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Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to play a key role in helping African cities build resilience, improve governance, and plan for a better future. However, the success of AI depends on how tools are developed and applied.
This week, World Water Week 2026 kicks off under the theme “Water for People and Progress.” At the same time, UNCCD COP17 is bringing global attention to drought management, land resilience and water security. Together, these events reflect water as an increasingly recognised critical thread running through climate action, biodiversity, land management and sustainable development. … Continued
Water security is not simply a technical challenge, it is a governance challenge. That was ICLEI’s central message at the 2nd Stakeholders’ Consultation Meeting for the 11th World Water Forum, in Jeddah, where our Deputy Secretary-General, Kobie Brand, contributed to two sessions of the Forum’s Political Process and our Global Water Coordinator, Anton Earle, engaged … Continued
The project transforms public areas through participatory placemaking, youth empowerment, and tactical urbanism to build resilient, inclusive spaces.
ICLEI Africa at Africa Urban Forum 2 (AUF2) Strengthening our resolve in the pursuit of a thriving urban Africa Reflections from ICLEI Africa’s Sustainable Finance Centre Director, Dr Meggan Spires Africa Urban Forum 2 (AUF2), held earlier this month in Nairobi, Kenya, provided a critical platform to articulate a shared African perspective on sustainable urban … Continued
Noticing change and documenting impact
Supporting the IDRC in telling the cause and effect story of transformative adaptation projects across the Step Change Programme
The African Cities Water Adaptation (ACWA) Platform works to advance urban water resilience in Africa
