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
multilevel action for stronger national climate plans
The road to COP30 and beyond
ICLEI stands ready to work with Parties so that, by the time the IPCC Special Report on Cities is released in 2027, local and subnational leadership is fully embedded in global decision-making, finance and accountability.
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Local Governments and Municipal Authorities Constituency
Despite being on the frontlines of climate impacts and responsible for a significant share of emissi...
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Town Hall COP Initiative
Every year, national governments from all over the world gather to discuss their climate goals and a...
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Daring Cities 2025
The climate leadership gap following COP29 has made local and regional governments more essential th...
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CHAMP: Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnership for Climate Action
As the world grapples with the harsh reality of falling off the Paris Agreement track, the COP28 Coa...
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Engagement and promotion of East Asian Local Governments’ climate actions at UNFCCC COP30
The UNFCCC COP is the leading global platform for advancing climate strategies and fostering collabo...
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World Local Government Climate Summit
As countries are expected to update their greenhouse gas reduction targets in 2025 under the Paris A...
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Circular Development
Cities at the center of the circular economy transition
ICLEI supports local and regional governments in advancing the circular economy through tools, guidance and global platforms that turn principles into action. Through ICLEI Circulars and local partnerships, cities are cutting waste, saving resources and building resilient economies.
As Global Plastics Treaty negotiations (INC-5.3) continue in 2026, ICLEI and its partners are pushing—via the Local and Subnational Governments Coalition to End Plastic Pollution—for stronger recognition, resources and decision-making power for cities and regions, where implementation happens.
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Circular City Labs – Testing reusable packaging systems in cities
The Circular City Labs (CCL) project aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through waste pre...
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Local and Subnational Governments Coalition to End Plastic Pollution
The rapidly increasing levels of plastic pollution represent a serious global environmental issue th...
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Global Local Government Forum in Conjunction with Global Plastic Treart INC-5
ICLEI Korea Office and the World Secretariat hosted a forum in conjunction with INC-5 to support The...
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Towards circular economy in the plastic packaging value chain
Plastics production has surged over the past 50 years, from 15 million tonnes in 1964 to 311 million...
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Accelerating NDC through Circular Economy in Cities – ACE Project: Development of a National Circular Economy Framework
Waste management remains to be a primary and persistent concern in the Philippines. Some of the fact...
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Circular Biocarbon
CIRCULAR BIOCARBON is a first-of-its-kind flagship biorefinery conceived to valorise organic fractio...
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REDOL: Aragon’s REgional Hub for circularity: Demonstration Of Local industrial-urban symbiosis initiatives
The bulk of solid urban waste (SUW), which includes product packaging, clothing, furniture, applianc...
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Development of Holistic Strategy and Action Plan for Plastic Waste Management in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
Plastic waste management is a deep rooted urban problem. Telangana state government along with Great...
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PlastiCircle
In the European Union, around 25.8 million tonnes of plastic waste is produced each year. Not even...
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Circular City Labs
This type of project is developed in response to the need to transition from a linear economic model...
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Circularity Leading Cities Action for Sustainable Development
In response to the growing importance of the circular economy, ICLEI Korea established C-LEAD, an ac...
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Hubs for Circularity European Community of Practice
1. The project is needed to develop a European Community of Practice (ECoP) for Hubs for Circularity...
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Public-Private Partnerships for advancing circularity
The circular economy minimizes waste and regenerates natural systems by keeping materials in continu...
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Circular Turku
The project aims to design a regional roadmap to operationalize circularity in the Turku region with...
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Accelerating Circular Economy in Africa
The rationale for the project is as follows: -Limited skills and technical resources: Start-ups and ...
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Circular Turku: Regional Collaboration for Resource Wisdom
The current linear economy relies on intensive resource extraction where the majority of materials a...
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CityLoops – Closing the loop for urban material flows
Construction and demolition waste (CDW) – including soil – and organic waste (OW) are two of the...
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Featured city
Malmö, Sweden
An ICLEI Member since 1998, the city was the first in Sweden to publicly commit to implementing the SDGs, integrating all goals into its governance and management systems.
Under the leadership of Mayor Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, who currently serves as ICLEI President, the city hosted the ICLEI World Congress in 2022 and, together with ICLEI, launched the Malmö Commitment—placing social equity at the heart of all sustainability policies and inspiring 20 additional cities to join the journey.
Malmö Commitment on Inclusive and Equitable Communities
The Malmö Commitment on Inclusive and Equitable Communities was launched during the ICLEI World Congress…
ICLEI World Congress 2021-2022
ICLEI World Congress showcases how cities, towns and regions across our network are advancing sustainable…
Adaptation AGORA – A Gathering place to cO-design and co-cReate Adaptatio
The EU-Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change calls for collaborative action and innovative ways to…
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