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SNAPSHOT OF ICLEI8OUR FIVE PATHWAYSTO SUSTAINABLE
CITIES AND REGIONS

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Dear ICLEI colleagues andpartners,

Local and regional governments across the ICLEI network
are advancing sustainable urban development worldwide.
They are translating the global agenda set in the Paris
Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals and the
New Urban Agenda into concrete action, and positioning
themselves to shape and strengthen policy at all levels.

ICLEI is laying the groundwork for local and regional
governments to deeply engage in conversations aroundnational policy in particular. As nations evaluate their efforts
to implement global sustainable development frameworks,
it is vital that local and regional governments co-design andfacilitate action on the ground.
This message came out in full force at COP23, the United
Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany inNovember 2017. ICLEI convened the Climate Summit ofLocal and Regional Leaders, where hundreds of local andregional governments came together and issued the Bonn-FijiCommitment of Local and Regional Leaders to Deliver the Paris
Agreement at All Levels. Through the Bonn-Fiji Commitment,
subnational governments affirmed their intent to work
alongside nations, and called on them to incorporate a strong
sustainable urban component into national development andclimate policy, effectively linking the Paris Agreement and the
New Urban Agenda.
ICLEI is taking steps to bring the Bonn-Fiji Commitment tolife. We launched the Cities and Regions Talanoa Dialogues,
bringing together local, regional and national governmentsfrom around the world to take stock of, shape and strengthen
national climate policy in particular.

Bonn, Germany. Host city of the ICLEI World Secretariat and home of ICLEI President Mayor Ashok Sridharan.

These global frameworks,
along with the Sustainable
Development Goals, inform
our work at the local
and regional levels. The
ICLEI network is testing,assessing and refining
ways to ignite changethat transcends sectors,
at the city-region leveland beyond. We conceptualize our work to ensure
local and regional governments advance alonginterconnected pathways: low emission, naturebased, circular, resilient and equitable and peoplecentered development. This design enables
subnational governments to think holistically andtake an integrated approach to sustainable urban
development.
At the ICLEI World Congress 2018 in Montréal, we put
forth our vision and commitment to drive sustainableurban development through the efforts of thegrowing number of local and regional governments in
our network.
We live in the urban century. Together we can make it
the century we want.
Gino Van Begin,
Secretary General of ICLEI – Local Governments for
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Snapshot of ICLEISNAPSHOTOF ICLEIICLEI is comprised of more than 1,500 local and regional
governments, a diverse team of global experts and 22
offices working across 124 countries. ICLEI addresses
local impacts of unprecedented global change, fromurbanization to biodiversity loss to climate change
aiming for urban development to have the least possible
impact on global systems and to build people-centeredand equitable communities.
ICLEI firmly believes that sustainable cities are thefoundation of a more just and sustainable world. We aredoing our part to make sustainability an inextricablepart of urban development and to embed a strongurban component in national and global sustainability
policy. This is how we are shifting the trajectory ofdevelopment worldwide.

Ville de Montréal, Canada. Host of ICLEI World Congress 2018.

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Our five new pathways

OUR FIVE NEW
PATHWAYS
Our five interconnected pathways cut across sectors
andjurisdictional boundaries. This design enables local and regional
governments to think holistically and take an integrated approachto sustainable urban development.
ICLEI aims to identify local challenges and take success factors to the next level. We de ne an entry point for longer term
and broaderthinking about sustainable urban development. That entry point may be food systems, climate, biodiversity andecosystems, transport andmobility, nance or another, depending on the speci c context inwhich we work.
At the urban scale, these pathways balance the patterns of human life, the built environment and the natural systems inand around our cities. This changes individual communities and, throughcollective action, creates a multiplier e ect thatdrives sustainabledevelopment nationally and globally. These pathways embody the goals and values laid out in the global
sustainability agenda, and are a means to achieve progress at all levels.
Any of our individual projects or initiatives may be oriented along a speci c pathway, such as resilient development. We
exploreconnection points to other pathways to bring about systemic change – for instance, by looking at where equity
intersects with resilience or where nature-based solutions can contribute to resiliencebuilding. By orienting our activities thisway, ICLEI o ces bring local and regional governments along the ve pathways.

AN URBAN SYSTEM

Each weave represents asingle initiative, projector partnership which isoriented along a primarypathway and may
activelyadvance multiple
secondary pathways.
Each of the ve pathways
isrepresented here by
a separate color. The
varying width of the linere
ects the primary andsecondary orientations.
Multiple sustainable cities,
linked by the ICLEI global
network drive nationaland global sustainable
development worldwide.

1. Low emission development

to curb climate change, creates new economic opportunities and improves the health of humanand natural systems.

Through this pathway, local and regional governments reduce environmentally harmful pollutants and greenhouse gas
emissions from heating, cooling, lighting and food systems, and reduce noise. They reduce greenhouse gas emissions in all
activities, especially in transport, waste and buildings. They aim for carbon neutral infrastructure and operations by midcentury, and usher in a renewable energy era, by committing to 100 percent renewable energy, divesting from fossil fuels
and using nature-based solutions. They promote sustainable passenger and freight mobility, prioritize clean fuel policies andelectric vehicles from renewable energy, and give priority to people-centered mobility solutions.

2. Nature-based development

to protect and enhance the biodiversity and urban ecosystems, which underpin key aspects oflocal economies and the well-being and resilience of our communities.

Through this pathway, local and regional governments prioritize healthy local environments, in which air, water, soil and all
natural resources that sustain life and health are protected and nurtured. They deploy strategies and plans that unlock thepotential for nature to provide essential services and new economic opportunities. They apply nature-based solutions, useblue and green infrastructure and promote green zones.

3. Circular development

and new models of production and consumption to build sustainable societies that use recyclable,
sharable and replenishing resources to end the linear model of produce, consume, discard.

Through this pathway, local and regional governments decouple urban and economic development from resource
consumption and factor environmental and social costs into the price of goods and services. They encourage equitable accessto resources and create closed-loop urban and peri-urban systems. They support new local economies that are productive andnot extractive, where resources are exchanged and not wasted. Local and regional governments prioritize sustainable waste
management and work with the business sector from early-market engagement to the delivery of solutions that support local
sustainability goals and that meet the needs of all citizens. They use procurement power to green economies.

4. Resilient development

to anticipate, prevent, absorb and recover from shocks and stresses, especially those brought
about by rapid environmental technological, social and demographic change, and to improve
essential basic response structures and functions.
Through this pathway, local and regional governments make resilience a core part of municipal strategies and prepare for new
risks and impacts, taking into account the rights and needs of vulnerable sections of society. They continuously strengthen
essential systems, alleviating the burden on people and the environment. They pursue a transparent and inclusive approachthat will enhance trust in institutions and the processes that support them.

