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Quick facts about Timor-Leste: ASEAN’s newest Member State
Image by jorono from Pixabay The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) officially welcomed Timor-Leste as its 11th member in October 2025, opening more opportunities for partnerships in the region’s pursuit of sustainable development. Located on the east of Timor Island, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste is a country on the southernmost edge of the […]
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Local gov’ts, stakeholders in Albay validate draft renewable energy roadmap
Participants of the 2nd stakeholder consultation workshop for the Albay Renewable Energy (RE) Roadmap project last November 7, 2025 at the Marison Hotel in Legazpi City, Albay. Local governments and stakeholder groups in the province of Albay, Philippines attended the 2nd stakeholder consultation workshop for the Albay Renewable Energy (RE) Roadmap project, ensuring that its […]
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ICLEI SEA discusses inclusive climate action in ASEAN Disability Forum dialogue
Mae Valdez-Irong, ICLEI Southeast Asia (SEA) Regional Program Manager, talks about ICLEI’s Equitable Transitions Guidebook as one of the resource speakers in the ASEAN Disability Forum’s (ADF) 3rd virtual public discussion on disability, gender, and climate change last June 18, 2025. (Screenshot from the ASEAN Disability Forum’s YouTube video, “Public Discussion on Disability, Gender, and […]
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Climate proofing futures through social resilience: Learnings from the Metro Manila Resilience Forum 2025
ICLEI SEA invited experts to serve as panelists in a discussion on social resilience, titled “When disasters don’t discriminate, responses must: Inclusive local action for scalable national resilience,” hosted by ICLEI SEA during the 2025 MMRGF. Kristianne Jemi Santos (leftmost), ICLEI SEA Senior Project Officer, moderated the discussion with the following panelists: (L-R) Marion Tinio, […]
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ICLEI SEA trains 11 PH cities in climate data reporting, action planning for WWF’s OPC 2025-2026 cycle
ICLEI Southeast Asia (SEA) conducted in-depth training workshops on climate data reporting and local climate action planning with 11 Philippine cities from July to October 2025 as part of its partnership with the World Wide Fund For Nature Philippines (WWF-Philippines) for the One Planet Cities (OPC) program. Now in its 2025-2026 cycle, the OPC program […]
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Active mobility champions celebrate wins, lessons in SPARK project culminating event
Over 70 active mobility champions gathered for the Sparking Active Mobility Actions for Climate-friendly Cities (SPARK) Project culminating event on 26 November 2025. On World Sustainable Transport Day, over 70 representatives from Philippine national government agencies, local governments, and partner organizations and communities gathered for the culminating event of the Sparking Active Mobility Actions for […]
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ICLEI SEA shares expertise on inclusive, resilient governance in training for new Philippine officials
Lendl Meniado, ICLEI Southeast Asia (SEA) project officer, during the Urban Governance Course of the 2025 Newly Elected Officials Performing Leadership for Uplifting Service (NEO PLUS) Program of the Philippine Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), August 27, 2025 at Novotel Manila Araneta City, Quezon City. (Photo from the DILG National Capital Region […]
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Del Carmen Municipality, PH among Top Green Destinations in 2025
The Municipality of Del Carmen in Surigao del Norte, Philippines was recognized as one of the 2025 Green Destinations Top 100 Stories for their efforts in managing their mangrove forest. Del Carmen received the recognition under the “Destination Management” category during the unveiling of the 2025 Top 100 list at the Green Destinations Global Conference […]
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Community mapping to gather grassroots data for street walkability improvements: Why it matters for cities and urban mobility
Ariane Joyce Kekim (right), one of the SPARK Project volunteers during the walkability assessments using the Walkability app in August 2025, interviews a pedestrian about the walkability of Doña Julia Vargas Avenue. Photo by Jameela Antoniette Mendoza (An abridged version of this write-up was published at the CityTalk blog, titled “Rate this sidewalk: How community […]
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LGUs in the Philippines begin leadership training in socially inclusive resilience
Fellows of the Socially Inclusive Resilience Leadership Program in the Philippines under the Enhancing Local Capacities for Socially Inclusive Resilience in Asia (SIRA) Project attend an orientation meeting about the program with ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Southeast Asia (SEA) last August 28, 2025 via Zoom. This article also appears on the CLARE website. The […]
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