Closing last month’s UN Climate Action Summit, UN, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “You have delivered a boost in momentum, cooperation and ambition. But we have a long way to go... we need more concrete plans, more ambition from more countries and more businesses. We need all financial institutions, public and private, to choose, once and for all, the green economy.”
Read MoreExploring the impacts of climate change on the ocean and cryosphere, the latest IPCC report shows that oceans have never been more significant. The IPCC’s Special Report on Oceans and Cryosphere acknowledges that the ocean and cryosphere are not only connected to ecosystem functioning, food and water security and economics, but are a crucial part of culture and identity. In acknowledging this, the report acknowledges that the ocean and cryosphere changes directly affect each of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Read MoreThis week our Sustainability & Youth Officer, Timothy Shue, attended a special dialogue on youth and climate hosted by the Embassy of Finland in Canberra, coinciding with the EU Climate Diplomacy Week. The ICLEI Young Writers Network was recognised our work improving sustainability research communication of university students. Greta Thunberg’s fiery speech at the UN Climate Summit on 24 September set the backdrop for the discussion.
Read MoreICLEI joined forces with several partner organisations in early September to assist Honiara City Council to plan for disasters and climate change in some of the highest risk settlements in Honiara. These settlements are threatened by frequent flooding, landslides, severe storms, tidal flooding and even tsunamis.
Read MoreOn 23 September 2019, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, hosted the Climate Action Summit with the objective of boosting ambition and rapidly accelerating action to implement the Paris Agreement.
Read MoreFollowing the Climate Action Summit in New York, new reports explore the possibilities and challenges for implementing our vision for a climate-safe future.
Read MoreTo the Members of ICLEI: This past June, many from our network gathered at the 10th Anniversary Resilient Cities Congress. I was delighted to welcome a record number of participating local governments to the Congress in Bonn. We also kicked off the first official high-level dialogues on multilevel action at the mid-year United Nations climate talks.
Read MoreICLEI Global has appointed Mayor Valérie Plante of Montréal as the world’s first Global Ambassador on Local Biodiversity. The science is in - it’s not too late to regenerate biodiversity.
Read MoreAs climate change issues evolve rapidly, is our language able to keep up? Are we doing ourselves and the environment a disservice by using language that is so-2007? On the 20th of August on a calm evening at the University of Melbourne more than 20 students gathered for a two-hour discussion on how climate change language has transformed over the past decade.
Read MoreChristchurch has been crowned New Zealand’s most EV-friendly town at the EVworld NZ Champions Award gala in Auckland this month.
Read MoreHoniara, capital city of the Solomon Islands, is a magnet for people from the outer islands and rural areas. But most of these people are forced to settle in the outer fringes of Honiara, many on the steep hills or along the coast and rivers. They have no formal tenure and often no electricity, water, sanitation or decent road access.
Read MoreHave you ever had to write an urgent email? As a leader communicating deadlines or an employee telling your boss about an important issue, our ability to write with urgency is an important skill and one that we use more often than we may realise.
Read MoreAt times, it can be difficult to understand what a Climate Emergency declaration signifies at a local, state and national government level. This article aims to go some way in clarifying what such a declaration entails and the cost of climate inaction (or action) to us all.
Read MoreClimate leaders from around the country gathered for a Roundtable in Canberra on 6th June to discuss the unity of local government climate action in Australia in meeting the Paris Agreement. The meeting was the second arranged by ICLEI Oceania with support from Canberra Urban & Regional Futures (CURF).
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