5. Equitable and peoplecentered development

to build more just, livable and inclusive urban communities and address poverty.
Through this pathway, local and regional governments pursue processes and patterns that support inclusive development
for all and that safeguard the natural support systems for human life. They ensure that the natural and built environment
in and around cities improves livability and safety, promotes human health and mitigates disease. They pursue secure andsafe access to food, water, energy and sanitation for all, and clean air and soil. They create and sustain human-centered, safe,
socially and culturally cohesive communities, where diversity and distinct identities are woven into the social fabric.

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THE NETWORK DRIVING OUR VISION

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THE NETWORKDRIVING OURVISIONThe local and regional
governments that makeup our network

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CLEI drives change along these five pathways, leveraging
the local and regional governments in our network as wellas our team of experts working globally. The configurationof our network enables us build connections across the local,
regional, national and global levels.

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Connections work horizontally, as we link local and regional
governments with their peers to facilitate joint action andlearning. The strength of our network enables knowledge
exchange and capacity building at the local and regional level.

COUNTRIESWORLDWIDEWe also build vertical connections. ICLEI bridges up to ensure
national and global policy frameworks and implementation
mechanisms reflect the interests and experience of local
and regional governments. ICLEI also bridges down to apply
global policy to sustainable urban development strategies atthe subnational level.
Our network encompasses cities, towns and regions of all
sizes, all over the world and face a variety of development
challenges. It is this diversity that gives ICLEI a distinct
global perspective.

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1,700
CITIES, TOWNSAND REGIONSNEW MEMBERS
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THE NETWORK DRIVING OUR VISION

13ICLEI REGIONAL AND
COUNTRY OFFICES
GlobalNorth America

ICLEI World Secretariat

Canada Office

Kaiser-Friedrich-Str. 753113 Bonn, Germany
Tel: +49-228 / 976 299-00
Fax: +49-228 / 976 299-01
Email: iclei@iclei.org

401 Richmond St. W, Studio 204
Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3A8, Canada

Secretary General: Gino Van Begin

Director: Megan Meaney

Tel: +1-647 / 728-4308
Email: iclei-canada@iclei.org

Deputy Secretary Generals: Emani Kumar
and Monika Zimmermann

USA Office1536 Wynkoop St., Suite 901
Denver, Colorado, 80202, USA
Tel: +1-510 / 844-0699
Fax: +1-510 / 844-0698
Email: iclei-usa@iclei.org
Executive Director: Angie FyfeW

ith 22 offices around the world,
ICLEI is on the ground, withteams of experts working directly
alongside local and regional governments.
This close collaboration gives our experts
a nuanced understanding of the local
context, which informs the interventions wedesign and shapes our advocacy work at
the national and global levels. We look forcontext-specific challenges and opportunities
to strengthen our network by directly
supporting local and regional governments
in developing sustainable solutions.

While our decentralized organizationalmodel is fundamental to the way wedesign our work, interoffice cooperation isbuilt into our operational structures. ICLEI
experts design transboundary peer-topeer and expert-to-city exchange that gives
them access to a diverse pool of ideas andinnovations tested in different regions of theworld. Sustainable development solutions
can then be scaled up across regions whereappropriate, multiplying and strengthening
action through our network.

Quebec OfficeMontréal City Hall
275 Notre-Dame St E
Montréal, QC H2Y 1C6

British Columbia OfficeTel: +1 514 / 793-3300

Victoria City Hall
1 Centennial Square
Victoria, BC V8W 1P6
Tel: +1 250 / 361-0648

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EuropeTHE NETWORK DRIVING OUR VISION

Latin America

European Secretariat

South America Secretariat

Leopoldring 379098 Freiburg, Germany

Rua Marquês de Itu,São Paulo, SP, Brasil

Tel: +49-761 / 368-920
Fax: +49-761 / 368-9219
Email: iclei-europe@iclei.org

Tel: +55-11 / 5084-3079
Email: iclei-sams@iclei.org

Executive Director: Wolfgang Teubner

Executive Secretary: Rodrigo de Oliveira Perpétuo

Mexico, Central American and Caribbean
Secretariat
Eje Central Lazaro Cardenas 13
Building Miguel Abed, Floor 5 Of. 506 and 507,
Col. Centro, CP 06050 Del.
Cuauhtemoc, Mexico City, Mexico
Email: iclei-mexico@iclei.org
Regional Director: Edgar Villasenor Franco

Brussels Office
Colombia Office

Av. de Tervuren 35
1040 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 - 2 / 735 28 50
Fax: +32 - 2 / 735 28 50
Email: brussels-office@iclei.org
Head of Office: Peter DefranceschiÁrea Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá

Berlin Office
St. Oberholz ROS Team Room 4.02
Rosenthaler Str. 72a
10119 Berlin, Germany
Email: berlin-office@iclei.org

Carrera 53 N° 40A - 31
Medellín, Antioquia – Colombia
Email: iclei-colombia@iclei.org
Coordinator: Eugenio Prieto

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East Asia

Korea Office

East Asia Secretariat#320 Deoham Park, 126 Suin-ro,
Gwonseon-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do,
Republic of Korea. 16429

14/F, Seoul Global Center Building
38 Jongno, Jongno-gu
Seoul, Republic of Korea

Tel: +82 31/ 255-3257
Fax: +82 31/ 256-3257
Email: iclei.korea@iclei.org

Tel: +82-2-3789-0496
Fax: +82-2-3789-0497
Email: iclei-eastasia@iclei.org

Director: Yeonhee Park

Regional Director: Shu Zhu

Japan Office
Shimbashi SY Building 4F
1-14-2 Nishi-Shimbashi Minato-ku
Tokyo, Japan 105-0003
Tel: +81 3 / 6205 8415
Fax: +81 3 / 6205 8416
Email: iclei-japan@iclei.org
Director: Takashi Otsuka

Beijing Office
B1010 Xiaoyun Center, No. 15
Xiaguangli, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100125, China
Email: iclei-china@iclei.org

Kaohsiung Capacity Center
Floor 6, Tower B, 834 Chengcing
Road, Niaosong District, Kaohsiung
83347, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
Tel: +88 67 / 735-1543
Fax: +88 67 / 735-4440
Email: iclei-kaohsiung@iclei.org
Director: Tsu-Jui Cheng

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AfricaTHE NETWORK DRIVING OUR VISIONSoutheast Asia
Africa Secretariat
Knowledge Park III
Century City
Cape Town, South Africa
Tel: +27-21 / 2020381
Fax: +27-87 / 809 6185
Email: iclei-africa@iclei.org
Director: Kobie Brand

