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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
GPC 2.0 – an improved harmonized method for measuring cities’ GHG emissions – now open for public comments! Take the first version and make it even more powerful. After a successful nine-month pilot test from May 2013 to January 2014, the improved second version of the Global Protocol for Community-scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GPC 2.0) is … Continued
Consultants and authors are invited to quote to work with ICLEI Africa, Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality and SALGA, through the Urban-LEDS project, to draft a case study on the experiences of project city Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in promoting local small scale embedded renewable energy generation, with brief additional reference to lessons learnt in other … Continued
This week, CDKN and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) have released two publications that highlight the key messages of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report for Africa and South Asia. These succinct guides distil the richest material on climate impacts and trends in these regions, and experiences in adaptation and mitigation, from the Fifth Assessment Report. … Continued
Sustainability, innovation and cost efficiency: taking procurement forward 24-26 September 2014, Ghent, Belgium Register today to secure your place! The EcoProcura 2014 conference is just around the corner and the programme is in the process of being finalised. We are pleased to send Procurement Forum members the detailed Invitation to the conference, which contains all … Continued
Harnessing private sector innovation to solve public sector problems is at the heart of public procurement of innovation (PPI). To reduce the existing knowledge gap on PPI, the EU-funded Public Procurement of Innovation Platform project has launched a comprehensive guide. The guide – available online and in print – is ideal for all stakeholders involved in … Continued
In Working Paper No. 4, CCAPS researchers Dr. Robert Wilson and Todd Smith examine the responses and adaptations to climate change within ten African cities. Download the paper here!
The ability of cities and the way smarter use of land can unlock greater action on climate change now and into the future came to the fore in Bonn as governments work towards a new agreement in Paris in 2015. The positivity around the past two week’s meetings culminated at the close when governments asked that … Continued
The UCGS covers both the “what” and the “how” of local action on climate change. Capturing key information on cities’ climate plans, targets, and projects, it provides the most up-to-date portrait of urban responses to climate change. It is also the first to explore in detail how local government, civil-society, and private sector actors come … Continued
