Nationally heritage listed for their unique design, the Adelaide Park Lands consist of 760 hectares of parks, squares and gardens – making them the largest inner urban park system in Australia. The Park Lands contribute to Adelaide consistently being named one of the most liveable cities in the world and provide a space where residents and visitors alike can enjoy healthy and balanced living through sport and exercise, recreation and relaxation.
Read MoreThe slogan “What you can measure, you can manage” has become a guiding principle for local climate action. There’s an accounting standard made for this purpose: the Global Protocol for Community-scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories. Free online CO₂ emissions snapshots for municipalities in Australia, recently launched by Ironbark Sustainability and Beyond Zero Emissions, make the protocol more accessible than ever for local governments and communities that want to know what their emissions are, and what to do about them.
Read MoreMelbourne, 14-15th of February. A string of chattering people streamed up Collins Street from the doors of the Melbourne Town Hall, waiting to enter Australia’s first National Climate Emergency Summit. At the time, over 70 local governments in Australia and 1,350 globally had declared a climate emergency. ICLEI personnel, councils, and representatives from our Regional Executive and Global Executive Committees were present.
Read MoreThe recent catastrophic firestorms engulfing Australian forests, farmlands and communities have been heartbreaking and we at ICLEI extend our condolences to everyone who has lost loved ones or property or businesses. It is also heartbreaking to witness the widespread damage to habitat and wildlife.
Read MoreA new report has shown that if cities can meet their own climate targets they could help to reduce global emissions by 44% by 2030 and 66% by 2050 against a business-as-usual scenario.
Read MoreWith the Chile-Madrid-COP25 concluded, ICLEI Head of Global Policy and Advocacy, Yunus Arikan reflects on the hope and frustration in a CityTalk blog.
Read MoreThe City of Ballarat is leading the way for recycling by removing glass from roadside recycling collection. This is an encouraging to the collapse of recycler SKM Recycling this year, which left dozens of councils stranded with tonnes of waste.
Read MoreOn the 20th November the ICLEI Young Writers Network hosted a dialogue with students and sustainability professionals on the theme of TRANSITIONS. We explored three themes transport, food and energy, using a Finnish format for structure discussion, called Timeout.
Read MoreICLEI’s milestone report, Resilient Cities, Thriving Cities: The Evolution of Urban Resilience tracks ten years of resilience evolution through the lens of the Resilient Cities Congress.
Read MoreNew Zealand passed landmark legislation last Thursday referred to as the Zero Carbon Amendment Bill. The Bill amends New Zealand’s Climate Change Responses Act 2002, legislating New Zealand’s ambition to reduce emissions in line with the Paris Agreements target of 1.5°C.
Read More11,000 scientists have banded together to deliver the World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency.
This solutions-focused report presented 6 critical actions that the world must promptly deliver to avoid “untold suffering due to the climate crisis”.
Read MoreLord Mayor of Hobart, Anna Reynolds delivered a Statement on behalf of all Australian capital cities at the Seoul Mayors Forum last week outlining their commitment to climate and calling for stronger cooperation with the Australian Government. The Lord Mayor also spoke at a high level plenary at the Forum and was interviewed for ICLEI’s CityTalk blog.
Read MoreICLEI Oceania and the Council of Capital City Lord Mayors (CCCLM) are attending the Seoul Mayors’ Forum on Climate Change on 23-25 October. The CCCLM Chair, Lord Mayor of Hobart Anna Reynolds will be presenting at the forum in support of ICLEI’s Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM)
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