September 2020 marks the 30 years since a group of emboldened mayors asserted the local contribution to global sustainability in what would become the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, now known as ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability. Today, ICLEI’s advocacy on behalf of cities, towns, and regions continues in climate, biodiversity, health and equity action — with important opportunities for U.S. local governments.

Join Jeb Brugmann, orchestrator of ICLEI’s founding and its first Secretary General, California State Senator Nancy Skinner, credited for founding ICLEI’s U.S. office, alongside researcher Ben Leffel and ICLEI Director of Global Policy Yunus Arikan for a look into how U.S. cities counties continue to assert their leadership: past, present, and future.