Climate and resilience

Local governments and civil society call for climate action to be urgently ramped up at all levels

13 Sep 2017
The Agadir Declaration of Climate Actors reaffirms non-state actors’ commitment to Paris Agreement beyond eventual national government decisions Fr...

IPCC Cities and Climate Change Science Conference to be held in Edmonton, Canada in March 2018

04 May 2017
The Cities and Climate Change Science Conference, co-sponsored by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), will take place in Edmonton, C...

Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy appoints leadership board

01 Dec 2016
Newly appointed mayoral board will work to guide and support the coalition of cities to take even greater climate action and demonstrate the ...

Highlights of COP 22 for local and regional governments

21 Nov 2016
The 22nd Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22) took place in Marrakech from 7 to 18 of November 2...

Local and regional governments call for a global action framework to localize climate finance at COP 22

14 Nov 2016
On 14 November, local and regional governments met in Marrakech, Morocco, for the Climate Summit for Local and Regional Leaders, where they&a...

Apply to host the Cities and Climate Change Science Conference in 2018

10 Nov 2016
The conference will boost scientific research on the role of cities in combatting climate change to support the implementation of the Paris Agreement,...