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By Yunus Arikan, focal point of the LGMA, and Director of Global Advocacy, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Leaders returning home from Glasgow will be feeling many mixed [...]

Delivered by Ngendahimana Ladislas, Secretary General of the Rwanda Association of Local Government Authorities (RALGA), speaking on behalf of the Local Governments and Municipal Authorities. The [...]

Delivered by Minna Arve, Mayor of Turku, Finland and First Vice-President of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability in a closed meeting with UN Secretary General António Guterres and [...]

Delivered by Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London and C40 Chair-Elect

Delivered by Yunus Arikan, Head of Advocacy at ICLEI World Secretariat – Local Governments for Sustainability

Imagine there were a country with 4.5 billion residents that didn’t have a seat at the table at the COP climate conferences. This would be outrageous. It would, in essence, make negotiations [...]

Delivered by Andries Gryffroy, Member of Flemish Parliament and EuropeanCommittee of the Regions Honourable Chairs, Co-chairs Dear excellences and distinguished delegates, I address you as [...]

Delivered by Andy Burnham, Mayor, Greater Manchester, UK Winning the race to net zero requires more ambition than we have heard so far at this COP. In the last two days, we ask all governments to [...]

Delivered by Pippa Heylings, member of the national cross party Climate Change Task Group for of Local Government Association, on behalf of the Local Government and Municipal Authorities (LGMA). [...]