Southeast Asia Secretariat
Units 3-6, Manila Observatory
Ateneo de Manila University
Loyola Heights
Quezon City, 1108 Philippines

South Asia

Tel: +63-2/426-0851
Email: iclei-sea@iclei.org

Indonesia Office
Rasuna Office Park III, TO-07
Komplek Rasuna Epicentrum
Jl. Taman Rasuna Selatan, Kuningan
DKI Jakarta, 12960
Indonesia

Regional Director: Victorino E. Aquitania
Key work areas: Climate change adaptation, climatechange mitigation, greenhouse gas inventory, building urban
resilience, water and sanitation, sustainability management,
urban nexus (water, energy and food)Oceania
Oceania Secretariat
South Asia Secretariat
C-3, Lower Ground Floor
Green Park Extension
New Delhi - 110016, India
Tel: +91 – 11 – 4974 7200
Fax: +91 - 11 - 4974 7201
Email: iclei-southasia@iclei.org
Regional Director: Emani Kumar

Southern Center
Door No. 6-3-596/47/2
Sri Venkata Ramana Colony
Hyderabad 500 004
Andhra Pradesh
Tel: +91 - 40 / 40034004/5/6/8
Fax: +91 - 40 / 40034011
Email: iclei-southasia@iclei.org

Level 8, 225 Bourke St
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Tel: +61-3 / 9639-8688
Email: iclei-oceania@iclei.org
Regional Director: Steve Gawler

Tel: +62 2 / 1837 04703
Email: iclei-indonesia@iclei.org
Interim Country Manager: Gina Karina

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LEADERSHIP

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LEADERSHIPICLEI GLOBAL EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE 2018–2021

Solly Msimanga

Yeom Tae-Young

Dario Nardella

Mauricio Vila Dosal

Kim Le Cerf

REGIONAL SEAT, AFRICAREGIONAL SEAT, EAST ASIA

REGIONAL SEAT, EUROPE

REGIONAL SEAT, MEXICO,REGIONAL SEAT, OCEANIA

Executive Mayor of Tshwane,

Mayor, Suwon city, Republic

Mayor, Florence, Italy

CENTRAL AMERICA AND

Mayor, Darebin, Australia

South Africaof Korea

THE CARIBBEAN
Mayor (on leave), Mérida,
MexicoAshok-Alexander
Sridharan
PRESIDENT
Mayor, Bonn, Germany

Cathy Oke

Stephany Uy-Tan

Frank Cownie

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
Councilor, Melbourne,
Australia

VICE PRESIDENT
Mayor, Catbalogan,
Philippines

VICE PRESIDENT
Mayor, City of Des MoinesI

CLEI Members steer the directionof our network. They play a central
role in our governance structure andshape our strategy.

Membership is open to local andregional governments as well as theirinternational, regional, national andsubnational associations. Members
support the mission, mandate andprinciples as stated in the ICLEI Charter.
ICLEI has three main governance bodies
elected every three years:
The Global Executive Committee – theGexCom – represents ICLEI towards
international institutions and has theauthority make strategic decisions
concerning the organization.
Each of the 9 ICLEI regions also has its
own Regional Executive Committee– RexCom – which approves new
initiatives and programs in that region.
All the RexComs come together to form
the ICLEI Council – the overarchingdecision making and guiding body. The
Council approves the ICLEI Strategic
Plan with a six-year scope, has the sole
power to amend the Charter and elects
the GexCom portfolio seats.
All eligible ICLEI Members can vote andstand for election to RexCom positions.
The elected RexComs subsequently

Mauricio Rodas
EspinelKinlay Dorjee

Bima Arya

Park, Won Soon

Zhang, AlexREGIONAL SEAT, SOUTH

REGIONAL SEAT,

CO-CHAIR, ICLEIICLEI CHINA STRATEGYREGIONAL SEAT, SOUTH

ASIA

SOUTHEAST ASIA

LEADERS NETWORKENVOYAMERICA

Mayor, Thimphu Municipality,

Mayor, Bogor, Indonesia

Mayor, Seoul, Republic of

Executive Director,

Mayor, Metropolitan District

BhutanKorea

Eco-Forum Global, China

of Quito, Ecuador

elect the GexCom, which includes one
person from each RexCom and up to
six thematic portfolio representatives.
These portfolio representatives areeach responsible for a specific working
area. The regional and portfolio
representatives work together as thefull GexCom.
The ICLEI President, First Vice President
and two Vice Presidents are elected by
the Global Executive Committee. They
are the executive officers that represent
the global organization and lead theglobal governing bodies of the Council
and GexCom.

Katrin Stjernfeldt
JammehManuel de Araújo

Rt. Hon. Datuk Seri
Utama
Ir. Hj. Idris bin Hj.
Haron

Mohamed Shafeeg
Mahmood

CHAIR, SUSTAINABLE

Mayor, Quelimane,

LOCAL

Mozambique

Economy and Procurement

CO-CHAIR, RESILIENCEDEVELOPING STATES

Mayor, Malmö, Sweden

Chief Minister, State ofCEO, Local Government

Melaka, Malaysia

Authority, Maldives

CO-CHAIR, RESILIENCECHAIR, COOPERATIONWITH SMALL ISLANDS

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ICLEI COUNCIL 2018-2021
Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean

AfricaManuel de Araújo
Mayor, Quelimane

Vincent de Paul
Kayanja

Municipality, Mozambique

Mayor, Entebbe Municipal

Deriba Kuma

Abel Ngwasoh

Mayor, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Langsi, Mayor, Bafut Council,

Tshepiso Solly
Msimanga

Cameroon

Executive Mayor, City ofCouncil, Uganda

Tshwane, South Africa

Capital City Governor

Verny Valerio
Hernández

Jorge Aristóteles
Sandoval Díaz

Mauricio Vila Dosal

Mayor of the Central District,

Mayor of the Municipality

Governor of the State of

Merida, Mexico

Tegucigalpa, Hondurasof San Rafael de Heredia,

Jalisco, Mexico

Former Mayor of the City of

Costa Rica

North America

Asia

Sundui Batbold

Juan Nasry Asfura
ZablahDaisaku Kadokawa
Mayor, Kyoto, Japan

Huey-ching Yeh

Yeom Tae-Young

Deputy Mayor, New Taipei

Mayor, Suwon, Republic ofand Mayor, Ulaanbaatar,

City Government,

Korea

Mongolia

Chinese Taipei

Matthew
Appelbaum
Council member, Boulder,
CO, USA

EuropeMark BrostromFrank Cownie

Pam O’Connor

Director, City Environmental
Planning, Sustainable
Development, Edmonton,
CanadaMayor,Des Moines, Iowa

