Activity Database

CityFood is a flagship program of ICLEI that aims to accelerate local and regional government action toward sustainable food systems transformation. It spans a number of projects and initiatives across all of ICLEI’s Regional Offices and brings together local and regional governments as well as critical global and regional partners. Our clear mandate is leveraging the power of food for resilient futures.

CityFood brings together urban food experts from across the globe to support cities in their transition towards sustainable food systems. From food procurement to fresh food markets and waste, CityFood helps address the most pressing food challenges cities are facing. Be part of the CityFood program!

Find out more at cityfood-program.org

The EU-funded project REGREEN promotes urban livability by fostering Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in Europe and China using evidence-based tools and improved urban governance, accelerating the transition toward equitable, green, and healthy cities.

Under the project framework, ICLEI East Asia provides support to the development and application of tailored NbS approached in Chinese cities, and helps facilitate communication between Chinese and European actors.

Find out more at regreen-project.eu

Hosted by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment, the Beijing International Forum for Metropolitan Clean Air and Climate Actions has been an annual professional forum in the field of the ecological environment since 2017. ICLEI East Asia has been recognized as a co-host of the Forum since 2019, providing support to their planning and preparation.

• 2019 Forum
• 2020 Forum
• 2021 Forum (CH)

Nature provides many diverse life-supporting and life-enhancing contributions to people in cities and their surrounding regions. In cities of the future, nature should ideally be fully integrated into all aspects of urban life to provide a range of inter-connected benefits.

Led by ICLEI, INTERACT-Bio is designed to improve the utilization and management of nature within fast-growing cities and the regions surrounding them. It aims to provide expanding urban communities in the Global South with nature-based solutions and associated benefits.

Find out more at interactbio.iclei.org

The climate emergency is happening right now, in our cities, towns, and regions around the world. Our global leaders are struggling to address this urgent crisis. But the daring actions of local leaders are spreading around the globe.

Created by ICLEI and the Federal City of Bonn, Daring Cities is a virtual, action-oriented forum to recognize and empower courageous urban leaders – including mayors and other decision-makers, technical staff, researchers, private sector representatives, and community organizers – to disrupt business-as-usual and shift towards business-as-possible. Daring Cities showcases and catalyzes exemplary local climate action to tackle the climate emergency, including ambitious resilience-building and climate mitigation efforts.

Find out more at daringcities.org

Resilient Cities Asia Pacific was an extension of ICLEI’s Resilient Cities Congress Series. Created in 2015, Resilient Cities Asia Pacific aims to respond to the heightened demand and bring the focus to the Asia Pacific, catering to situations, challenges, and opportunities of local governments specifically in the region.

• RCAP2015: summary and highlights
• RCAP2016: East Asian cities showcased best practices
• RCAP2017: summary and highlights
• RCAP2019: a strong stage for climate-resilient actions

Managed by the ICLEI European Secretariat, the Sustainable Procurement Platform provides up-to-date news, case studies, events, guidance, and more on sustainable procurement from across the world.

Find out more at sustainable-procurement.org

HEAT+ is ICLEI’s multilingual online emissions inventory tool to help local governments to make informed climate action decisions and identify the most effective measures for GHG emission abatement.

Find out more at heat.iclei.org 

The project aims to support cities in Asia in integrating SLCP reductions into their climate change and air pollution policies and practices at the city level through capacity building. It contains four consequential activities:

1. convene focus group discussions with city policymakers and experts (health, transport, infrastructure) for needs assessment regarding the knowledge and tools cities should obtain in integrating SLCP reductions into policies and practices;
2. develop a training curriculum drawing from existing materials to support the integration of SLCP reduction into policies and practices for cities in Asia;
3. work with three cities to integrate SLCPs reduction into relevant policies and practices;
4. gather inputs to report on the CCAC DI indicators and associated data collection questionnaire/initiative reporting template.

The project was funded by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) and was jointly implemented by the ICLEI East Asia Secretariat, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), and Clean Air Asia (CAA). As one of the project deliverables, the Training Curriculum: Integrating Air Pollution and Climate Change Planning in Cities in Asia was released in 2021, aiming to familiarize urban policymakers in the region with the knowledge and tools needed to strengthen the integration between air pollution and climate change planning.

The proposal for the “Energy Performance Contracting for Residential Retrofitting in Ulaanbaatar City” project, co-developed by GGGI Mongolia and ICLEI East Asia was shortlisted under the 6th Call NAMA Support Projects (NSPs) in 2019. Following the Detailed Preparation Phase extended through 2020-2021, the project is looking to enter the Implementation Phase by the first quarter of 2022. 

The proposed project aims to create a financing mechanism for Ulaanbaatar to carry out thermo-technical retrofitting to 375 precast residential building blocks. It is expected that the project will lead to GHG emissions reduction by 219,553 tCO2e, and over 53,000 residents will directly benefit from improved thermal comfort, indoor air quality, and increased value and lifespan of the buildings. ICLEI East Asia was leading the work packages of financial mechanism design and stakeholder engagement, to ensure the primary beneficiary – i.e. the household – would be supporting the retrofitting project.

In addition, ICLEI has also developed a case study under the Asia LEDS Partnership, presenting Ulaabaatar’s action on building energy efficiency and thermal retrofitting, as well as the challenges the city has encountered.