71 Good Practice Cases for Socially Responsible Public Procurement

Written by ICLEI and AEIDL, with the support of Public Procurement Analysis, Dialog Makarna and Social Economy Europe, the report ‘Making Socially Responsible Public Procurement Work: 71 good practice cases’ aims to inspire public buyers around Europe to buy social.

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Sally Moxham joins GCoM Oceania as Manager of Strategy & Partnerships

We are very excited to welcome Sally Moxham, who recently joined ICLEI Oceania as the new Manager of Strategy and Partnership for the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM). Sally's role will be to develop a GCoM regional delivery plan involving local government networks and climate action groups, sharing GCoM resources and initiatives, identifying partnership opportunities, and establishing an active Oceania region voice.

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City of Melbourne powers second renewable energy deal (MREP2)

The City of Melbourne is one in a group of prominent Melbourne universities and businesses that has secured a multi-million-dollar deal to power operations from wind energy produced in regional Victoria. The purchasing group seven large energy users includes RMIT University, Deakin University, Cbus, Property, ISPT, Fulton Hogan, Citywide Asphalt and Mondelez International.

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CitiesWithNature Updates - Limited Places Join Pioneer Group of Australian councils

Australian councils are invited to apply for limited places to be in a Pioneer Group to work with ICLEI to tailor a high-value support program for urban greening and biodiversity. The first steps are for pioneers to register on the global CitiesWithNature website and then participate in a needs assessment research project conducted in partnership with Swinburne University.

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City Resilience Webinar: Applying the principles of resilience building and DRR for the unexpected

Last week, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and ICLEI jointly hosted a webinar that focused on lessons learnt during an unexpected crisis such as COVID-19. This webinar focused on the past six months in Australia and the multiple, cascading disasters that have been experienced from fires, floods to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our Regional Director, Steve Gawler participated as one of the guest speakers in this webinar.

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Future Earth Australia – Community Science for Sustainability

FEA has launched a new community science for sustainability initiative, which facilitates communities and scientists to co-produce actionable science which addresses a local or regional sustainability priority. Future Earth Australia is accepting applications from community leaders in Australia to join the 2020 cohort.

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9 Actionable Lessons for Positive Climate Change Communication, with David Holmes

On 7th May 2020, Point Advisory and the ICLEI Young Writers Network hosted a webinar on positive climate change communication for agency and empowerment. Drawing from communications research, the webinar was designed to empower listeners with new skills, perspectives and actionable ways of effectively and positively communicating climate change, especially in the context of COVID-19.

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Local Governments Confront the Dual Challenges of COVID and Climate

As local governments adapt to life under lockdown many face disruptions to their climate plans. Confronting the dual challenges of coronavirus and climate change will require municipal governments to get creative and draw on non-monetary reserves: their community’s compassion and social capital to help them navigate these uncertain waters.

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