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The University of West England, in partnership with Monash University, South Africa and the University of Arizona, USA, established the Integrated Water Security Network (IWSN) in 2013. The network aims to foster collaborative efforts towards issues relating to water security. The official launch of the Southern Africa node of the network took place on 16 … Continued
Nominations are currently being sent in for the new ICLEI Africa Committee, from locally-elected leaders across Africa. From the end of next week, the voting platform will be open, for ICLEI member cities to vote for the local government heads to serve on the Committee. It is our pleasure to inform all ICLEI members that the … Continued
The database identifies sustainable energy projects that have been implemented in the Western Cape to date, and how these have been implemented. The database identifies sustainable energy projects that have been implemented in the Western Cape to date, and how these have been implemented. The database aims to share information and lessons learnt in order to … 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
Scientists, corporate leaders, military strategists, financial analysts, and sustainability and conservation experts have all hailed a briefing series focusing on the implications of climate change for cities and various sectors. Comprising the series are 13 briefings based on the Fifth Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and compiled by the University of Cambridge Institute for … Continued
On 25 August 2014, ICLEI Member City Cape Town unveiled South Africa’s first green taxi rank. It operates entirely off the electricity grid, as it generates its own electricity, and it derives all the facility’s water (besides drinking water) from rooftop rainwater harvesting and recycling. As a transport facility, the Wallacedene taxi rank is unique, … Continued
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.