Social Implementation Program on Climate Change Adaptation Technology

To assist SI-CAT in its efforts, ICLEI is compiling the best practices in urban resilience and adaptation programs/projects taking place outside of Japan. In 2017-18, ICLEI conducted a set of interviews with local governments worldwide, analyzing those practices and submitted reports which will be used to help researchers and local government officials to further develop […]
NDC Partnership

Building upon ICLEI´s commitment to engage in the NDC Partnership and as the first associate member, ICLEI created a modular approach to addresses the vertical integration of NDC implementation and investment plans, outlining the contribution of local and regional governments in the NDCs. ICLEI’s participation is structured in four parts: coordinating a multilevel action working […]
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 […]
Thermal Decarbonisation Strategies for Urban Transitions

Further disseminate and take up the concept and methods for strategic H&C planning, increase its quality and to push the development and implementation of identified measures. Identify the success factors of strong and efficient existing H&C plans and develop a workflow for strategic H&C planning and project development based on the existing open source tools […]
Operation of the Secretariat of the EU Initiative for Coal, Peat, and Oil Shale Regions in Transition

ICLEI is supporting throughh technical assistance and contribution to the preparation of new tool kits. ICLEI is supporting START technical assistance in selected regions, developing local communication plans, contributing to the preparation of new toolkits, leading communications activities, contributing to the development of the international strategy, and preparing meetings with international partners. ICLEI is also […]
Just Transition Platform

ICLEI supports fossil fuel-producing regions across the EU in achieving a just transition through tailored, needs-oriented assistance and capacity-building. ICLEI provides tailored, needs-oriented assistance and capacity-building to support the transition to a sustainable and climate-neutral economy. The activity will help regions dependent on fossil fuels or carbon-intensive industries to restructure and diversify their economies, maintain […]
GCoM Climate Action Planning Academy

The Climate Action Planning Academy is part of the Pact’s portfolio of activities in partnership with ICLEI South America and aims to train and level up local governments that are signatories to the Global Pact of Mayors for Climate and Energy and other local governments in Latin America . The Academy includes two cycles of […]
Financing Resilient Infrastructure Project

Over the course of 2023, ten Canadian municipalities worked in partnership with ICLEI Canada and Co-operators on the Financing Resilient Infrastructure Project (FRIP). Through FRIP, participating municipalities identified a suite of possible resilient infrastructure projects that private investors could help realize. A core component of FRIP was to connect municipal practitioners with financial experts from […]
ARCH – Advancing Resilience of Historic Areas against Climate-related and other Hazards

ICLEI is responsible for several activities: Disseminate, communicate and exploit project results; Standardisation activities; Establish and maintain a framework to enable co-creation between research partners and city partners; Develop 'state-of-the-art' report on mainstreaming gender in building cultural heritage resilience; Review, map and characterise good practices Europe-wide in regard to making historic areas more resilient. This […]
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 […]