This "ICLEI's Race to Zero Dialogues" webinar highlights climate neutrality leadership and action experiences from political and technical representatives of ICLEI members in Europe, Japan, Korea and Australia. Webinar outcomes will be presented as inputs to Daring Cities 2020 – the Global Virtual Forum on Urban Leaders Taking on Climate Emergency on 7-28 October as well as Race-To-Zero November Dialogues.
Read MoreIf managing multiple disasters at a time will be the new normal, how can local governments and their communities simultaneously manage recovery efforts while coping with concurrent disasters? This may be a significant turning point for the reconceptualisation and reintegration of “resilience” into all aspects of local government disaster planning.
Read MoreFive Mayors and Councillors from Australia and New Zealand have been newly elected to ICLEI Oceania’s Regional Executive Committee, an advisory group supporting local governments and sustainable development. Aaron Hawkins - Mayor, Dunedin City Council; Amanda Stone - Councillor, Yarra City Council, Victoria; Ann Ferguson - Mayor, Mount Barker District Council, South Australia; Anna Reynolds - Lord Mayor, City of Hobart, Tasmania; and Nuatali Nelmes - Lord Mayor, City of Newcastle.
Read MoreWritten 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.
Read MoreWe 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreAustralian 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.
Read MoreICLEI Oceania and East Asia regional offices are part of a consortium engaged by the Asia Development Bank to support three pilot cities in China to develop Urban Climate Change Adaptation plans.
Read MoreLast 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.
Read MoreFEA 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.
Read MoreOn 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.
Read MoreAs 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.
Read MoreICLEI Oceania is pleased to announce the Australian chapter of CitiesWithNature (CWN). CWN provides a global network and online platform with guidance tools, resources, peer-learning and events to promote the importance of “bringing nature back into our cities”.
Read MoreEarth Day is April 22 of every year. April 22, 2020 will mark 50 years of Earth Day. The first Earth Day is credited with launching the modern environmental movement, and is now recognized as the planet’s largest civic event.
Read MoreFor the coming months, GCoM will be sending a regular newsletter to share latest updates, resources, and references to COVID-19-related efforts - across our Regional Covenants, from our partners, and in local governments.
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