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Organic farming and community spirit buoy a typhoon-battered Philippine town
This article can be seen at Mongabay. KIDAY, Philippines — Gloomy skies don’t dampen the spirit of Virginia Nazareno as she happily waters organic vegetables on an April morning in Kiday, a sitio or hamlet on the banks of the Agos River at the southern tip of the Sierra Madre mountain range.
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Sendai Framework Political Declaration highlights vital role of MCR2030 and UNDRR’s Global Education and Training Institute
This post is from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction’ Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030). The United Nations General Assembly in New York has adopted the Political declaration of the high-level meeting on the midterm review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030. The political declaration conveyed ‘deep concern that the pace […]
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7th Summit for Subnational Governments & Cities at CBD COP 15 Report launched
The 7th Summit for Subnational Governments & Cities constituted an unprecedented global milestone to welcome significantly strengthened contributions from subnational governments and cities to the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework. The Summit, an official parallel event to Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP15, was held on 11 and 12 December 2022.
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ICLEI Southeast Asia pilots 4-day workweek for PH Secretariat
In a bid to promote work-life balance for all its employees while ensuring continued productivity, the ICLEI Southeast Asia Secretariat based in Quezon City, Philippines will be piloting a 4-day workweek beginning the second week of May 2023. From a 5-day workweek, the Secretariat will now have its regular operations from Monday to Thursday, with […]
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Co-designing Infrastructures: Community collaboration for liveable cities
Co-designing Infrastructures tells the story of a research programme designed to bring the power of engineering and technology into the hands of grassroots community groups, to create bottom-up solutions to global crises. Four projects in London are described in detail, exemplifying community collaboration with engineers, designers and scientists to enact urban change. The projects co-designed solutions […]
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FREE TRAINING: Whole-of-society approach to creating healthy, resilient and sustainable cities
The course “Whole-of-society approach to creating healthy, resilient and sustainable cities: Harnessing South-South Cooperation for a post-COVID era” serves as an introductory training for urban leaders, planners, and practitioners, aiming to: Increase awareness and understanding for managing complex urban disaster risks and enhancing public health emergency response preparedness, and South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC); Introduce useful concepts and tools to […]
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6 PH cities undergo training for developing climate and disaster risk assessments, local climate change action plans
(in photo above) Representatives from the consortium members and stakeholders during the Climate Resilient Cities Training of Facilitators on CDRA, LCCAP, M&E, Proposal Development, and Annual Investment Plan Strategic Alignment. The Philippines remains one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change, with losses and damages projected to increase and intensify in the coming years. […]
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Climate Talks Philippines Brings Together Cross-sectoral Conversations on Energy and Climate Action
This is a press release from the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany MAKATI CITY – On April 18, 2023, the German Embassy Manila, in cooperation with the Clean, Affordable and Secure Energy (CASE) for Southeast Asia project, hosted the first edition of Climate Talks Philippines Manila at Yspace at the Yuchengco Museum, Makati City […]
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Naga is 2nd PH city under global S²Cities program; commits to make city safer in partnership with youth
(in photo above) Andrea Betancourt, S²Cities Global Manager of Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (standing, leftmost); Kelly Donovan, S²Cities Regional Manager for Asia-Pacific of Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (sitting, leftmost); Honorable Nene de Asis, Vice Mayor of Naga (sitting, third from left) on behalf of Honorable Nelson Legacion, Mayor of Naga; Victorino Aquitania, Regional Director of […]
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Eastern Samar local governments commit to a just energy transition
(in photo above, from left) ICLEI Low Emission Development Strategies Manager Pam Cabacungan; Municipality of Dolores Councilor Randy Pomida; Borongan City Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda; and Oxfam Pilipinas Climate Change and Energy Transition Advocacy Officer Cheng Pagulayan sign a Memorandum of Agreement under the RE-Start Campaign on 28 March 2023. The original version of […]
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