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Quezon City, PH launches action plan against climate emergency
(from left) Quezon City Councilor and Chairperson of Committee on Environment and Climate Change Adaptation Vito Sotto Generoso; Quezon City Vice Mayor GIan Sotto; British Ambassador to the Philippines Laure Beaufils; Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte; and C40 Regional Director for East, Southeast Asia, and Oceania Milag San Jose-Ballesteros during the launch of the Climate […]
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Development Academy of the Philippines to hold hackathon on urban development solutions
Have a creative, technology-based idea on how Philippine local governments can tackle the urban development challenges they are facing? Join the Development Academy of the Philippines’ “START Hackathon 2022: Innovative Solutions Towards Smart and Creative Communities,” and get a chance to put your ideas to the test! Registration deadline is on 2 September 2022: https://hackathon-sccnetwork.dap.edu.ph/
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More Malaysian cities join global alliance for climate action
Participants of the GCoM National Workshop on Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation, and Climate Finance on August 15-17, 2022 at Hyatt Regency Kinabalu, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. (Credit: Jacqueline Chang) Over 40 Malaysian local government representatives on 15-17 August 2022 participated in a three-day climate action planning and climate finance training led by the Global Covenant of […]
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PH, ID, MY stakeholders provide local waste stream insights, possible plastic waste management strategies
Behavior change, capacity building, improved waste infrastructures, and stricter policy implementation—these are just some of the key actions that can help Iloilo City, Philippines; Jambi City, Indonesia; and Iskandar, Malaysia better address their plastic waste problem. Over 90 waste sector stakeholders across the three Southeast Asian local governments arrived at these insights during the consultation […]
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Hiring (Stratcon Philippines): Finance Manager | Accountant
Stratcon Philippines is looking for a Finance Manager. Check out the job details HERE.
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Makati City, PH, declares climate emergency
Makati City, Philippines, through its Mayor Abigail Binay, has officially declared a climate emergency on Friday, 5 August 2022 as it acknowledges the need for concerted, multi-level, and multi-stakeholder climate action to address global warming. Announcing Makati’s state of climate emergency during “Cafe Talk for Resilient Makati,” a webinar organized by the city’s disaster and […]
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DEADLINE EXTENDED: Safe and Sound Cities (S²Cities) Year Two now open for SEA city applicants
The deadline for the Call for Applications of the Safe and Sound Cities (S²Cities) program has been extended to 26 August 2022.
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TRAINING: Online Resilient City Training Program (2nd Edition)
The Seoul Human Resources Development Center (SHRDC) of the City of Seoul, United Cities and Local Government (UCLG), Metropolis, and UCLG-ASPAC this September 2022 will organize a free of charge training programme focusing on resilience building and disaster risk reduction at the city and metropolitan level. The program is open to the public officials of local […]
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PEMSEA releases local government toolkit for dealing with marine litter
With their unique situations, how can local governments better deal with marine litter? The Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) has released a toolkit under the ASEANO Project detailing various local government-relevant policies, plans, strategies, and frameworks for reducing plastic pollution in rivers, coasts, and oceans. Access it HERE.
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READ: ICLEI’s official position on sustainable energy
Limiting the rise in global temperatures heavily relies on the transition away from fossil fuels to zero-carbon sources. ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability favors energy that is derived from sunlight, wind, geothermal processes, biomass, and water (including hydropower, oceanic/tidal energy). It is important that these renewable energy (RE) sources are applied in context-specific, nature-conscious […]
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