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
Inclusive cities
Gender and equity at the heart of sustainable urban development
ICLEI supports local and regional governments to embed gender equity across sustainable development pathways, from economic empowerment and leadership participation to gender-responsive data, planning, and climate action.
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Malmö Commitment on Inclusive and Equitable Communities
The Malmö Commitment on Inclusive and Equitable Communities was launched during the ICLEI World Con...
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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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Enhancing Local Capacities in Socially Inclusive Resilience in Asia (SIRA)
Climate change is one of the major threats to sustainable urban development in Asia, given the high ...
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INCLU:DE
The project is an innovative initiative to mainstream social equity into climate policies in the Ger...
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Capacity-building Programme on Gender-responsive Approach for Local Biodiversity Action
Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and its subsequent decisions indicates gender-responsive approac...
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InsuResilience Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Gender-smart Solutions Technical Advisory Facility
Given the forecasted consequences of climate change, which are expected to force an estimated 132 mi...
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BRokering Innovation for Decentralised climate finance & Gender Equality
Currently, climate finance does not flow to where it is needed most, where the impacts of climate ch...
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The Centrality of Power and Networks in Co-producing Urban Resilience: Piloting Proposed Decision Support Framework with emphasis on Gender, Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) in Durban, South Africa
African coastal cities, particularly informal settlements, face significant challenges in building ...
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(S²City) Safe And Sound City Program
Young people in urban LMIC are facing new and unprecedented levels of safety risk. Urbanisation, mig...
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Designing Inclusive African Coastal City Resilience
African coastal cities, particularly informal settlements, face significant challenges in building c...
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2024 Integrating Equity into Climate Change Webinar Series
It is crucial for climate projects to consider equity impacts and serve communities who are in most ...
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Climate Equity – Community Driven Climate Action Planning
The City of Los Angeles (City) Bureau of Sanitation (LASAN) is continuing its work to develop its Cl...
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Fair Local Green Deals
Local Green Deals are the local response to the European Green Deal. They aim at turning climate and...
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Member Integrated Climate Action Planning Cohort
This cohort was created to support communities in developing a climate action plan that includes ada...
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Supporting a Just Transition to a low-carbon and resilient economy in the Steve Tshwete Local Municipality
Steve Tshwete Local Municipality, situated in South Africa's coal belt, faces challenges in transiti...
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Just Transition Platform
1. The activity is needed to support EU Member States and regions in unlocking the support available...
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Understanding vulnerabilities
Building resilience in coastal cities
Extreme weather is intensifying, placing coastal cities on the frontlines of climate emergency response. ICLEI is committed to supporting coastal local and regional governments through community-led solutions and collaboration that strengthen resilience and protect livelihoods. In the lead-up to Climate COP31, global attention will turn to the Pacific, with key pre-COP meetings hosted in Fiji and Tuvalu highlighting the urgent realities facing island and coastal communities.
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Blue-Green Development in Kiribati: Sustainable community-based development for climate and pandemic resilience
Focusing on Kiribati, the project builds resilience to common challenges faced by Small Island Devel...
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Frontline Cities and Islands 2.0
Many island urban settlements are growing rapidly but climate change and increasingly frequent disas...
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Pacific Resilience Fiji
The Pacific islands are very vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and natural disasters. Whil...
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Designing Inclusive African Coastal City Resilience
African coastal cities, particularly informal settlements, face significant challenges in building c...
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World Coastal Forum
Coastal wetlands and ecologically associated habitats, are of critical importance as nature-based so...
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Adapting to Climate Change and enhancing Resilience
The impacts of climate change are already a measurable reality and if not addressed head-on immediat...
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Pacific North Shore and Sunshine Coast Collaborative
Coastal flooding and rising sea levels know no boundaries, with the challenges faced by one communit...
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Asia-Pacific Low-Emission City Series 2019
Taiwan's corporate sustainability breaks through on the international stage! Domestic industry, ...
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Making Cities Resilient 2030 Pacific
UNDRR launched the new MCR 2030 program early in 2021. The Pacific Office of UNDRR then engaged ICL...
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Featured city
Chefchaouen, Morocco
An ICLEI Member since 2019, Chefchaouen, Morocco, is known as the Blue Pearl for its striking blue-washed streets and homes. Standing out as a highly engaged city in both local and international sustainability efforts, Chefchaouen has advanced an ambitious vision for sustainable development through action on renewable energy, e-mobility, waste management, biodiversity, and ecotourism, while also sharing its experience through city networks and global exchanges. Across the ICLEI network, Chefchaouen contributes to international dialogue on sustainable urban development, and helps strengthen cooperation among cities in Morocco, Africa, and beyond.
Morocco Urban Circular Water Resilience Initiative
Morocco is a water-scarce country. Amidst a changing climate, this is likely to become increasingly…
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