Vice Mayor, Santa Monica
CA, USA

OceaniaÅsa Karlsson
Björkmarker

Anna-Kaisa
Heinämäki

Dario Nardella

Magdalena Piasecka

Dieter Salomon

Mayor, Metropolitan City of

Deputy Mayor, Municipality

Lord Mayor, City of Freiburg

Aaron Hawkins

Caroline Knight

Kim Le Cerf

Representing Växjö

Deputy Mayor,

Florence, Italyof Wroclaw, Poland

im Breisgau, Germany

City Councillor, Dunedin City

City Councillor, City ofMayor, City of Darebin,Andrew Leonard
Mua

Municipality, Sweden

City of Tampere, Finland

Council, New ZealandMandurah, Australia

Australia

City Mayor, Honiara City
Council, Solomon Islands

Lynn Robichaud

Sr. Sustainability Coordinator,
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South America

Geraldo Julio de
Mello Filho

Rafael Valdomiro
Greca de Macedo

Mauricio Rodas
EspinelNelson Marchezan
JúniorMayor, Recife, Brazil

Mayor, Curitiba, Brazil

Mayor, Quito, Ecuador

Mayor, Porto Alegre, Brazil(Advisor)South Asia

Ashok Byanju
Vice President, Municipal

Thrompon Kinlay
DorjeeMohamed Shafeeg
Mahmood

Nanda Jichkar

Jaiman Upadhyay

Mayor of Nagpur Municipal

Mayor of Rajkot Municipal

Association of Nepal, Nepal

Executive Mayor, Thimphu,

Chief Executive Officer, Local

Corporation, India

Corporation, India

BhutanGovernment Authority ofMaldives, MaldivesSoutheast Asia

Dr. Bima Arya
Mayor, Bogor City, Indonesia

Atty. Leticia O.
Clemente

Sr Hj Rozali Bin Hj
Mohamud

City Budget Officer, City of

Municipal President, Municipal

Baguio, Philippines

Council Of Seberang Perai,
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HIGHLIGHTSFROM OURGLOBAL AND
REGIONALWORK

HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR GLOBAL AND REGIONAL WORKCONCRETE ACTIONS AND INITIATIVES WORLDWIDEThis is a selection from the 130+ projects, partnerships and initiatives that make up the ICLEI Montréal Action Plan, launchedat the ICLEI World Congress 2018. For each activity, we define an entry point for longer term and broader thinking aboutsustainable urban development. That entry point may be food systems, climate, biodiversity and ecosystems, transport andmobility, finance or another, depending on the specific context in which we work. Any of our individual projects or initiatives
may be oriented along a specific pathway, such as resilient development. We explore connection points to other pathways
to bring about systemic change – for instance, by looking at where equity intersects with resilience or where nature-based
solutions can contribute to resilience building. Each of our actions works along a number of our five integrated pathways
and contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. This selection of activities reflects the depth andbreadth of our work in 2018 and beyond and showcases our holistic approach to sustainable urban development.

 Entry points: Biodiversity and ecosystems, urban and rural linkages

INTERACT-Bio
We integrate nature in fast-growing city regionsin Asia, Africa and South Amercia and support alllevels of government to coordinate their efforts formainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem services
into core subnational government functions.
9 cities: Africa, South America, South Asia

Our work at the global level and across each region is designed toadvance local and regional governments along our five pathways.
In any given year, we are engaged in hundreds of activities, hostnumerous events and publish a range of knowledge products. The
following selection showcases the diverse scope of our work.

 Entry points: Climate, data and reporting, policy andadvocacy

Ambitious City Promises
We capacitate local governments in Southeast Asia todevelop inclusive low emission development strategies
through active citizen engagement and integrationof stakeholder pledges into targets and planned
activities, ultimately raising the level of ambition innational climate action plans submitted under theParis Agreement.
9 cities: Southeast Asia

 Entry points: Climate, energy, data and reporting

Global Covenant ofMayors for Climate andEnergyWe are a founding partner of the Global Covenant ofMayors for Climate and Energy and support cities andother subnational governments in complying with theclimate commitment process, enabling them to makeunique commitments and take action within their local
context, in ways and at a pace that are appropriate
to address their prioritized development actions andfitted to their means and aspirations.
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR GLOBAL AND REGIONAL WORK Entry points: Climate, policy and advocacy, data andreporting

Urban-LEDS program
We use multilevel action to accelerate low emission
development and climate resilience across cities worldwide,strengthening cooperation and data sharing across national
and local governments and working at the city level on
capacity development, pilot projects and finance models
designed that advance implementation and deliver on global
climate goals.

 Entry points: Policy and advocacy, smart cities

ICT research, campaigning,
capacity building andadvocacy

60 cities: globally

We research, campaign, build capacity and advocate fair
Information and Communications Technology for workers
and those impacted along different stages of the ICT supply
chain in Europe.
Europe Entry points: Transport and mobility,
private sector engagement

EcoLogistics: Low
carbon freight forsustainable cities
 Entry points: Climate, urban and rural linkages,
biodiversity and ecosystems

Front-line Cities andIslands
We advance sustainable island and island urban
development, with a specific focus on resilience andsystems planning, coastal fisheries management,
ecosystems services, post-disaster recovery andsustainable tourism, by leveraging innovative
financing solutions and twinning island cities withshoreline cities and regions that deliver globally
scalable solutions.

 Entry points: Food systems, water, energy

Food-Water-Energy Nexus
We support the development frameworks and tools
to guide urban governance on the food-water-energy
nexus, delivering innovative solutions to mitigate
climate change and biodiversity loss, while advancing
development goals from food security to job creation
across cities worldwide.
8 cities: Africa, South America, Southeast Asia

 Entry points: Science and research, climate

Thriving Earth Exchange
We tackle community issues and advance local priorities
related to natural hazards, natural resources and climatechange in North American cities, by bringing together
volunteer scientists and community leaders to use potential
earth and space science in particular as levarage.
4 cities: North America

Globally Entry points: Infrastructure, policy and advocacy, science andresearch Entry points: Waste

Urban Transitions Alliance

Strategic Plans for Waste
Prevention and Management

We provide the infrastructure and support industrial legacy cities
around the world need to identify common challenges, shareknowledge and co-create solutions as part of managing theirenvironmental, economic and social transition to a sustainable future.

We develop and test methods for waste prevention and management,
shifting towards sustainable production and consumption, andenhancing urban environmental resilience in European cities.

