Africa by city-to-city exchange, business to government dialogues, webinar and workshops.
INTERACT BIO – Integrated Action on Biodiversity
The goal of this project is to mainstream biodiversity, nature-based solutions and ecosystem management, seek recognition for these as cross-sectoral tasks and integrating them in subnational Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans and sector plans in three model city-regions. ICLEI launched the five-year INTERACT-Bio project in three Global South countries: Brazil, India and Tanzania. ICLEI is […]
Understanding Innovative Initiatives for Governing Food, Water and Energy Nexus in Cities
Using empirical research, ICLEI is developing a framework and tools to assess changes in food-water-energy nexus, their related trade-offs and the building of innovative capabilities in cities for developing innovative solutions to the food, water and energy nexus and manage green and blue infrastructure at the urban level. These frameworks and tools aim to guide […]