#RegionsVoice 2025
#RegionsVoice 2025Explore innovative actions that Regions4 and RegionsAdapt members are bringing to global events in 2025
In 2019, Regions4 launched the global campaign #RegionsVoice in a collective effort to bring the voice of regional governments to the major events and negotiation processes in sustainable development within the UN. The aim of the campaign is to ensure the visibility and wider recognition of the role of regional governments in sustainable development, by elevating both individual and collective messages and engaging with a wider audience during the UN Decade of Action.
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Andalusia: Protecting Blue Carbon Ecosystems with the LIFE Blue Natura Project
The Andalusian government has taken ambitious steps to protect coastal ecosystems in the fight against climate change. One of the most significant examples is the LIFE Blue Natura – the first project of its kind to quantify and incorporate blue carbon into regional climate strategies. Read more
Flanders: Protecting the Flemish coast over the next 100 years with the ‘Coastal Vision Plan’
The Flemish Government launched its Coastal Vision Plan, a pioneer initiative with the aim of safeguarding the Flemish coast against a potential 3 meters rise in sea levels. The government is planning to keep its coast protected over the next 100 years. Read more
Gauteng: Building Climate Resilience in the Kaalspruit River in Gauteng City Region
In a joint effort to address urgent climate adaptation in the vulnerable Kaalspruit river area in the Gauteng region, the World Bank, in partnership with the City of Tshwane, City of Johannesburg, and City of Ekurhuleni, launched the Resilient Kaalspruit Catchment Programme flagship initiative. Read more
Lombardy: Helping Small Businesses Drive Sustainable finance
The Lombardy Region is taking decisive steps to support its enterprises in transitioning to a more sustainable economic model. Through the Sustainable Finance Initiative, Lombardy is helping businesses understand and meet sustainability standards, such as the EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance.
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Louga: Strengthening coastal resilience through science and partnerships
Lombardy has adopted Italy’s first regional climate law, marking a decisive step in the definition of regional strategies for a just climate transition and sustainable development. Read more
Lombardy: Italy’s First Regional Climate Law Adopted
The Lombardy region has adopted Italy’s first regional climate law, a decisive step towards a just transition and a sustainable development at the regional level. Aligned with the European 2050 long-term strategy to be climate-neutral, the law focuses on multilevel governance and just transition. Read more
Paraná: A government climate certification that is driving climate action
Through its Selo Clima Paraná program, an official certification issued by the state government, Paraná has established a comprehensive public registry where companies, organizations, and municipalities voluntarily report their greenhouse gas emissions. Read more
Saint-Louis: Restoring Mangrove Forests to increase Coastal Resilience
Faced with increasing coastal erosion and the impacts of climate change, the Departmental Council of Saint-Louis, in Senegal, is positioning itself as a pioneer through a mangrove restoration project that combines environmental governance, social inclusion, and climate adaptation.
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Scotland: Lessons from the Climate Justice Communities Programme
Under its Climate Justice Fund, The Scottish Government launched the Climate Just Communities (CJC) Programme, to support inclusive and resilient communities in Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia, with a £24 million commitment from 2023 to 2026 [Coming soon]
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