ICLEI World Congress 2024
The ICLEI World Congress 2024, hosted by the City of São Paulo, Brazil, is a pivotal gathering focused on advancing sustainable urban development and equitable adaptation to local and regional challenges.
Every three years, ICLEI hosts the ICLEI World Congress to showcase how cities, towns and regions across their network are advancing sustainable urban development worldwide. The ICLEI World Congress connects local and regional governments with their peers and strategic partners, and provides a platform for discussions that will inform and enhance their work.
The ICLEI World Congress is a platform to highlight how local and regional governments can collectively push for action and policy change that better position local and regional governments to reach their potential. The Congress demonstrates the impact and potential of taking action together and demanding more effective global and national policy.
ICLEI World Congress 2024
The ICLEI World Congress 2024, hosted by the City of São Paulo, Brazil, is a pivotal gathering focused on advancing sustainable urban development and equitable adaptation to local and regional challenges. Running from 18 – 21 June, this year’s Congress is a journey of reflection and forward-looking vision, emphasizing the critical challenges and opportunities facing cities, towns, and regions due to rising global risks and changes.
Central themes in 2024 include leveraging ICLEI’s strategic pathways for sustainability, understanding the unique role of regions like the Amazonia in global biodiversity and sustainability, and exploring the impact of climate and sustainability at all levels of government. Through these thematic lenses, the ICLEI World Congress 2024 aims to inspire, equip, and mobilize local and regional governments towards a sustainable and resilient future.
Through high-level plenaries led by international luminaries, site visits to special destinations throughout São Paulo, deep dive interactive sessions, memorable networking opportunities, and an expert-led Research & Innovation Symposium, the ICLEI World Congress 2024 is an action-oriented event that will ensure a space for local and regional government representatives to experience the power of reconnecting on sustainability goals.
2024 Theme: Equity and Resilience
The most pressing topics related to sustainable local development to enable a systemic transformation across all levels will be presented through the lens of building community resilience in equitable ways. The Malmö Commitment, launched at The Malmö Summit the ICLEI World Congress 2021-2022, puts equity at the center of sustainable development.
This emphasis on people and community is carried over into the program for 2024.