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Hanoi joins Talanoa Dialogue, shares strategies toward becoming a sustainable city
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Southeast Asia Secretariat (ICLEI SEAS) attended three key events tackling climate action planning in Hanoi as part of the Ambitious City Promises (ACP) project. These included the 1) Forum on Improving Planning for Climate Finance and Investments for Action at Local Level, 2) Urban and Subnational Climate Action: A […]
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France – Eiffel Excellence Scholarships for PhD and Master’s Degrees
The Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Program was established by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs to enable French higher education institutions to attract top foreign students to enroll in their masters and PhD programs. The Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Program is awarded to two types of studies: Masters level, for a duration between 12 and […]
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University of Eastern Finland: Master’s Degree Programme in Environmental Policy and Law
Programme overview The Master’s Degree Programme in Environmental Policy and Law is a multidisciplinary two-year programme that combines group teaching and independent research with the objective of providing participants with professional skills in environmental law and policy. The programme consists of the advanced study of law and policy in relation to the environment, climate change, […]
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DKI Jakarta, Pasig City explore city-business collaboration to achieve climate mitigation goals
Model cities DKI Jakarta in Indonesia and Pasig City in the Philippines of the Ambitious City Promises (ACP) project met with representatives of the business sector to discuss how they can support the cities’ respective mitigation goals and strengthen multi-stakeholder climate action. The discussions were part of ICLEI’s City-Business Collaboration Accelerator (CiBiX) Ideator Workshop, an […]
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Seoul, select SEA cities exchange ideas on ambitious, people-centric strategies on low emission development
Pasig City, Philippines: Representatives from the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) as well as cities of Hanoi, DKI Jakarta, and Pasig — model cities of the Ambitious City Promises project, convened for a two-day workshop last 6-7 December 2018 at the Joy-Nostalg Hotel in Ortigas, Pasig City. The joint project meeting served as a platform to […]
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Indonesian island cleanup nets 40 tonnes of rubbish daily
This article first appeared on The Straits Times. JAKARTA (AFP) – Residents on a string of coral-fringed islands off Jakarta’s coast are battling a tidal wave of trash, with more than 40 tonnes of rubbish collected daily over the past week, an official said. Indonesian authorities have deployed an army of staff and a fleet […]
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