Turning Red Tape into Red Carpet: Santa Cruz Models Coastal Resilience and Green Business in Its Award-Winning ‘GreenWharf’ Initiative
The City of Santa Cruz sits on the fringes of California’s Silicon Valley, and is sometimes left out of the Valley’s regional affiliation. But in December 2016, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group acknowledged the City’s role as a valuable regional member and green business innovator for the Santa Cruz GreenWharf Initiative. The Silicon Valley Leadership […]
Modeling Multi-Stakeholder Resilience Strategies: Lessons from Pittsburgh, PA, and Oakland, CA
View of downtown Pittsburgh, PA, from the Duquesne Incline railroad observation deck. As a 100 Resilient Cities initiative city, Pittsburgh is tackling air quality issues, inequality, flash floods, and infrastructure failure through its resiliency strategy, completed in 2016. Photo by AdobeStock/f11photo A resilient city is prepared to absorb and recover from a shock or stress while […]
LATE BREAKING NEWS! ICC EXTENDS ONLINE VOTING PERIOD THROUGH NOVEMBER 27
The Energy Efficient Codes Coalition urges supporters of energy efficiency to take advantage of this extended vote period to vote on extra measures you may have not had time to vote on in the initial window. Please refer to the EECC Voting Guides for our detailed recommendations on measures to support or oppose. Don’t delay – […]
EECC Provides Voting Recommendations for a More Energy-Efficient 2018 IECC
With over 700 different residential, commercial, and administrative proposals, we understand voting on the 2018 IECC may seem overwhelming, especially if it is your first time voting on building energy codes! Fortunately, the Energy Efficient Codes Coalition (EECC) has simplified the process by creating a comprehensive guide of all 180 proposals that impact energy efficiency and a fast-track […]
ICLEI Represents Cities at Meeting with UN Secretary-General as Paris Agreement Enters Into Force
ICLEI USA Executive Director Angie Fyfe meets with United Nations Secretary General Bank Ki-Moon to mark the occasion of the Paris Agreement’s entry in to force, November 4, 2016. Secretary General Ban called the special meeting for civil-society leaders at UN Headquarters in New York City to acknowledge the role civil society played in advocating […]
The Resilience Dialogues: White House Announces Collaboration to Support Community Climate Resilince
This blog post is shared with permission from The White House Blog, and was originally published October 31, 2016, at www.WhiteHouse.gov. ICLEI USA is proud to be a community-based network working in collaboration with The White House and partners on the Resilience Dialogues. Visit the Resilience Dialogues website to start a dialogue in your community, […]
ICLEI USA Member Cities Show Local-Level Leadership at Habitat III
This week marked a big opportunity for ICLEI USA member cities to share their experiences with the global community at Habitat III, the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development. From October 17-20, 2016, leaders from local governments around the world gathered in Quito, Ecuador, to determine the roadmap for urban development and […]
New ICLEI Report Details Progress Made by California Cities in Cutting Carbon Pollution
A new report out from ICLEI and partners presents a first-of-its-kind portrait of city climate leadership at the state level. The State of Local Climate Action: California 2016 provides a comprehensive analysis of measurable local emissions trends, targets, planning efforts, and energy and climate actions in the state, along with in-depth profiles of local and regional agencies […]
Travel scholarships available: ICC Final Comment Hearings
ICLEI USA is providing travel scholarships to local governments for the express intent of enabling qualified local government officials (GMVRs) to attend the ICC Final Comment Hearings in Kansas City, MO, October 19-25, 2016. While the travel scholarship is intended to partially cover expenses of the individual traveler, the expense reimbursement payment will be made […]
carbonn Climate Reporting Deadline
We need your help today to demonstrate the power of local climate action on the international stage. If you can share some highlights of your recent climate, energy or resilience efforts before tomorrow, Friday September 30th, they will be included in an annual report demonstrating our collective global impact, to be delivered at the upcoming UN climate meetings in […]