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This week, World Water Week 2026 kicks off under the theme “Water for People and Progress.” At the same time, UNCCD COP17 is bringing global attention to drought management, land resilience and water security. Together, these events reflect water as an increasingly recognised critical thread running through climate action, biodiversity, land management and sustainable development. … Continued
At Innovate4Cities2026, ICLEI Africa’s delegation emphasised a simple but critical point: climate ambition must translate into tangible implementation and on-the-ground impact in cities and communities. With less than 17% of global climate finance reaching the local level, the missing link in today’s climate finance architecture isn’t just more finance, it’s quality finance that matches local … Continued
Water security is not simply a technical challenge, it is a governance challenge. That was ICLEI’s central message at the 2nd Stakeholders’ Consultation Meeting for the 11th World Water Forum, in Jeddah, where our Deputy Secretary-General, Kobie Brand, contributed to two sessions of the Forum’s Political Process and our Global Water Coordinator, Anton Earle, engaged … Continued
How can a tourism-dependent city grow while protecting the natural ecosystems on which its economy depends?
At the end of May, leaders from across Africa’s five continental regions gathered at the ICLEI Africa offices in Cape Town for the Continental Policy Dialogue and Vision Leaders’ Engagement on Urban Resilience in Africa. This three-day dialogue was hosted by ICLEI Africa in partnership with the African Union Commission and GIZ’s Resilience Initiative Africa. … Continued
The Continental Policy Dialogue and Vision Leaders’ Engagement on Urban Resilience in Africa brought together governors, mayors, leaders, academia and development partners from across the continent to collectively shape a shared vision and action agenda for urban resilience in Africa. Hosted by ICLEI Africa, in partnership with the African Union Commission and GIZ’s Resilience Initiative … Continued
Earlier this month, ICLEI Africa and NYU’s Urban Systems Lab (USL) hosted two hands-on workshops in Cape Town, South Africa and Cape Coast, Ghana to test and validate the ClimateIQ tool as part of the CO-AI project. Developed by USL with support from Google.org, ClimateIQ uses machine learning to map heat and flooding risks with … Continued
In a significant step toward saving lives in flood-prone urban communities, the INACCT Resilience project launched a flood preparedness video designed specifically for informal settlements in coastal African cities. The video was launched during an in-person training session hosted by ICLEI Africa in Durban, South Africa, where over 100 community members from Pholani Informal Settlement … Continued
Africa Urban Forum 2 (AUF2), held from 8 to 10 April in Nairobi, Kenya, provided a critical platform to articulate a shared African perspective on sustainable urban development. Convened under the theme “Adequate Housing for All: Advancing Socioeconomic and Environmental Transformation towards the Realisation of Agenda 2063,” the Forum offered a timely opportunity to elevate … Continued
On World Health Day 2026, as the global community recommits to Universal Health Coverage (UHC), one reality is becoming increasingly clear: the future of health is urban. Today, more than 55% of the world’s population, over 4.5 billion people, live in cities. By 2050, that figure will rise to nearly 70%, adding another 2.5 billion … Continued