11 cities: East Asia, Europe, North America

8 cities: Europe

We build capacity across local governments
to develop and implement low carbon urban
freight policies and practices through urban
freight emission assessment tools, pilot
demonstration projects, taking a multilevelgovernance approach designed to shapenational policy recommendations.
3+ cities: South America, South Asia

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GLOBAL EVENTS
EcoMobility World Congress
and Festival 2017
Climate Summit of Local andRegional Leaders
Convened by ICLEI and hosted by
the City of Bonn and the State North
Rhine-Westphalia, the summit was theflagship event for local and regional
governments, attended by more than
1,000 delegates and upwards of 300
political leaders from 60 countries.
At the summit, local and regional
leaders signaled their intent to advanceclimate action globally. Throughthe Bonn-Fiji Commitment of Local
and Regional Leaders to Deliver theParis Agreement at All Levels, local
and regional governments affirmed
their commitment to climate action
and called on nations to ensure theParis Agreement achieves its fullpotential. The Bonn-Fiji Commitment
demonstrated that local and regional
governments intend to leverage theirposition as key actors, while working
with nations to strengthen climate
action and bridge climate to urban
policy.

The Climate Summit of Local and Regional Leaders garnered international attention- online media articles on the event including coverage by Reuters, Deutsche Welle,
Climate Home, CityLab and Next City achieved a combined potential reach of over
500 million people during the two weeks of COP23. It was a significant milestone in
our ongoing engagement at the annual climate COP.

Global organizations, including ICLEI, launched the Shared
Mobility Principles for Livable Cities, which have since beensigned by 15 transport and tech companies including Lyft andUber. ICLEI developed and launched the Kaohsiung Strategies
for the Future of Urban, which were adopted by local andregional governments as a guide to implementing theseprinciples in sustainable urban transport systems.

Political leaders at all levels came together at the Climate Summit of Local andRegional Leaders

Resilient Cities 2018
The annual Resilient Cities congress in Bonn is a well-establishedplatform for global conversations on urban resilience. In 2018,
the congress took place just after the Cities IPCC Conference, a
few days ahead of the mid-year climate talks in Bonn and justmonths before nations review SDG 11 on cities and humansettlements. This constellation of milestones made Resilient
Cities the center of conversation on science-driven, evidencebased policy, and progress on the urban resilience targets of
SDG 11 on cities and human settlements.

Mayor show their commitment to the Sustainable
Development Goals at Resilient Cities 2018

The third EcoMobility World Festival, a biannual global event,took place throughout the month of October in Kaohsiung.
Situated in the historic neighborhood of Hamasen, there wasa live demonstration on how cities could take a bold stepto create a forward-thinking urban transportation culture
through ecomobility. The EcoMobility Congress brought
together global actors united in their shared interest in
sustainable transportation, to share good practices, sparksynergies and promote creative collaboration and local
initiatives.

In 2018, high level conversations on how multilevel governancecan drive climate action were facilitated through the Talanoa
Dialogue. UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia
Espinosa addressed a Cities and Regions Talanoa Dialogue
event at Resilient Cities and the key perspectives of local andregional governments were carried through at the Bonn talks,
where local and regional governments participated in continued
dialogues and shared their outcomes from Cities and Regions
Talanoa Dialogues. ICLEI is looking ahead towards Resilient
Cities 2019, to continue the global dialogue and check-in on local
progress worldwide towards resilience-building.

Mayor show their support for ecomobility at the
EcoMobility World Festival 2017ICLEI World Congress 2018
Every three years, ICLEI holds its World
Congress to showcase how local andregional governments across our
network are advancing sustainableurban development worldwide. The
ICLEI World Congress connects leaderswith their peers and strategic partners,
and provides a platform for discussions
to inform and enhance their work.
This year at the ICLEI World Congress2018 in Montréal, hundreds of local,
regional and national governments,
international agencies, representativesof the private sector, academics andresearchers, community groups andother partners from around the world
meet to steer the global sustainable
development agenda by strengthening
action taken in urban areas worldwide.
More than 50 sessions and workshops
will be offered, allowing participants
to learn more about how urban
sustainability is an integral componentof the global sustainable development
agenda. They will look at how tostrengthen collective action onsustainability, in a way that has local,
national and global impacts.
At the World Congress, the ICLEI
network adopted the ICLEI Montréal
Commitment and ICLEI Montréal
Action Plan, two documents that will
guide our vision and action in the
coming years. We commit to scale up
and expand the model of sustainable
cities and regions, make sustainability
a fundamental part of all local andglobal development, tackle the mostpressing issues of our time andundertake a collective effort for globalchange across all sectors and levelsof government. Our commitments
combined, with our holistic throughour five pathways is a key part of oureffort to advance sustainable urban
development worldwide.
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PUBLICATIONS
Enabling subnational climate
action through multilevelgovernance

THE ICLEI
MONTRÉAL
COMMITMENT
AND STRATEGICVISION2018 - 2024

BUI L D ING A S US TAINABLE
URBAN WORLDICLEI Montréal Commitment and Strategic
Vision 2018–2024
The ICLEI Montréal Commitment is a commitment laidout by the local and regional governments across the
ICLEI network, stating their intention to deliver on global
sustainable development goals through comprehensive
sustainable urban development. Through the ICLEIMontréal Commitment, local and regional governments
show how they will drive system change at the local level,and scale up the model of sustainable cities and regions
worldwide.

ICLEI Montréal Action Plan 2018-2021
At the ICLEI World Congress in June 2018, ICLEI released
the Montréal Action Plan, a compendium of projects,
initiatives and partnerships ICLEI offices are undertaking incollaboration with local and regional governments acrossthe global ICLEI network. These efforts, oriented along ourpathways, carry forward the commitments that ICLEI local
and regional governments laid out in the ICLEI Montréal
Commitment and Strategic Vision.
This action plan is a snapshot of our ongoing projects,
partnerships and initiatives across our nine regions and 22
offices. The depth and breadth of our engagement from thelocal to the global level demonstrates the impact of our workand network.

THE ICLEI
MONTRÉALACTION PLAN
2018 - 2021

through new climate governancecarbonn Climate Registry2016-2017 report
November 2017

BRIDGING
LOCAL ANDGLOBALat COP23, the 23rd United Nations
Climate Change Conference

D R IV IN G T H E MON T R É AL
C OMMIT ME N T FOR W AR D

This report released at COP23 highlights that we need a
new model of climate governance that links all levels ofgovernment in shaping and implementing climate action.
We show how the carbonn Climate Registry enables
this through Integrated Measurement, Reporting andVerification – or MRV. We explain how, through carbonn,national and subnational can build a holistic picture of
mitigation and adaptation efforts at all levels. This allows forbetter analysis of current opportunities and challenges, andcan help governments identify critical action areas.

