One of the closing statements on the final day of the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) was delivered by the Secretary-General of the Rwanda Local Association of Local Government (RALGA) and CLGF member, Mr Ladislas Ngendahimana. Read More

As we mark World Cities Day at COP26, CLGF and partners have chosen this day to highlight the important work they are doing around rapid urbanisation and sustainable development; and to ask Commonwealth cities, local governments and national governments to support the Call to Action. Read More

Bernard Wagner, Mayor of Belize City, Belize and CLGF Board member, represented his city and spoke at a Regional Workshop entitled Cities and Climate Change: Project Development for Municipalities. Read More

When you think of the services provided by local government, what immediately springs to mind? The obvious and tangible, of course, such as housing, roads, education. Read More

The Commonwealth Local Government Forum made an early impression at the 26th Conference of the Parties or Cop26 which is taking place in Glasgow over the first two weeks of November. Read More

The overwhelming message emerging from a special session today at COP26 on local government and climate change is that it is impossible to separate people from climate action. Read More