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...]
Ecopolis to operate urban metabolism
In a new report titled Regenerative Cities, the World Future Council (WFC) called today on national governments at the UN Climate Change Conference in Cancún to enable their cities to take vigorous measures to deal with climate change. “Cities must be the focal point of action in the global effort to reduce global warming”, WFC Co-Founder Prof. Herbert Girardet said in an … [Read more...]