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Finalists Announced for AIPH World Green City Awards 2024
Press release originally from AIPH website AIPH and their extensive global network of partners are proud to reveal the list of 21 Finalists for the AIPH World Green City Awards 2024, which is comprised of leading cities from around the world who are demonstrating bold and ambitious urban greening actions. The AIPH World Green City Awards are […]
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The Blue Economy in Cities and Regions: A Territorial Approach
The blue economy is a major driver of urban and regional development, creating millions of local jobs in water-dependent sectors such as fisheries, tourism, and shipping. However, it can also contribute to carbon emissions and ecosystem degradation, while its reliance on freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems exposes it to the impacts of climate change. Building […]
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Baguio, Makati, Tagum are 23-24 OPCC PH national finalists
Baguio, Makati, and Tagum City have been chosen as the Philippines’ national finalists for WWF’s One Planet City Challenge (OPCC) 2023-2024 cycle, which locally involves a total of 15 cities, and globally has 350 city entrants from 50 countries. Their selection was based on the climate data they reported in the CDP-ICLEI Track as evaluated […]
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Baguio, Naga trained on participatory methods, conduct city-city learning exchange
(in photo above) The stakeholders of the S²Cities programme after one of their learning exchange sessions in the Baguio SIGLAT Youth Innovation Hub on 29 February 2024. As part of the Safe and Sound Cities (S²Cities) programme, representatives from the city government, civil, and youth sectors of Baguio and Naga, Philippines earlier this first quarter of 2024 […]
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Baguio, Naga highlight local initiatives in youth empowerment towards urban development
(in photo above) Panelists and organizers from the S2Cities programme partners, including representatives from the Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation, the youth sector and city governments of Baguio and Naga, Cordilleran Youth Center, WeSolve Foundation, and ICLEI Southeast Asia during the online event 8 March 2024 advocating for youth empowerment in urban development. Representatives from the […]
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Nominations for 2024 Women’s International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction Leadership Awards are now open
The nominations for the 2024 Women’s International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR) Leadership Awards are now open. Nominate yourself or others by 14 June 2024!
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International Union of Railways’ (UIC) Sustainability Impact Awards 2024
The UIC Sustainability Impact Awards 2024 categories recognise the range of innovation which is transforming the rail sector today. These include customer service, innovation, cities and communities, and seamless connectivity. Each category aligns with the UIC 2030 vision “Design a better Future” and connects to a number of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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2023 S²Cities Global Convening Report now available!
The report summarises results, attendee data and insights from the 2023 Global Convening. It highlights innovative event modalities, such as Virtual Reality and provides insights guiding future convenings and online events aimed at fostering global collaboration and knowledge exchange!
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[WEBINAR REPLAY] Building on COP28 UAE Consensus: What’s next for urban leaders to drive climate emergency action
This recorded webinar will update the Daring Cities community, especially leaders, about the outcomes of UNFCCC COP28. COP28 saw several momentous outcomes for local and regional governments, including the launch of the CHAMP Initiative, recognition of multilevel partnership in the negotiated outcomes, local and regional leaders in dialogue with high level national representatives, and subnationals […]
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Enhancing the Understanding of Urban Safety Issues with Participatory Action Research in Naga City, Philippines
The local government of Naga City in Camarines Sur, Philippines is ready to address urban safety issues, but there is a lack of contextualized data to fully understand an issue as layered as safety. Safety challenges are also unique to each city and demographic, so there is a need for localized data and evidence before […]
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