Congress Outcomes

For a comprehensive list of the various outcomes of the Congress, we welcome you to visit the Outcomes Page. The Local Climate Solutions for Africa 2011 Congress has featured in various newspapers and publications, while a number of exciting events and interesting press releases are available. The official Congress Declaration can be downloaded from the Outcomes page. For more information, please contact us at locs4africa@iclei.org.

Please visit the LoCS Image Gallery to view selected photographs from the event.

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ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability – Africa

ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, a steadily growing and widely recognised global association of more than 1220 cities, local governments and their associations, in 70 countries, plays a leading role in convening local governments in various international and United Nations forums related to sustainable development. On the ground ICLEI offers a wide suite of training and capacity building tools and projects, local sustainability planning and project implementation, exchange programmes, sharing of good practice and building leadership and networks in an urban context – all towards more sustainable, resilient and efficient cities and towns across the globe.

ICLEI Africa, the African Regional Office for ICLEI and based in Cape Town, South Africa, collaborates closely with our ICLEI network and other regional offices around the world, in sharing tools, materials and strategies and good practices specifically designed and implemented at the local level. Our key work areas include the following: Energy and Climate Change, Water and Sanitation, Urban Biodiversity (Local Action for Biodiversity, LAB), Integrated Environmental Management and Sustainable Consumption and Production. ICLEI Africa has a growing membership of African cities, local authorities and their associations and currently works in 27 African countries.

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Urban Leadership for African Sustainability (ULAS)

The African Regional Office of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, provides cities and local governments in Africa with local solutions and networks towards sustainable development. ICLEI Africa’s new Urban Leadership for African Sustainability (ULAS) programme includes a high level platform for local leaders serious about sustainability. It connects leaders, facilitates information exchange, informs policy processes, shares good practice and develops innovative, locally designed practical tools. Local Climate Solutions for Africa 2011 is the first African Congress under the ICLEI Africa ULAS programme.

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The City of Cape Town

The City of Cape Town is one of the largest metropolitan areas in South Africa, covering a geographical area of some 2500 square kilometres with a multi-cultural and Pan African population of just over 3.5 million.  And it is certainly the most diverse, both culturally and in respect to natural resources.  This city of exceptional beauty, with a 307km coastline, is rated as a Global biodiversity hotspot, with more threatened species than any other urban area on the planet and containing no fewer than 11 of the country’s 21 critically threatened vegetation types.  Cape Town is one of four cities in the world which contains a national park within its boundaries, boasts two world heritage sites, two biosphere reserves and 27 municipal nature reserves.  The City provides a variety of services, many of them impacted by climate change and including the provision of water and sanitation services, transportation and mobility, health (including air and water quality), economic development and tourism, spatial planning and urban design, environmental resource management and a variety of community services, including City Parks and other formal open spaces. Visit the City of Cape Town’s website