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[INVITATION] Consultation Meeting for Sendai Framework Gender Action Plan
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), UN Women, and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will be facilitating a consultation process for the Gender Action Plan (GAP) component of the Sendai Framework implementation. The schedule for Asia and the Pacific stakeholders will be on 13 June 2023 (Tuesday) from 10:00 AM – 12:00 NN (GMT […]
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[WEBINAR] Evolving Opportunities for Distributed Energy Resources and Battery Energy Storage Systems in Asian Cities
A webinar on Evolving Opportunities for Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and Battery Energy Storage Systems in Asian Cities is planned for 08, June 2023, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM IST / 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Bangkok time. This session is organized as part of the ALP Grid Renewable Energy (GRE) Community of Practice (CoP). […]
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[CALL FOR PROPOSALS] Pilot Cities for Urban Ecosystem Restoration
The United Nations Environment Programme is issuing a call for proposals for cities interested in starting or scaling up ecosystem restoration efforts, closing on 30 June 2023 at 23:59 UTC+2 (European time).
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How grassroots climate action is helping Probolinggo meet its climate commitments
Probolinggo is the global and regional winner of the 2022 We Love Cities campaign by WWF. This feat signifies the key role of its citizens not just in helping the city win international competitions, but more importantly, in driving climate actions from and off the ground. Community-driven urban farming Ika Sulistyowati and the women of […]
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SURVEY: Stakeholder inputs to COP27 “Integrity Matters” report
At COP27, the UN High-Level Expert Group on Net Zero launched their report – Integrity Matters – which sets out five principles and ten recommendations to guide the adoption and implementation of robust net zero targets by non-state actors. To help cities and city initiatives and alliances respond to the Integrity Matters report recommendations, and […]
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2022 ICLEI Southeast Asia Annual Report now available
The 2022 ICLEI Southeast Asia Annual Report is now available! Click HERE to read about the organization’s achievements and activities within the region throughout the past year.
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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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