New Research identifies cities role in meeting Net Zero Targets
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ICLEI Oceania would like to welcome Blacktown City Council, as a new member of the ICLEI network. Blacktown is a vibrant city located in the heart of Greater Sydney, halfway between Sydney City and the Blue Mountains, with a reputation for being on the forefront of sustainability and climate action.
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The PP-NUA aims to provide support to Pacific Island communities in implementing the Pacific New Urban Agenda, and meeting the voluntary commitments that Pacific countries have made. It aims to respond to the needs and aspirations of communities by facilitating partnerships and mobilising resources. It also seeks to strengthen a cohesive regional approach to capacity building, policy development and project implementation.
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On the 19 November, Better Futures Australia hosted this session to find the answers. Together with an esteemed panel of speakers, the session covered the global and Australian context for local councils, their role and what the sector as a whole needed to do in the lead up to the COP26.
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ICLEI Oceania is pleased to announce a partnership with Informed.City, a business helping cities use data to support informed decision-making to shape resilient and sustainable futures. In 2020, Informed.City won innovator of the year for the Climate Alliance Awards.
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Talking In This Climate is a new podcast series that follows six millennials as they go on a shared and often hilarious journey to become better communicators of climate and environmental issues. With no prior experience in podcasting, and recorded through several gruelling months of lock down in Victoria, Australia, the team have managed to pull together a diverse array of episodes on climate communication.
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Across the world, 88 cities have made the CDP 2020 A List for achieving the highest standards of environmental action reporting, including five cities in Australia and New Zealand: Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, ACT and Auckland.
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The fires impacted over 100 local government areas burning 24 million hectares, killing 33 people, destroying more than 3,100 homes, and caused the death and displacement of an estimated 3 billion animals.
While the Royal Commission said State Governments hold most of the responsibility for the protection of life, property and the environment, they also must ensure local governments have the capacity and capability to perform their roles in disaster management.
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30 October 2020: This webinar was presented by the Pacific Partnership for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda (PP-NUA). The objective is to inform participants about the outcomes of an action based training program that has been piloted by local governments in Kiribati, the Cook Islands and the Marshall Islands, and to explore how the experience from the pilot program might have relevance for other Pacific Island communities.
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We extend a warm welcome to the Kiribati Local Government Association (KiLGA), also known as Aia Rabwata Kauntira. The LGA supports local government services and networks in Kiribati and the Pacific.
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Three inspiring Mayors from Adelaide, Newcastle and Byron spoke at the Daring Cities 2020 Global Forum, the world’s largest online forum for urban leaders tackling the climate emergency. By sharing their local stories, they reveal how three similar but different cities are paving their communities towards a net-zero future. Below are some excerpts from the presentations and links to further watching and reading. Visit the Daring Cities website to view recordings of these and other events.
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