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ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability is a global network working with more than 2,500 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development.
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What have we achieved so far and what lies ahead?
ICLEI Secretary General Gino Van Begin reflects on 2025 and outlines this year's priorities, highlighting the critical role of local and regional governments in driving resilience and sustainability worldwide.
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The year ahead: A message from our Secretary General
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What have we achieved so far and what lies ahead?
ICLEI Secretary General Gino Van Begin reflects on 2025 and outlines this year's priorities, highlighting the critical role of local and regional governments in driving resilience and sustainability worldwide.
🎬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgTz...
The year ahead: A message from our Secretary General
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January 21, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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Cities worldwide are stepping up on climate leadership!
Congratulations to all #ICLEI Members on the #CDP 2025 A List, helping set the global benchmark for transparent and accountable local climate action. 👏
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January 15, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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🌿 We’re running a short global survey listening to how civil society organisations work with nature in their communities.
4–12 min • anonymous • multilingual

Part of the EU project #NetworkNature.
Please take part & share 💚 @biodiversa.eu @iclei.org

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January 12, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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The 7th Guangzhou Award is now open for submissions, inviting cities and regions worldwide to showcase innovative approaches to urban governance and sustainable development. Apply by 30 April 2026, with an early submission window until 31 March 2026.
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January 11, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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Insights from Town Hall COPs in 2025: Watch our YouTube playlist to hear directly from mayors and civil society representatives who hosted Town Hall COPs in 2025.

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Vasai-Virar, India hosts a Town Hall COP
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January 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Why local governments can't be overlooked by the EU | a conversation with The European Correspondent
ICLEI Europe Managing Director Matthew Bach recently discussed the next EU budget (2028-2034) with Julius E. O. Fintelmann, Editor-in-Chief of The European Correspondent, highlighting why the current proposals risk side-lining the very actors responsible for delivering these goals: cities and regions.
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December 29, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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New year, new procurement? Maybe not everywhere on the calendar, but across cities in Europe, public procurement is clearly being rethought.
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Why public procurement can be a game-changer for urban food systems
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January 10, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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As we wrap up 2025, we’re bringing six of our most-read stories that resonated with our readers, showing what is possible in sustainable urban development.
Explore 🖇️ talkofthecities.iclei.org/our-most-pop...
December 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Daring Cities 2025 Report released 🚀
This sixth edition created a platform where cities and regions stepped up, showing that multilevel governance belongs at the heart of ambitious #ClimateAction.
How? Explore the highlights in the outcomes report.
Download now 🔗 daringcities.org/wp-content/u...
December 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Our 2025 highlights. The latest issue of iNews, ICLEI’s global newsletter, is out now.
As we wrap up 2025, we’re bringing six of our most-read stories that resonated with our readers, showing what is possible in sustainable urban development.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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📢 We are hiring! We are looking for experts across diverse fields to join our dynamic teams at the ICLEI World Secretariat in Bonn, Germany, and our Regional Offices worldwide.
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December 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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📣 Tomorrow, 11 December. Join @icleisouthasia.bsky.social a.bsky.social from anywhere in the world to explore how to advance climate action that is fair, inclusive and people-centered, grounded in a #JustTransition!
🕙 10:30 Brussels (CET)
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December 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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What are the implications of COP30 outcomes for cities, regions, and other subnationals?
Find out in the final #LGMA monthly webinar of 2025. This session will debrief #COP30 outcomes and offer a forward look at the 2026–2027 agenda.
🗓️ 10 Dec, 10:00 & 16:00 CET
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December 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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The seventh session of the UN Environment Assembly #UNEA7 convenes this week in Nairobi, Kenya. How do cities and regions engage in this process?
Read all the updates in our latest issue of iNews, ICLEI’s global newsletter, now out!
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December 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Drawing on #COP30's Belém Action Mechanism for a Just Transition, this virtual training explores how to turn those commitments into people-centered climate action. Hosted by #ICLEI & @mayors4climate.bsky.social
Register now 👉 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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What do Bogor, Brașov, Mérida and Lilongwe have in common? They’re all transforming their urban markets to improve access to nutritious food, and you can hear directly from them in our upcoming webinar hosted by ICLEI #CityFood & @gainhealth.org
Today, 3 Dec, 10:00 or 15:00 CET
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December 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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📣 Join us to explore innovative disaster risk financing options for ten Latin American and Caribbean cities, part of the #UIIF project.
🗓️ 2-5 December, Mexico City and online
🕘 Daily start time: 09:00 (Mexico City) | 16:00 (CET)
All details 👉 iclei.org/news/urban-r...
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Compendium of good practices and resources from #DaringCities 2025 released 🚀
Building on CHAMP and supporting Town Hall COPs, Daring Cities showcased how cities and regions can forge bold multilevel partnerships and governance to raise national ambition.
Get inspired 👉 tinyurl.com/5n7heth7
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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This week, on #WorldSustainableTransportDay, we celebrated the culminating event of our IKI-funded #SPARKproject. After a two-year journey in Quezon City and Pasig City, Philippines, the event highlighted the project’s outcomes & learnings. @iki-germany.bsky.social
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Sparking active mobility actions for climate-friendly cities (SPARK) Project culminating event
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November 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Join us on 3rd December for a global learning exchange where city leaders and experts share practical solutions and technical insights for improving access to nutritious food in urban markets.
👉 Save your spot:
Morning: bit.ly/48nYzDX
Afternoon: bit.ly/48dS8mI

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November 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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📣 ICLEI welcomes new Global Executive Committee leadership for Circular and Resilient Development Portfolios.
From these new roles, their leadership will continue to drive forward sustainable, circular and resilient urban development within the ICLEI network and beyond. 👏
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November 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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"An agreement that only slightly moves the dial forward on climate is a deal that does not acknowledge the truth of the urgency of our situation. Leaders of our towns, cities, regions and states around the world are acknowledging this urgency and are moving to act."
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November 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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"We are ready to work with Parties to ensure that by the time the IPCC Special Report on Cities is released in 2027, the global process has fully integrated local and subnational leadership into decision-making, finance and accountability."
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November 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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"COP30 missed the opportunity to put the implementers in the heart of the Belém Package and risks slowing the pace of national transitions at precisely the moment when acceleration is needed."
Read the full #LGMA Constituency Statement on the Outcomes of #COP30 🖇️ tinyurl.com/2thnss9p
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM