OUR IMPACT
How ICLEI is working across the globe
Every year, ICLEI’s works on hundreds of activities with thousands of cities, towns and regions around the globe
Search our activitiesOur activities and action plan
Every three years, ICLEI commits to a Strategic Vision. Our action plan of hundreds of activities around the world gives a roadmap for how we will fulfill this vision.
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WHAT WE DO
ICLEI's network of impact
ICLEI is engaged in hundreds of activities in more than 2,500 cities, towns and regions worldwide. Our activities, guided by five interconnected pathways, are designed to facilitate integrated sustainable urban development.
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ICLEI in numbers
Our Impact
465+
global activities
2500+
local & regional governments involved
1200+
local & regional governments reporting climate actions
560+
jurisdictions committed to climate action by 2030
Bridging the gap
Climate Finance
Access to climate finance remains one of the biggest challenges for local and regional governments, with a growing gap between available funding and the resources cities need to act on climate. Through initiatives like the Transformative Actions Program (TAP), ICLEI helps bridge this gap by supporting cities in developing investment-ready projects that meet investor requirements, offering technical support, capacity-building, and access to funding partners.
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Transformative Actions Program
Institutional investors, national governments, and local communities are all orienting their policie...
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Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance
Trillions of dollars will be required to help cities build the low-emissions, resilient infrastructu...
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Urban Infrastructure Insurance Facility
The Project concerns insurance protection against natural hazards for cities in Latin America. The o...
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Cost of Doing Nothing
When investing in climate action, local decision makers need to weigh the costs of action versus ina...
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RISE Africa
Despite abundant ideas, concepts and committed stakeholders, we still face many barriers to action f...
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Moving in the right direction
Sustainable Mobility
ICLEI supports cities in creating sustainable, people-centered mobility systems that are safe, accessible, and zero-emission. Our work promotes walking, cycling, public transport, low-emission freight, and emerging mobility solutions.
We address the links between transport and climate, public health, and equity, while also helping local governments navigate mobility trends like electrification and shared mobility to create more livable, inclusive cities.
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SPARK: Sparking active mobility actions for climate-friendly cities
Due to growing urbanization, economy and motorization, the GHG emissions from the transport sector i...
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Sparking active mobility actions for climate-friendly cities
Walking and cycling are often overlooked in city planning despite their growing importance as the mo...
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EcoLogistics – Low Carbon Freight for Sustainable Cities
Globally, urban freight represents up to 25 percent of urban vehicles, occupies 40 percent of motori...
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Trans-Safe
Africa is the continent with the most road crash fatalities and injuries despite being the least mot...
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Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative
The TUMI E-Bus Mission City Network represents the inaugural global city learning network specifical...
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EcoLogistics in East Asia: the Next Frontier of Sustainability Mobility
East Asian cities are among the fastest-growing regions for e-commerce uptake with the broad penetra...
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EcoLogistics Community
Taoyuan City is the national leading logistics hub and its comprehensive logistics industry brings e...
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Accelerating transitions to zero carbon sustainable urban mobility systems
Cities are facing unprecedented challenges, in Europe and globally. Building capacity and technical ...
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FastTrack – Fostering the Acceleration of Sustainable Transport To Regions and Authorities through Capacity and Knowledge
The overall goal of FastTrack is helping local authorities to achieve climate-resilience through inn...
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International Smart and Sustainable Transport Workshop
EcoMobility is a term used to describe travel through integrated, socially inclusive, and environmen...
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Supporting Himachal Pradesh to improve cities readiness and capacity to accelerate E- mobility Adoption at local level
E-vehicles are gaining increasing popularity in India, but local and regional governments do not hav...
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TUMI Network of High Ambition Leaders
All around the world urban leaders, transport experts, planners or students strive to transform mobi...
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SUMP-PLUS – Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning: Pathways and Links to Urban Systems
CIVITAS ‘SUMP-PLUS’ is a Research and Innovation Actions project, designed to address urban mobi...
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GreenCharge
GreenCharge will empower cities and municipalities to make the transition as to zero-emission/sustai...
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EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK
The EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK campaign provides an opportunity for local and regional governments to pres...
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European Mobility Week in Korea
The European Mobility Week (EMW) project guides and aggregates volunteer local action for EcoMobilit...
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Featured city
Izmir, Türkyie
As Türkiye’s third-largest city, Izmir is stepping up to meet the climate crisis with bold action and strong partnerships. ICLEI Member since 2019, the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality is advancing sustainability through plans like its Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan (SECAP) and Green City Action Plan (GCAP). Facing growing risks from flooding, extreme heat, and rising sea levels, Izmir has been the first city in Türkiye to launch a community-focused resilience initiative under the Z Zurich Foundation’s Urban Climate Resilience Program, in partnership with ICLEI. In 2025, Izmir is one of the first cities worldwide to organize a Town Hall COP, a community-led climate dialogue inspired by the structure of international UN Climate Change Conferences (COPs), designed to bring global climate goals home.
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Climate Resilience for Communities Project
Dual challenges of flooding and heatwave events present significant threats to community well-being ...
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carbonn Climate Registry / CDP-ICLEI Unified Reporting System
Local and regional governments can’t manage what they don’t measure. The climate reporting proce...
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Global Protocol for Community Scale GHG Emissions inventories
The further enhancement and development of the GPC responds to the needs of local governments in str...
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CitiesWithNature Partnership Initiative
The current moment is characterized by unprecedented urban growth resulting in a diminishing natural...
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Our five pathways
How we are working across the five pathways
With more than 2500 cities, towns and regions from around the world engaged in our work, ICLEI is the largest network of local and regional governments committed to sustainability