Carbonn Named as RC4A’s Official Reporting Platform
The Resilient Communities for America (RC4A) Campaign today announced the Carbonn Cities Climate Registry (cCCR) as the Campaign’s official reporting platform. The Carbonn platform will enable participating RC4A communities to share information about their climate resilience and clean energy actions, as well as greenhouse gas emissions baselines, targets, and reductions of cities and counties worldwide. […]
Resiliency Campaign Celebrates One Year of Climate Preparedness Action
One year ago, in the aftermath of record-breaking tornados and severe storms in the Midwest, a group of leading mayors and local officials convened at the National Press Club as a commitment to strengthen their response to an era of extreme climate weather. The 45 Inaugural Signatories of the Resilient Communities for America campaign (RC4A) […]
EPA to Cut Emissions Limits for U.S. Power Plants
ICLEI congratulates the Obama Administration on the 2014 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Carbon Regulations to propose emissions cuts for Power plants. The EPA will impose new regulations to cut carbon emissions from Power Plants in the U.S. to 30 percent of 2005 levels by 2020. ICLEI USA has worked closely with local governments across the […]
Urban Areas Most at Risk from Climate Change
Cities account for 37–49% of global greenhouse gas emissions and urban infrastructure accounts for over 70% of global energy use. This is just one of the facts found in the “Climate Change: Implications for Cities – Key Findings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report (Cities Summary) – drawing attention to the need for […]
Second Nature Partners with the RC4A Campaign to Strengthen College Leadership in Resilience
A new partnership has been announced today between ICLEI’s Resilient Communities for America (RC4A) campaign and Second Nature, a national nonprofit that works to create a healthy, just, and sustainable society by transforming higher education. Second Nature has just launched the Alliance for Resilient Campuses (ARC) to help better prepare institutions of higher education for […]
ICLEI USA & Office Depot Award 4 Cities $20,000
BOCA RATON, Fla.— ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability- USA (ICLEI), and Office Depot, Inc. (NYSE: ODP), a leading global provider of office products, services, and solutions, today announced $20,000 in support to each of the four winning cities of the national Green Business Challenge. The money will fund each city’s respective Green Business Challenge implementation […]
EPA Announces New Funding Opportunities for Local Governments
Nearly $618 million of funding and technical assistance is available for state, local, and tribal governments from the Department of Transportation (DOT), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Energy (DOE), and the Department of the Interior (DOI) that can be used to support climate and energy initiatives, including economic development, sustainable communities, green infrastructure, […]
Envisioning the Next Generation of Climate Adaptation Resources
ICLEI USA, in collaboration with the Urban Sustainability Directors Network, National League of Cities, and researchers with the Kresge Foundation, has developed a survey to assess barriers and needs among local governments in advancing local resilience. The results from the survey will be used to ensure we are providing the most relevant, timely, and usable resources to help […]
Urban Nexus: Integrated Urban Policy, Design and Management for a Resource-Efficient Future
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability to speak at the Nexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate, and Energy Conference on the “Urban Nexus”, in cooperation with the German Development Cooperation (implemented by GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH) Isolated solutions aimed at just one sector miss out on efficiently resolving the resource challenges our world faces. This is the […]
Communicating the Connection between Climate Change and Extreme Weather: New Guidebook & Webinar
Building support for climate adaptation and local preparedness requires that a range of individuals and groups fully understand the threat of climate extremes to their local communities. Effective communication is essential, and key insights are offered in the Climate Extremes Communications Guidebook recently released by ICLEI and World Wildlife Fund. As every region of the […]