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Philip Yang warns that the cost of climate action in cities is high—but the price of inaction is even greater. He argues that the urban and climate agendas must converge and proposes three [...]

Building on CHAMP and ICLEI’s Town Hall COPs, Daring Cities 2025 showed how local leaders can drive bold multilevel partnerships and governance to raise national ambition. Explore the key [...]

In a message from Mayor Igor Normando, Belém – the host city of COP30 – calls on the world to join in shaping a just and sustainable future. From clean mobility to climate justice, the city is [...]

On World Cities Day, a document released by one of the COP30 Special Envoys, Philip Yang, provides transparency, empowers and enables action by stakeholders to implement mitigation and adaptation [...]

We are in a new era of climate action and ambition. Countries are setting national climate targets – and plans to achieve them – that differ in pace and scale to any that have come before.

In this episode we're talking to Yunus Arıkan, Director of Global Advocacy at ICLEI, to look at how local government is at the centre of global climate action, and why the path to 1.5°C runs [...]

Launched by the NDC Partnership Support Unit and Asian Development Bank, it equips national governments to map existing investment frameworks, identify key barriers to subnational investment, [...]

This session will bring together representatives from the European Union, global institutions, and networks within the Local Governments and Municipal Authorities Constituency (LGMA) to exchange [...]

South Australia has long been recognised as leading Australia’s national transition toward a low-emissions and climate-resilient future. The recent Adelaide Town Hall COP, convened by ICLEI [...]

The Delhi Declaration unites voices from across the Global South in a shared call for stronger multilevel cooperation and accelerated urban climate action, setting the stage for the upcoming [...]