CITIES
AND REGIONSTALANOADIALOGUES

Driving multilevelclimate action worldwide

Facilitated byIntroduction
As was agreed under the Paris Agreement, nations are
expected to increase their climate commitments over time
via their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) –their national climate action plans. National governments
are expected to submit their emissions reduction andadaptation targets for the period up to 2030, and updatethese targets every five years from 2020 onwards, increasing
their level of ambition with each submission. This increaseis critical given the current gap between national
commitments and the actual emissions reductions neededto achieve Paris Agreement goals. Should emissions not beadequately reduced to limit temperature rise, the need foreven more vigorous climate change adaptation action isneeded. Thus, scaling up efforts all round are key at thisimportant juncture. Strong partnerships are needed, incountry and internationally.
Now is the time for local and regional governments tobecome partners to nations as they implement theParis Agreement. The Paris Agreement recognizes that
local and regional governments have an important role toplay in global climate action. It is time to take thisrecognition a step further. Local and regional governments
can help nations craft policies and implementation strategies
that are most effective on the ground.
Well-designed national frameworks need to take into
account the roles and mandates of all levels of government
to enable action. National ministries and departments with
their respective sectoral or thematic functions, as well as
regional and local governments need to cooperate, to alignstrategies, communication and processes for collective
coordinated efforts. Top-down designed approaches are notenough for effective climate governance, as the state often

may not adequately consider local realities, needs and challenges.
The local level has no possibility of defining the nationalframework conditions independently. This is where multi-levelgovernance has a key role to play to optimize climate action andsustainable development in all countries around the globe.
No state can implement meaningful climate action without its
cities. No city can effectively tackle climate change without aproper framework set by the state. Here is an inter-dependence, as
well as the potential to scale up if the system is designed to enable
and empower action at the appropriate levels. It is vital that the
subnational levels are well integrated in national climate policies,
but also that they get the chance to contribute to policy
development and co-design the process of multi-level governance.
This is relevant for effective communication, joint planning,
coordinating, learning and capacity building, and should lead tomore ambitious NDCs.
Vertical integration is a continuous process that matures andchanges over time. It is a unique, country-specific framework thatshould be designed to evolve, support and enable. NDC
consultation processes domestically with local and regional
governments in advance of and at the 2018 Facilitative Dialogue
are important. They will help nations strengthen the urban andregional dimension of their Nationally Determined Contributions,
to be reviewed and updated by 2020.
This paper was developed by GIZ, ICLEI – Local Governments
for Sustainability (ICLEI) and UN-Habitat. It aims to support theimplementation of NDCs, by fostering sharing and learning fromcurrent climate change mitigation examples reflected in short casestudies. These include experiences from Colombia, Germany,
South Africa, Mexico and Myanmar, that exemplify good practices
as well as barriers.

Bridging local and global
at COP23, the 23rd United
Nations Climate Change
Conference

Advancing global climate action
across the ICLEI network

Boosting subnational climate action throughnew climate governance

Boosting subnational
climate action

Developed by GIZ, ICLEI and UNHabitat, this paper aims to support
the implementation of Nationally
Determined Contributions by fostering
sharing and learning from current
climate change mitigation examples
reflected in short case studies.

Enabling subnational climate action
through multi-level governanceSpecial partners

In this publication, we look at whatgoes into preparing local and regional
governments to participate in global
fora, which have strategic value for
local and regional governments
through their active participation andvisibility. We explain mechanisms ICLEI
uses to link global and local policies
and actors in the climate space andhow preparing for and delivering onthese engagements builds lastingmechanisms for change.

The Bonn-Fiji Commitment ofLocal and Regional Leaders to
Deliver the Paris Agreement at
All Levels
Adopted by hundreds of local andregional governments at the Climate
Summit of Local and Regional Leaders
at COP23, the Bonn-Fiji Commitment
puts forward concrete actions cities andregions will undertake globally to drive
climate action and calls for multilevelgovernance as a key part of global
climate action.

Snapshot of the Cities and Regions
Talanoa Dialogues
This snapshot explains the why, how and what of Cities
and Regions Talanoa Dialogues launched by ICLEI, a
direct response from local and regional governments
to the call for stakeholder climate consultations issued
at COP23 by the Government of Fiji. We explain how
they are designed to convene local, regional andnational governments to drive multilevel climate action,
strengthen climate action at all levels and link urban
and climate policy.

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Kaohsiung Strategies for the
Future of Urban Mobility

www.sustainablecities.eu

THE BASQUE DECLARATION

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The Kaohsiung Strategies for the
Future of Urban Mobility
4 October 2017

We, the representatives of cities and entities that support
implementing sustainable urban mobility, assembled in Kaohsiungon 2-4 October 2017 for the Third EcoMobility World Festival and
EcoMobility World Congress 2017. Following the Congress themesof livable, shared, and intelligent, we confirm our commitment tosustainable urban mobility and ecomobility.

Released at the EcoMobility World
Festival 2017, the Kaohsiung
Strategies for the Future of Urban
Mobility are a guide for local andregional governments to implement
the Shared Mobility Principles insustainable urban transport systems
around the world.

Our cities are experiencing unprecedented changes intransportation that are driven by social, economic and technicaltrends. As city leaders, it is our responsibility to guide thesechanges to ensure safe, clean, affordable, accessible,
environmentally-friendly, intelligent and connected mobility
options are implemented in our communities.
We commit to activating the urban mobility related goals in the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the New Urban Agenda
and the Paris Climate Agreement.
We commit to be leaders of the future of mobility, comprehend
the new mobility options and services and encourage otherlikeminded change-makers to walk with us.
Our commitment to sustainable urban mobility and ecomobility isthrough the following strategies:

1.

We plan our cities and their mobility together

The Kaohsiung Strategies on the future ofurban mobility shall inspire local governments
to transform their transportation systems andmobility
patterns
tobecomemoresustainable, low-carbon and people-centered
and less automobile dependent.
The Kaohsiung Strategies strengthen
ecomobile solutions; walking, cycling, public
transport,
sharedmobility
andtheirinterconnectivity as the backbone of urban
mobility in the future. The Kaohsiung
Strategies call for a dedicated debate on theopportunities, challenges and threats ofemerging trends, new technologies, subsidies
and bans.
The Kaohsiung Strategies follow the Suwon
2013
EcoMobility
Impulseandthe
Johannesburg Declaration on Ecomobility inCities 2015.
The Kaohsiung Strategies shall bring astrong message on urban mobility and climate
to the UN Climate Conference COP 23 inBonn in November 2017. They also present
ICLEI’s call to apply the 2030 Sustainable
Development Goals and the New Urban
Agenda to local mobility policies.
The Kaohsiung Strategies are based on the
Shared Mobility Principles for Livable Cities,
launched by 13 organizations in Kaohsiung in
October 2017.

