Kelly Takaya King, Maui Hawaii County Councilmember, Joins Board of ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA
ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA (ICLEI USA) welcomes Kelly Takaya King, Maui Hawaii County Councilmember, to its Board of Directors. “I am truly honored to join this impressive group and look forward to action-oriented discussions on renewable energy, managed retreat, and other solutions to our climate crisis,” said Councilmember King. “I’m especially excited to bring […]
ICLEI’s Regional Executive Committee 2021 – 2024
Our election for the ICLEI Regional Executive Committee is underway. The Regional Executive Committee, or RexCom, provides an international platform for city and county leaders to drive organizational strategies for ICLEI’s North America region. RexCom members represent ICLEI North America at regional and international meetings and provide input to ICLEI’s Global Executive Committee, our highest […]
Circular Economy Principles can Drive the Clean Energy Economy: Reflecting form GreenBiz VERGE 18 Summit
In mid-October 2018, I had the wonderful opportunity to attend VERGE 18 – a high-powered conference dedicated to accelerate a clean economy. The conference – hosted by GreenBiz – took place in Oakland, California, and brought together professionals in fields as (seemingly) disparate as as technology, business, government, transportation, and materials science. The conference convened […]
GHG Contribution Analysis Toolkit Released
Contribution analysis results for City of Aspen, CO for their 2011 and 2014 inventories ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability USA released today a new methodology to measure performance in greenhouse gas inventories by analyzing major external factors that determine year-to-year results. Supported by financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Cities Leading through […]
New GHG Contribution Analysis Toolkit
A tool for measuring drivers of GHG performance outcomes Get the Toolkit
Meet the U.S. People’s Delegation: Scott Tess Brings Midwestern Local Gov Voice to Climate Talks
ICLEI USA and 350.org are taking a U.S. People’s Delegation to COP23, the 2017 Conference of the Parties organized under the UNFCCC. Below is a message from delegate Scott Tess from Urbana, IL. COP23 will take place in Bonn, Germany, from November 6-17, 2017 — you can support Scott’s role at the climate talks here. […]
Meet the U.S. People’s Delegation: Bridget Tydor Brings Delta Region Water Issues to Climate Talks
ICLEI USA and 350.org are taking a U.S. People’s Delegation to COP23, the 2017 Conference of the Parties organized under the UNFCCC. Below is a message from delegate Bridget Tydor from New Orleans, LA. COP23 will take place in Bonn, Germany, from November 6-17, 2017 — you can support Bridget’s role at the climate talks […]
Meet the U.S. People’s Delegation: Dyanna Jaye Calls for Ambitious Climate Action
ICLEI USA and 350.org are taking a U.S. People’s Delegation to COP23, the 2017 Conference of the Parties organized under the UNFCCC. Below is a message from delegate Dyanna Jaye from Richmond, VA. COP 23 will take place in Bonn, Germany, from November 6-17, 2017 — you can support Dyanna’s role at the climate talks […]
Perspectives on Community-Scale GHG Accounting
Our sun; it is a chaotic system of many different types of energies interacting with one another and the surrounding environment. The same could be said of the emissions-generating processes of a city. When our scientists at NASA study the inner workings of the sun, they don’t just look at it head on. Many of […]
EnergySage Solar Marketplace
On February 23rd at 3:00pm Eastern, ICLEI USA and EnergySage will hold a webinar discussing the Solar Marketplace, an online platform to encourage solar adoption in your community. Free to ICLEI members, the SolarMarketplace makes it easy to promote the benefits of solar energy in your community. This webinar will explain how the SolarMarketplace works […]