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he Circular City Actions Framework was developed by ICLEI, Circle Economy and Metabolic to facilitate the identification of circular economy interventions at the local level. The framework provides urban changemakers with 5 complementary strategies they can use to start working towards a more circular system.

Understanding Innovative Initiatives for Governing Food, Water and Energy Nexus in Cities (IFWEN) is a Belmont Forum funded international team of researchers and stakeholders working to advance knowledge about urban governance related to the food, water, and energy nexus (FWEN) and green and blue infrastructure (GBI). The project is developing approaches to build, govern, and assess FWEN and GBI solutions.

The Global Platform for Sustainable Cities (GPSC) is a knowledge platform that promotes integrated solutions and offers innovation support to cities on improving urban sustainability. Funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the platform currently comprises 28 cities across 11 countries and includes circular development as one of its key topics.

Big Buyers for Climate and Environment is a European Commission Initiative that promotes collaboration between big public buyers (cities, central purchasing bodies, and other major public procurers) in implementing sustainable procurement. The initiative includes a working group on Circular Construction Materials that brings together public procurers from European local governments.

ICLEI’s Global advocacy strategy aims to build a global policy environment that supports local and regional governments in their efforts to scale up sustainable urban development worldwide.