The way our cities are planned and developed determines mobility needs, how they can be met
and how travel demand can be reduced.
We must:SMART
MATURERESILIENCEFOR MORE
RESILIENTCITIES IN
EUROPEPOLICY BRIEF
CITY RESILIENCE Call upon fellow city leaders, national and sub-national governments, and development
agencies, to act on the conception, development and implementation of ecomobility (giving
priority to walking, cycling, light vehicles, public transport, shared vehicles and theirintegration) within and between urban areas Encourage policies and plans at the local level that support compact, dense, accessible,
green and livable cities, by creatively using all available instruments, such as urban design,building and zoning regulations, parking regulations, and land use policies
 Ensure greater integration of land use and transport by implementing mixed-use land
policies

New Pathways for European Cities and Towns
to create productive, sustainable and resilient cities
for a liveable and inclusive Europe

www.smr-project.eu

START

FOR BEGINNER CITIESManual on the
integration of measuresand measure packages
in a SUMP

Smart Mature Resilience:
Policy brief on city resilience
The Basque Declaration
The Basque Declaration outlines new
pathways for European Cities andTowns to create productive, sustainable
and resilient cities for a livable andinclusive Europe. The document
aims to support and acceleratesocio-cultural, socio-economic andtechnological transformation.

GUIDELINESFOR AN INTEGRATED APPROACH IN THE

DEVELOPMENT AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF
NATIONAL, SUBNATIONAL AND LOCAL

BIODIVERSITY STRATEGIESAND ACTION PLANS

Guidelines for an integrated approach in thedevelopment and implementation of national,
subnational and local biodiversity strategies andaction plans (NBSAPS)
In this publication, we look at how to connect all levels ofgovernment in biodiversity strategies and action planning,as an important opportunity for national governments toachieve national goals for the conservation and sustainable
use of biodiversity, and to attain the global Aichi Biodiversity
Targets. The Convention on Biological Diversity – CBD – hasbeen encouraging the involvement of subnational and local
authorities in the implementation of the Convention since2008, and this publication explains one way this can happen.

The Smart Mature Resilience project
responds to the need for resilience inEuropean cities and offers concrete
policy measures to further increase
cities’ maturity and capacity to absorb
and bounce back from shocks.

www.sumps-up.eu
S U M P S - U P

CIVITAS Sustainable Urban
Mobility Plans (SUMP)
Measure Selection Manuals
ICLEI worked alongside CIVITAS asa key partner in developing this setof manuals. The manuals provide
guidance on identifying appropriate
SUMP measures, along with how toenhance selected mobility fields. They
also contain recommendations, rating
systems for priorities of measures, andchecklists tailored to each city type.

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PARTNERS,REVENUE AND
LEGAL STATUS
I

CLEI works under adiversity of revenue
streams. Whilefunding sources varyacross offices, thefour largest are local,
regional and national
governments, theEuropean Union,foundations andinternational agencies.
Members also contributean annual membershipfee that varies regionally and according topopulation and gross national income per capita.
Our multi-faceted approach to funding is areflection of the broad support we receive frompartners around the world. It allows us to pursue
direct project funding while ensuring the financial
health of the organization.
The legal entity of the World Secretariat is ICLEI- Local Governments for Sustainability e.V., a non-profit association registered in Bonn,
Germany. ICLEI e.V. is overseen by a
Board consisting of selected membersof the ICLEI Global Executive Committee.
ICLEI e.V. is managed by its Executive
Director and the Secretary Generalof the global association. The World
Secretariat is responsible for strategy,
global coordination, representation,membership and governance,
advocacy, partnerships, programmaticdevelopment and the implementationof international projects. The World
Secretariat prepares the global Strategic
Plan and oversees its implementation.
ICLEI offices around the world areoperated through legally independent
entities. Their operations are led by a
Regional or Country Director.

KEY FINANCIAL PARTNERS
AND LEGAL STATUS
Africa Secretariat

Beijing Office

Legal name: ICLEI Africa. Operated as a Non-Proft
Company (NPC). Established 1995.

Legal name: ICLEI EAS Beijing Representation Office.

Key financial partners: African Development
Bank; German Federal Ministry for the Environment,
Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Cityof Johannesburg; City of Tshwane; Department ofEnvironmental Affairs, South Africa; e-Thekwini
Municipality; European Commission; German Federal
Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development(BMZ), GIZ; Natural Environment Research Council(UK); SCBD (Japan Fund); South African National
Biodiversity Institute (SANBI); SwedBio; Stockholm
Resilience Center; UNDP; UNEA; UN-HABITAT; UN
Environment; USAID; WRI; WWF; FAO.

Canada Office
Legal name: ICLEI – Local Governments for
Sustainability (Management) Inc. Operated as a nonprofit corporation. Established 2003.
Key financial partners: British Columbia Ministryof the Environment, City of Victoria, Environment
and Climate Change Canada, Federation of Canadian
Municipalities, Manitoba Sustainable Development,
The Co-operators Group, Ontario Ministry of Natural
Resources, Ville de Montreal, various municipalities

East Asia Secretariat
Legal name: ICLEI East Asia Secretariat. Established2012.
Key financial partners: Bloomberg Philantropies
via ICLEI World Secretariat; BMUB via ICLEI World
Secretariat; Green Technology Center, Korea;
Kaohsiung City; Seoul Metropolitan Government;
USAID via ICLEI South Asia Secretariat, UNEP via ICLEIEuropean Secretariat.

Managed by: ICLEI - Local Governments for
Sustainability East Asia Secretariat. Established 2018.

European Secretariat
Legal name: ICLEI European Secretariat GmbH.
Operated as a non-profit company. Established 1992.
ICLEI European Secretariat GmbH manages theBrussels Office (est. 2008) and the Berlin Office (est.
2018).
Key financial partners: City of Aalborg; City ofBasel; City of Berlin; City of Freiburg; city of Seoul;
EBRD; European Commission; European Environment
Agency; European Investment Bank (EIB); German
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature
Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU); German
Federal Environment Agency; The Basque Country;
Rijkswaterstaat, Netherlands; City of Oslo, Flanders
Region; Bertelsmann Foundation; City of Utrecht; Cityof Nijmegen.

Indonesia Office
Legal name: Yayasan Iclei - Local Governments for
Sustainability Indonesia. Established 2013.
Key financial partners: Asian Development Bank
(ADB); Korea Environment Institute; United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP).

