The City of Cape Town is proud to announce that its Electricity Savings Campaign was a joint winner in the Eskom eta Awards in the ‘Energy Efficiency Awareness’ category, demonstrating this administration’s commitment to building a sustainable and energy efficient city. The City’s communication campaign aims to guide residents and businesses on a journey to … Continued

Mayor of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, ICLEI Member and recent host of the Local Climate Solutions for Africa (LOCS 2013) Congress, Dr Didas Massaburi was appointed board member of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) at the end of last year. UCLG, like ICLEI, represents and defends the interests of local governments on the world … Continued

The recent Warsaw COP saw important but slow progress towards the goal of effective international climate mitigation policy under the UNFCCC. In the meantime, developing countries continue growing at a level of carbon intensity which the globe cannot sustain. The global window for emissions peaking is narrow, and there is still much work to be … Continued

Food-Water-Energy Nexus approaches to urban planning in the global south