ICLEI launches the Interact-Bio Biodiversity Financing Toolkit
This new release includes a Guide to Biodiversity Financing for Cities and Regions, a Catalog of Financing and Technical Assistance Opportunities for 2023 - 2024 and a Biodiversity finance decision-making tree
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Statement from the ICLEI Secretary General on current draft of COP28 Global Stocktake Outcomes
On 9 December, the Parties released the currently negotiated Global Stocktake text. Read the Statement by ICLEI Secretary General Gino Van Begin
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Local and regional governments headline second Ministerial Meeting on Urbanization and Climate Change at COP28
The Ministerial Meeting convened more than 1000 attendees, including 40 Ministers and more than 200 subnational leaders in collaboration with the Local Governments and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) Constituency to the UNFCCC
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Local youth voices going global: Uganda’s youth-led stocktake
Three local stocktakes were led by youth from Africa in Accra, Ghana; Nairobi, Kenya and Kampala, Uganda as an official contribution to the first Global Stocktake
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Statement from ICLEI Leadership on COP28’s Coalition for High Ambition Multi-level Partnerships (CHAMP)
Announced on 1 December at COP28, this initiative fosters collaboration between national, regional, and local governments in raising their national climate ambition and fast-track implementation
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ICLEI and UNCDF launch the City Bridge Facility at COP28
The Facility aims to address the local infrastructure financing gap, particularly in secondary cities of Least Developed Countries
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ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability is a global network of more than 2500 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development. Active in 125+ countries, we influence sustainability policy and drive local action for low emission, nature-based, equitable, resilient and circular development. Our Members and team of experts work together through peer exchange, partnerships and capacity building to create systemic change for urban sustainability.
2500+
Cities towns & regions
25+
% Global urban population
125+
Countries worldwide
20+
% Global population
WHO WE ARE
Our network in numbers
Local and regional governments across the ICLEI network represent a diversity of cities, towns and regions. Collectively, they form a dynamic force advancing sustainable urban development worldwide.
Our network
FEATURED CITY
Izmir, Türkiye
The third largest city in Türkiye with 4.4 million inhabitants, Izmir is an ICLEI Member since 2019. The city is wholeheartedly committed to forging a more sustainable, resilient, and livable urban environment. Anchored by strategic initiatives like the recently launched Climate Resilience for Communities Project, the municipality is actively engaged in curbing greenhouse gas emissions, enhancing climate resilience, and mitigating various hazards.
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OUR MISSION
Building a sustainable urban world
The ICLEI Malmö Commitment and Strategic Vision 2021-2027 outlines our new vision for how the ICLEI network will advance sustainable urban development worldwide.
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