Japan Office
Legal name: ICLEI Japan. Operated as a general
members organization ((Ippan Shadan Hojin).
Established 1993
Key financial partners: Aichi Prefectural
Government; City of Kyoto; City of Toyota Hosei
University; Institute for Global Environmental
Strategies (IGES); Ministry of the Environment, Japan,
Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center (OECC).

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PARTNERS
Kaohsiung Capacity Center

South Asia Secretariat

World Secretariat

Our main global partners include:

Legal name: ICLEI Kaohsiung Capacity Center.
Established 2012.

Legal name: ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability –South Asia. Registered under the Indian Trust Act. Established2005. ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability –South Asia
manages the Southern Center.

Legal name: ICLEI – Local Governments for
Sustainability e.V. Operated as a non-profit
organization (NPO) and public benefit organization(PBO). Established 1991.

Key financial partners: Asian Development Bank; BMUB;
BMZ; CDKN; European Commission; GIZ; Global Green
Growth Institute; ICF Incorporated, LLC; International
Development Research Centre; Melaka Green Technology
Corporation; Ministry of New and Renewable Energy,
Government of India; Ministry of Housing and Urban
Affairs, Government of India; Rockefeller Foundation;
Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation; Swiss Agency for
Development and Cooperation; UK Aid; UN-HABITAT; UNDP;
UNEP; United States Agency for International Development;
World Bank; World Resources Institute; World Wildlife Fund,
India; MISEREOR.

Key financial partners: Agence Française deDéveloppement (AFD); Bloomberg Philanthropies;
Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau
und Reaktorsicherheit (BUMB); City of Bonn; City ofBristol; City of Johannesburg; City of Kaoshiung; Cityof Montréal; Climate and Development Knowledge
Network (CDKN); Climate KIC; Deutsche Gesellschaft
für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); Deutsche
Messe AG; European Climate Foundation; European
Commission; Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations (FAO); Ford Foundation; German
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation andDevelopment (BMZ), Global Environment Facility (GEF);
Global Infrastructure Basel (GIB); Hewlett Packard
Foundation; International Development ResearchCentre (IDRC); IRENA-The International Renewable
Energy Agency; Johnson Foundation; Mercator Stiftung;OECD; Philips Lighting; Reed Expositions/World
Efficiency; Regionalverband Ruhr (RVR); R20 - Regionsof Climate Action; Seoul Metropolitan Government;
Siemens; State of North Rhine-Westphalia; StiftungInternationale Begegnung der Sparkasse in Bonn; UNHabitat; UN Environment; World Business Council for
Sustainable Development; World Health Organization(WHO); World Resource Institute (WRI); World Wide
Fund for Nature (WWF), Sweden.

Local and regional government organizations: Global
Task Force of Local and Regional Governments, United Cities
and Local Governments (UCLG), C40, Regions of Climate
Action (R20), Metropolis, CityNet, Network of Regional
Governments for Sustainable Development (NRG4SD).

Key financial partners: Kaohsiung City Government.

Korea Office
Legal name: ICLEI Korea. Operated as a non-profit
organization and NGO. Established 2002.
Key financial partners: City of Suwon; UK Embassyin Korea

Oceania Secretariat
Legal name: International Council for Local
Environmental Initiatives - Australia / New Zealand
Limited. Operated as a Company Limited by Guarantee.
Established 1998.
Key financial partners: Bloomberg Philanthropies;
City of Melbourne; Rockefeller Foundation; UNISDR.

South America Secretariat
Legal name: ICLEI South America. Established 1994.
Key financial partners: BDMG; Bloomberg
Philantropies; Climate & Development Knowledge
Network (CDKN); Consórcio do Grande ABC; European
Commission; Fundación Avina; GIZ (Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit);
Global Environmental Facility; International Climate
Initiative (BMUB Germany); Instituto Clima e Sociedade(ICS); Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS); UK Prosperity
Fund / British Embassy in Brazil; World Wildlife
Foundation (WWF), Energy do Brasil Ltda, World
Resources Institute (WRI), The Global Environment
Facility (GEF) , Embassy of Israel in Brazil.

Mexico, Central America and Caribbean
Secretariat
Legal name: ICLEI México. Gobiernos Locales Por La
Sustentabilidad A.C. Operated as a civil association.
Established 2002

Southeast Asia Secretariat
Legal name: ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
Southeast Asia Inc. Operated as a Non-Governmental
Organization (non-profit). Established 2004.
Key financial partners: Asian Development Bank, German
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation
and Nuclear Safety (BMU), German Federal Ministry for
Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Engagement
Global, European Commission, GIZ, ICMA – International City/County Management Association, National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL), United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) – Philippines, US Department of State, World Wide
Fund for Nature

USA Office
Legal name: ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
USA, Inc. Operated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.
Established 1995.
Key financial partners: American Council for an EnergyEfficient Economy; California Air Resources Board; Bloomberg
Philanthropies via the ICLEI World Secretariat; California’s
Investor Owned Utilities under the auspices of the California
PUC; Garret Albright; Laboratory; National Renewable Energy;
Pacific Gas & Electric Company; The San Diego Foundation;
Stopwaste.org; U.S. Department of Energy.

UN Agencies, international organizations and financeinstitutions: Department of Economic and Social Affairs(UNDESA), European Commission, Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO), Global Biodiversity Information Facility(GBIF), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC), International Energy Agency (IEA), International
Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), International Union forConservation of Nature (IUCN), Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD), Regional Advisory
Committee of Local Authorities (UNACLA), United Nations
Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), United
Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD), United
Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD),
United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs(UNDESA), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asiaand the Pacific (UNESCAP), United Nations Economic andSocial Council (ECOSOC), UN Environment Global Initiativefor Resource Efficient Cities (UNEP-GI-REC), UN Environment,
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC), United Nations Human Settlements Programme(UN-HABITAT), United Nations International Strategy for
Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), Global Environmental Facility(GEF), The World Bank Group.
Research, experts and capacity building institutions:
Chinese Center for Urban Development, Chinese Society
for Urban Studies, Ecocity Builders, Institute for Advanced
Sustainabilities Studies, Guangzhou Institute for Urban
Innovation, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies,
Stockholm Resilience Center, Sustainable Development
Solutions Network.
Initiatives and organizations: Cities Alliance, Earth
Charter Initiative, EFG, Global 100% Renewable Energy
Campaign, Global Footprint Network, Global Infrastructure
Basel, ISOCARP, International Green Purchasing Network,
Rockefeller Foundation, RUAF, SLOCAT, Stakeholder Forum,
The Climate Group, WCCD, WWF, WRI, Worldwatch Institute.

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