13 – Climate action
Kalix och Masaka, Uganda
The partnership of Kalix and Masaka are currently implementing 2 projects, both having a focus on youth. The Grow the Future project addresses the problem of limited capacities to include youth and children in decision-making processes in the local government in Masaka, Uganda. The main goal is to prioritize decision-making positions for young people and…
Call for proposals: Climate adaptation financing for local governments – landscape, mechanisms, and governance implications
Open call for proposals for a practitioner-oriented report on the availability of climate finance mechanisms for local governments and its connection to the quality of local democracy. Background: Local governments are crucial in the frontline response to challenges caused by climate change. However, financing adaptations measures often exceeds the capacity of local budgets and most…
Nudging for Sustainability: Insights for Sustainable Consumption
Regional focus: Kenya & Sweden / The Climate Action Network Time: October 2023 – April 2024 This small-scale project is the follow up on a Local Democracy Lab with Mombasa County and the region of Västerbotten, where they jointly asked researchers the question: ”How can we use nudging to promote sustainable consumption and waste management by civic…
New partnership: Karlskrona and Saldanha Bay
We congratulate Saldanha Bay Local Municipality and Karlskrona Municipality on their newly established municipal partnership. The two municipalities will work on involving youth in democratic processes, with a focus on climate issues. The partnership is part of ICLD’s Climate network. -Through this project, we aim to involve the local youth community in local government strategies…
Karlskrona and Saldanha Bay, South Africa
Karlskrona and Saldanha Bay Municipality will together adress the problem of Limited capacity to include youth in decision-making processes. Particularily when it comes to climate adaption issues since these may disproportionately impact youth. The objectives in Saldanha bay are focused around inclusion of underrepresented groups, as well as political committment on this issue: The partners…
Just, plastic free transition and climate change resilience in Mombasa County
Regional focus: Eastern Africa / the Climate Action Network Time: December 2023-January 2025 Abstract: We explore the democratic and participatory spaces through which grassroots waste pickers in Mombasa engage with county government actors in managing plastic pollution. Drawing on environmental democracy and grassroots innovation frameworks, we interrogate the nature, creation, and effectiveness of participatory spaces—classified as invited,…
Voluntary Local Review – Emboreet village, Manyara, Tanzania
The United Nations Agenda 2030 contains 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with 169 targets to address global social, environmental, and economic challenges by 2030, of which many must be implemented at the local level. Voluntary Local Reviews (VLR) have gained prominence as a means for local and regional governments to assess SDG progress and remaining…
The Plastic Bag Ban in Kenya: A study on consumer perceptions and attitudes following the plastic bag ban in Nairobi, Kenya
In 2017, Kenya’s government banned plastic bags, to reduce plastic waste and protect the environment. Today Kenya has one of the strictest plastic bag bans in the world. This study examines the perception of the plastic bag ban by different income classes in Nairobi, as well as what factors influence people’s support for the plastic…
Call for research proposals: Climate change, vulnerability reduction and local democracy
Terms of Reference Local governments are taking various measures to adapt to climate change. While increased awareness and funding for climate-change response are generating multiple responses from local governments, fixes are often technical. Technical solutions often miss the social and political economic roots of vulnerabilities – the conditions that turn climate stress into crisis. These…
TRANS-Lighthouses
Regional Focus: Europe Time: 2023-2026 ICLD is part of the consortium of TRANS-Lighthouses – a Horizon Europe research and innovation project supporting inclusive, democratic, and transformative nature-based solutions (NBS). Through a network of pilot sites and assessment cases, TRANS-Lighthouses explores how participatory practices can enhance the design, governance, and impact of NBS. The project adopts…
