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ICLEI member The City of Cape Town will be undertaking a review of its big spend areas to assess where the greatest environmental impact can be achieved. The review will form part of the City’s commitment to increasingly include green procurement criteria into its bid specifications and evaluation for key products and services in an … Continued
The CBC are in the last month before the Biodiversity Summit for Cities and Subnational Governments, please a look at their exciting weekly updates on programme developments, hot topics and Summit information. NOW OPEN FOR COMMENT: Gangwon / Pyeongchang Declaration on Cities and Subnational Governments for Biodiversity The history: At each of the previous biodiversity … Continued
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
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
ICLEI Canada and the Toronto and Region Conservation launch their latest resource on biodiversity, biodiverCities: A Primer on Nature in Cities! With the majority of the world’s population living in urban areas, its time to ask how they can become more livable, sustainable and resilient. biodiverCities explores why biodiversity should be the business of everyone committed … Continued
To sustain ecosystems and biodiversity, we must manage them effectively. But how can we manage, what we cannot measure? Biodiversity data is critical to make informed policies and sound science is necessary for sound decision making. All too often, policymaking is impeded by a lack of adequate and accessible data, exacerbated by poor coordination between countries. … Continued
The Water for Life UN-Water Best Practices Award is now accepting nominations for its 5th edition. The application period is open between 4 July and 15 September 2014. The theme is Water and Sustainable Development, which mirrors that of World Water Day 2015. The Water for Life Best Practices Award aims to acknowledge and promote efforts … Continued
The 2014 Local Action for Biodiversity (LAB) Symposium on BiodiverCities without Boundaries, held from 23 – 25 June, Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei was a resounding success. Hosted by LAB member, the Kaohsiung City Government and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, the LAB Symposium brought together LAB cities from around the world, as well as local and … Continued
On 8 June 2014, people in communities around the globe will celebrate this year’s World Oceans Day with the theme of “Together we have the power to protect the ocean.” Hundreds of events are planned to help people get involved in solutions for a healthy ocean and society – by supporting clean energy choices, trash-free … Continued
The 2014 “Biodiversity Summit for Cities and Sub-National Governments” will be held in parallel with the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) from 12-14 October 2014. The Summit will convene hundreds of representatives from local, regional and national governments to strengthen multi-level cooperation in support … Continued
