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“COP28 represents a huge step for local and regional governments”

COP28 Presidency and Bloomberg Philanthropies convened the first-ever subnational leaders’ summit ...
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As national governments meet at COP28, local governments are partnering for change

[This article was written by Dave Keating and published on Eurativ.com on 4 December 2023] While nat...
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COP28 | Territorial leaders call for more action to fight climate change!

PLATFORMA and the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) call on the UN, the EU and t...
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COP27 | Now or never: territorial leaders in action

The localisation and territorialisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are essential to...
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COP26 | Glasgow Climate Pact calls for “multilevel and cooperative action”

“Disappointment” was a word on the lips of many at the closing on the COP26 UN climate conferenc...
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COP 26 | Events where PLATFORMA & CEMR are represented

The 26th UN summit on climate change (COP26) is taking place in Glasgow, Scotland, from 31 October t...
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Discover our infographic and key messages for COP26

After much delay and uncertainty to due to COVID crisis, it’s finally happening: the 26th UN summi...
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Towns and regions take the future of the planet into their own hands

Why should the COP23 climate summit remain a states-only club when towns and regions are so deeply a...
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COP23: Overview of European tools available for cooperation in the field of climate action

As the negotiations on the implementation of the Paris Agreement are going on in Bonn (6 to 17 Novem...
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From La Paz to Bonn: How city-to-city partnerships strengthen climate action

The Paris Agreement acknowledges the role that cities, towns and regions can play in tackling climat...
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Your #localgov guide to COP23

The 2017 UN Climate Change Conference just opened in Bonn (Germany), with the aim of “launching na...
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Heading to COP23: non-state actors set up a sustainable future

Irma. Harvey. Maria… These hurricanes are a catastrophic but obvious demonstration of climate ...
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Promoting development cooperation policies to citizens

The French Association of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (AFCCRE) is organizing ...
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To American mayors: work with us to make the planet great again!

“We invite all US mayors to work in close partnership with all local leaders in the world to k...
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COP22: How to finance local actions?

Most of the investments to implement climate actions will be undertaken by towns and regions, but th...
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COP22: Towns & regions call for a better access to targeted funding

“The rules and conditions to access the available funds to face climate change lack clarity. COP n...
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Local governments’ 5 main messages we will take to Marrakesh

The Paris climate conference (COP21) was the COP for negotiation that ended with a universal climate...
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Success in Nantes

The world’s largest climate stakeholders summit has just taken place in Nantes, France. Key non-st...
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9.5 reasons to come to the Climate Chance Summit

The planet is heating up at a rate it cannot take, and we all know it. Climate Chance, the climate s...
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Come to the Climate Chance global summit in Nantes

For non-state actors serious about finding solutions to climate change, the place to be this year is...
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