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The Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities challenge 2014 has officially opened and applications will be accepted from cities that are adopting sustainable policies. The Rockefeller Foundation has identified increasing urbanisation and the increasing frequency and intensity of natural disasters as the biggest threats to resiliency. 75 per cent of the world’s population is expected to … Continued
The City of Cape Town has set itself a target of sourcing 10% of its electricity from renewable energy resources by 2020 and the roll-out of the small-scale embedded generation tariff supports this goal. ‘Simply put, those residents and businesses that generate their own electricity through alternative renewable energy resources will soon have the option … Continued
Each year Earth Overshoot Day is observed; a day that marks the date when Earth has used up its yearly resources and that date this year is August 19. In less than eight months Earth has managed to use up an entire year’s worth of environmental resources and each year it is happening sooner. This … Continued
Welcome to our August 2014 newsletter! Here we shall update you with exciting developments from projects across Africa. These highlight different aspects of our work, ranging from resources, approaches, cycles, and processes involved in realizing the vision of a sustainable future.
Globally 2.6 billion people lack access to basic sanitation. In addition, approximately 200 million people per year are victims of disasters which impede access to existing sanitation facilities. As the sphere of government closest to the people, local governments are often responsible not only for sanitation service delivery, but also the first line of response … Continued
Buy the State of African Cities now! Limited supply! The African continent is currently in the midst of simultaneously unfolding and highly significant demographic, economic, technological, environmental, urban and socio-political transitions. Africa’s economic performance is promising, with booming cities supporting growing middle classes and creating sizable consumer markets. But despite significant overall growth, not all of … Continued
ICLEI Africa, GIZ and the Kindondoni Municipality held a showday and final workshop for the Urban Nexus pilot project in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania this week. The project titled “Operationalisation of the Urban Nexus in Metropolitan regions” is a two-country pilot in Tanzania and India, with a global study and review of methods for implementing … Continued
Today announces the Semi-Finalists for the following contests, as selected by the Judges to advance to the next round of review. Semi-finalists proposals were rated on five criteria; novelty, workability, effectiveness, thoroughness, and presentation on how to tackle pressing climate change-related issues. ICLEI’s proposal was for Urban Resilience. Semi-Finalists are displayed on the contest’s homepage below: … Continued
KwaDukuza Municipality, in collaboration with ICLEI Africa through the Urban-LEDS project, recently conducted a training session with KwaDukuza Environmental Ward Forum members to build their skills, knowledge and capacity so they can champion the rollout of an exciting new initiative, and be the community trainers in the next phase of the project. The purpose of the … Continued
KwaDukuza Municipality worked collaboratively with ICLEI Africa staff and local stakeholders to identify new and existing projects, policies and actions to help it transition to its low-emission 2030 vision. The vision and six key transition areas were developed in a recent collaborative scenario planning process which was creatively shared with the local community. Over the course of one and … Continued