Each month, ICLEI Europe publishes a feature article via its newsletter.  In our mini segment, 'Features', a member of the ICLEI Europe staff reads the feature article aloud. This month, Wolfgang Teubner 🇩🇪, Regional Director Europe, looks to the year ahead, and the doors that are open to strengthen multilevel governance. To read the article for yourself, register for the ICLEI Europe ⁠newsletter⁠.

What happens when cities give sustainable food a starring role on the political agenda? In this conversation with Hannelore Herreman, Policy Officer for the city of Ghent, we discuss the impactful initiatives that have resulted from Ghent's financial and systemic support of sustainable food. Topics on the menu include double-pricing systems, food swamps and making healthy food widely accessible via the FEAST project.

To learn more about the FEAST project, please visit: https://feast2030.eu/

Sometimes nature provides the perfect solution to our environmental challenges - all we have to do is lend a helping hand. In this episode, we head to the beach with Biologist, Patrícia Pinto da Silva, who works for the City of Almada (Portugal). We discuss healthy sand dunes, urban wilderness and how projects like NBS EduWORLD are vital for involving and educating the public on nature-based solutions.

If you would like to learn more about the NBS EduWORLD project, please visit: https://nbseduworld.eu/

Each month, ICLEI Europe publishes a feature article via its

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Each month, ICLEI Europe publishes a feature article via its newsletter, which is read aloud by a member of our staff in this podcast segment titled, 'Features'. Our October 2023 feature article is read aloud by Julia Kittel, Head of ICLEI Europe's Events & Project Communications team, who reflects on the need for truly integrated action to build resilience in the wake of climate crisis. To read the article for yourself, subscribe to the ICLEI Europe ⁠newsletter⁠.

This is the final episode of a three-part miniseries on the ICLEI Action Fund 1.0. During this miniseries, we have spoken to each of the six Action Fund Projects about the innovative, data-driven solutions they are using to foster environmental and climate action at the local level.

Join us today as we sit down with Hanna Rhein, Project Manager for the project Pop-up Republic located in Berlin, Germany. We’re also joined by  Kay Hartkopf, Technical Lead for the project ANN RADAR based in Hamburg, Germany. During this final episode, Hanna and Kay share with us the experiences that defined their involvement with the ICLEI Action Fund, relating specifically to sustainable mobility and the energy transition.

To learn more about the ICLEI Action Fund, please visit: http://bit.ly/45n5YQ1

This is the second episode of a three-part miniseries on the ICLEI Action Fund 1.0. During this miniseries, we speak to each of the six Action Fund Projects about their innovative solutions fostering data-driven environmental and climate action at the local level.

Join us today as we sit down with Rasmus Reeh, Project Lead and Advisor for the project Thrive Zone Amager located in Copenhagen, Denmark. We’re also joined by David Brenon, Air Pays de La Loire’s Director and Lead for the project AIREAL based in Nantes, France. Rasmus and David share their experiences with data enhancements on air quality. In this episode, they discuss the changes they are pursuing locally in Denmark and France.

To learn more about the ICLEI Action Fund, please visit: http://bit.ly/45n5YQ1

This is the first episode of a three-part miniseries on the ICLEI Action Fund 1.0. During this miniseries, we speak to each of the six Action Fund Projects about their innovative solutions fostering data-driven environmental and climate action at the local level.

Join us today as we sit down with Bridget Newbery, Project Manager for Project 3D - Data to Decarbonise in a Decade based in Birmingham as well as Aneaka Kellay, Sholver Facilitator and Pilot Projects Lead for the project Oldham Energy Futures based in Oldham. Bridget and Aneaka share their experiences with data-driven sustainable energy development and describe the changes they’re pursuing locally in the United Kingdom.

If you would like to learn more about the ICLEI Action Fund, please visit: http://bit.ly/45n5YQ1

Each month, ICLEI Europe publishes a feature article via its newsletter, which is read aloud by a member of our staff in this podcast segment titled, 'Features'. Our September 2023 feature article is read aloud by Jennifer Cote, Communications and Member Relations Officer, who explains how we can rethink governance structures in the digital age to strengthen connections between people and decision-makers. To read the article for yourself, subscribe to the ICLEI Europe ⁠newsletter⁠.

A problem shared is a problem solved - at least this is the case in Dijon, a pilot city in the NetZeroCities project. Join us as we sit down with Jean-Patrick Masson, Vice-President of Dijon Metropole, responsible for the Ecological Transition. Jean-Patrick describes a city that is on the cusp of major structural change, where a highly collaborative, cross-sectoral approach is being used to address the climate emergency.

If you would like to learn about the EU Mission: Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities, please visit: bit.ly/3P7JKgi