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[SURVEY] UNDRR 2023 Survey on Persons with Disabilities and Disasters
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction is currently conducting a poll aiming to surface how those with disabilities or those who care for them live with disasters. The poll is open for respondents until 3 March 2023. The results of this poll will be used to guide the final seven years of the […]
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UN-Habitat and GIZ publishes research on Multilevel Governance for SDG Localization
With the assistance of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), UN-Habitat and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) have teamed together to create cutting-edge expertise on multilevel governance for SDG localization. The paper outlines new developments, significant insights, and practical considerations on how national and local governments may improve their multilevel collaboration for […]
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[CALL FOR PROPOSALS] S²Cities Youth Innovation and Capacity Building Grantee [PH]
The Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (GIB), on behalf of the Safe and Sound Cities Programme (S²Cities), is looking for new local partners to lead the implementation of a hands-on programme on youth participation in urban planning for urban safety and wellbeing in Cuenca and Ambato in Baguio and Naga in the Philippines. If you are […]
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[CALL FOR APPLICATIONS] Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance
The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab) launched an open call for innovative solutions to address barriers to climate investments in emerging markets while supporting a net zero economy transition. The application deadline is 26 December 2022, at 17:00 PST, and the new class will be announced in March 2023. Submit your idea here.
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SEA cities tackle how to decarbonize buildings in the region
Buildings represent about 37% of global energy use and energy-related CO2 emissions. In ASEAN, the building sector accounts for 23% of the region’s energy consumption and energy-related CO2 emissions (equivalent to 0.4 gigatonnes of CO2). The ASEAN Center for Energy reported that this sector’s energy use is still expected to grow by around 60% by 2030 and […]
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Driving finance to urban adaptation: City networks call for COP 27
This document is a joint effort between the C40 City Climate Leadership Group and members of the GCoM Finance Technical Working Group, including the Cities Climate Finance Alliance (CCFLA), Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) in […]
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ICLEI South Asia releases compendium on Nature-based Solutions for Urban Climate Resilience
This compendium will be useful for governments at all levels and is intended to support key actors and institutions to plan, implement, replicate and upscale nature-based solutions. The learnings from each case study detailed in the compendium will also be helpful for practitioners, NGOs, civil society and academics to better understand how to implement NbS […]
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Indonesian cities learn how to accelerate e-bus transition
(in photo above) Participants in the session rode an e-bus around Jakarta. The TUMI E-Bus Mission City Network on 17-19 October 2022 provided peer-to-peer exchange and capacity building to the Indonesian cities of Bandung, Bogor, Denpasar, Medan, Palembang, Pekanbaru, and Semarang in order to accelerate the cities’ transition to electric buses. Organized by ICLEI Indonesia […]
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Del Carmen, PH calls for climate action following extreme weather events
WATCH: Alfredo Coro II, Mayor of the Municipality of Del Carmen in the Philippines, shares the devastating impact of Super Typhoon Rai last December 2021 and how climate change is leaving small island municipalities more and more vulnerable to extreme weather events. He calls on world leaders to undertake and accelerate significant #ClimateAction.
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24 Indonesian cities tackle how to accelerate climate action
24 cities and regencies in Indonesia on 10-11 October 2022 attended the two-day culmination workshop of the 2021-2022 World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) One Planet City Challenge in Jakarta, discussing the role of local governments in supporting the country’s low carbon development goals and exchanging their best climate action practices. The dialogue on “Increasing […]
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