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Virtual conference to focus on sustainable urban development

October 29, 2020 Leave a Comment

The 5th Local Climate Solutions for Africa (LoCS4Africa) Congress, ICLEI Africa’s flagship climate change event for cities, will take place online from 3 to 12 November 2020. This free-to-attend solution catalyst is the only pan-African event focused on African cities and finance to happen in 2020. It will contribute significantly to raising local climate action momentum on the … [Read more...]

Climate action at community-level: African solutions that really work

July 14, 2020 3 Comments

Sufficient access to energy and resilient infrastructure are essential to realise the potential of African cities. Three years ago, a series of local-level solutions made five communities very happy. We revisit them to find out if the solutions were, in fact, sustainable. Through the Urban Low Emissions Development Strategies (Urban-LEDS ll) project, ICLEI Africa assisted … [Read more...]

Congress shows strong commitment to local climate action

November 7, 2013 Leave a Comment

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The Pan-African Local Climate Solutions for Africa Congress 2013 (LOCS 2013) was held from 30 October – 1 November 2013 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. When it came to a close earlier this month, a strong commitment was demonstrated of driving local climate action in Africa. The Congress, which was opened by the Vice President of Tanzania, Dr Mohamed Ghalib Bilal, proudly … [Read more...]

Local Climate Solutions for Africa Congress 2013

October 31, 2013 Leave a Comment

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The Pan-African Local Climate Solutions for Africa Congress 2013 was opened today by Vice President of Tanzania, Dr Mohamed Ghalib Bilal, in Dar es Salaam. Hosted by the City of Dar es Salaam and ‘ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability – Africa’, the Vice President proudly welcomed over 400 delegates from across the African continent, local government and city Mayors, … [Read more...]

SA municipalities commit to sustainable energy action

March 14, 2013 Leave a Comment

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Over 45 representatives from national, provincial, and local government, research organisations, NGO’s and the private sector joined ICLEI Africa last month in Ekurhuleni to formally launch the start of the South African component of ICLEI’s flagship global project “Promoting Urban Low Emission Development Strategies in emerging economy countries,” or “Urban-LEDS.” Hosted by … [Read more...]

Local governments working towards sustainability

February 21, 2013 Leave a Comment

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Do you know how local governments are greening up and developing their sustainability endeavours? Most people are unaware of this, so we will be telling you more about the work they do and the important progress made. ICLEI is a world-wide association of Local Governments working towards urban sustainability and more specifically with the Africa Secretariat situated in Cape … [Read more...]

What are local governments going to do now?

February 10, 2012 Leave a Comment

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At the Durban Local Government Convention, 114 Mayors and other elected local leaders representing over 950 local governments from around the world have adopted the Durban Adaptation Charter, a political commitment to strengthen local resilience to climate change. The Durban Local Government Convention: adapting to changing climate towards COP17/ CMP7 and beyond, ran in … [Read more...]

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