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Assisting municipalities to strengthen climate-responsive planning that contributes to low-carbon, climate-resilient and nature-positive development pathways
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
We provide technical and strategic support to clean and efficient cooking businesses, strengthening products, business models, and access to finance.
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
