Many schemes and frameworks provide tools, concepts and guidance on sustainability to local governments. For many of the schemes below the Aalborg Charter and Aalborg Commitments prepared the ground and still continue to be a strong framework.

ICLEI’s Transformative Actions Program (TAP) is a separate initiative, which currently builds a pipeline of climate project proposals with the aim to strengthen the capacity of local and subnational governments globally to access climate finance and attract investment. By participating in the TAP, cities, towns and regions take proactive steps and access a network of partners that offer support services that increase their visibility, better position them to access climate finance and encourage innovative and replicable local financing mechanisms. The TAP is open to local and subnational governments seeking project funding or visibility.

• Compact of Mayors
• Covenant of Mayors
• EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020
• EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS)
• EU Reference Framework for Sustainable Cities
• European Capitals of Biodiversity
• European Climate Adaptation Platform
• European Green Capital Award
• European Helpdesk for Green Public Procurement
• Green Infrastructure Strategy
• New Urban Agenda
• Paris Climate Agreement
• Procurement of Innovation Platform
• Sustainable Development Goals
• Sustainable Procurement Platform
• The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)
• URBACT
• Urban Agenda for the EU
• EU Regional and urban development - Cities
• Urban Data Portal