The Local Sustainability 2012 study will lay the ground for the local government contribution to the Rio+20 conference:

• documenting the variety of local processes for sustainability that have emerged all over the world, across the most diverse political and economic cultures;
• analysing the impacts of such local processes and their success or failure to initiate the necessary transition process towards more sustainable cities;
• proposing new ways forward for local governments to make their cities more resource-efficient, resilient and people-friendly, and to green their urban economies;
• outlining the governance framework necessary to be implemented on national and international levels in order for local governments to successfully contribute to global sustainability.

The study will consist of a global overview report, outlining a typology of local sustainability processes and a collection of local innovation case studies from all over the world.

Watch this space - first results available soon!

Based on the results of the study, ICLEI will develop policy recommendations to be presented in the run up to the Rio+20 conference.

The study is co-funded by The Charles Leopold Mayer Foundation for the Progress of Humankind and the Rio+20 vor Ort project, coordinated by the Institute for Future Studies and Technology Assessment.