Mercer’s annual Quality of Living Rankings has placed ICLEI member Durban as South Africa’s highest quality of living city. The Annual rankings cover some 230 other cities and once again this year Vienna came out tops. In recent years Durban has hosted major international conferences, from COP17 in 2011 to hosting a range of games during … Continued

From 25-26 February in Johannesburg, South Africa the first indaba was held by the National Biodiversity & Business Network (NBBN). It discussed ways of mainstreaming biodiversity into business and looked at what is already being done as well as what should be done moving forward. The NBBN was established by the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT), … Continued

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality demonstrates leadership in a Case Study on Small-Scale Embedded Generation using Renewable Energy, while launching its 2012 Greenhouse Gas Inventory. Two complementary pieces of work have just been completed showcasing developments in Urban-LEDS city, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality. Download the case study here. Download the report  hereDownload the infographic hereThe first output lays the foundation for … Continued

ICLEI AS and KwaDukuza Local Municipality teamed up with Barcode Media to produce a marketing video. Watch it here! The video aims to showcase the city’s low carbon vision for 2030, sustainability initiatives and technologies, the attractiveness as a tourism destination and desire of becoming a green investment hub. Watch the video here!

“Urban Natural Assets for Africa Project” (UNA Africa) is facilitated and lead by ICLEI- Local Governments for Sustainability and funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation through SwedBio at Stockholm Resilience Centre. UNA Africa is designed to improve human well-being and contribute to poverty alleviation and building resilience of the urban poor, through building local government … Continued

ICLEI Africa recently participated in an expert workshop around the development of a Green Economy Toolkit, co-ordinated by UNEP and GIZ held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the first week of February 2015. A number of African countries have recognized the potential contribution of Green Economy to sustainable development and have started taking strategic measures at … Continued

A report focusing on the African region and centeres on rainfall, temperatures and extreme weathers has been released by the World Meteorological Orginization is out. AS recent report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) entitled The Climate in Africa: 2013 has been released that the first ever peer-reviewed  comment on African climate conditions. The report was put … Continued

eThekwini Municipality and ICLEI Africa co-host a workshop on the implementation of the Durban Adaptation Charter. eThekwini Municipality, in partnership with ICLEI Africa, are co-hosting the first Southern Africa Regional Technical workshop the on implementation of the Durban Adaptation Charter. Participants from over 55 local governments and from 17 countries attended the workshop. With a clear focus on … Continued

The Resilient Cities Asia Pacific Congress 2015 took place in Bangkok, Thailand on 11-13 February 2015 with the view of providing an Asian-Pacific platform for urban resilience and climate change adaptation. Dialogues are conducted to forge partnerships, with the ultimate goal of identifying implementable solutions and creating lasting impacts for cities in the region. It … Continued

Nelson Mandela Bay (NMBM) is one of eight Metropolitan Municipalities in South Africa and as a growing metro has to deal with the usual teething pains of backlogs in service delivery and a growing informal settlement. In line with proactively planning for a resilient urban future, NMBM is one of the 6 cities actively participating in the … Continued