ICLEI World Congress 2021-2022

Every three years, ICLEI hosts the ICLEI World Congress to showcase how cities, towns and regions across our network are advancing sustainable urban development worldwide. The ICLEI World Congress connects local and regional governments with their peers and strategic partners, and provides a platform for discussions that will inform and enhance their work.

Guide on Connecting Green Recovery and Resilience in Cities

Funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Resilient Cities Action Package 2021 (ReCAP21) is a partnership between GIZ, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, the Resilient Cities Network, and Cities Alliance. It aims to increase the capacity of selected cities in Rwanda, Bangladesh, and Mauritania for combatting pandemics (including […]

Cities SHIFT: Capacity building and networking for climate- and people-friendly mobility report

Mobility is a prerequisite to social and economic opportunities, making transport development an urgent issue that confronts cities across the world. Cities are increasingly recognizing the need to create a sustainable mobility system, albeit at varying stages of implementation. With the pressing issues of congestion, air pollution, inequality, and climate change, the question is no […]

ICLEI, C40 (2018), Data speak louder than words

In 2015, nations reached a historic global agreement on climate change and made first commitments through the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) which outline their climate action ambition, addressing both climate change mitigation (or low emission development) and adaptation to climate change. However, despite commendable efforts, a sizeable gap still remains between what has been pledged […]

BANKABILITY CHECKLIST

Although there is no commonly approved definition of bankability, this checklist collects the benchmarks funders looks at before financing a climate project.

TAP RESULTS

Descriptive statistics on the results from the Transformative Actions Program Initiative.

From Climate Data to Climate Action: Experiences From The City of Boulder, Colorado, USA

The City of Boulder is taking bold, innovative, and collaborative actions to create systemic change that equitably addresses the global climate crisis and ensures the quality of life in Boulder and beyond. Data analysis, collection, and monitoring provide a basis for Boulder’s Climate Mobilization Action Plan. Boulder is an example of how cities can use […]

Climate Finance Decision Making Tree

This climate finance decision-making tree guides local and regional governments through a series of questions that help them consider different financing tools. Each financing tool is described, including advantages, disadvantages and case study examples. Here is an overview of the decision-making tree and the financing tools available to local and regional governments. This publication was […]