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Transformative Actions Program (TAP) calls for a new batch of project proposals for 2018
This content is part of the TAP Digital Media Toolkit. As of 13 September 2018, the Transformative Actions Program (TAP) is actively seeking transformative climate projects to become part of the TAP project project preparation facility. Through the TAP, local and regional governments receive support to develop concepts into low risk, high feasibility, high impact […]
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4 Groundbreaking Announcements From the Global Climate Action Summit
Over the past three days, more than 4,000 people have gathered in San Francisco for the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) convened by California Governor Jerry Brown to mobilize regional, local and business leaders around climate change. Seventeen states and 400 cities, representing together the world’s third largest economy, have now joined Brown and summit co-chair and UN special envoy […]
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Job Vacancy: ICLEI Kaohsiung Capacity Center Director
ICLEI Kaohsiung Capacity Center, based in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, is looking for a Director. For more details regarding this post, kindly visit the job posting at ICLEI KCC’s website.
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Balikpapan’s Relentless Pursuit of Sustainability
Balikpapan, Indonesia- Balikpapan is a seaport city on the east coast of Borneo Island in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan. Dubbed as the “oil refinery city,” Balikpapan is internationally known for their timber, coal reserves, and petroleum export production. The city puts the environment and sustainability as its top priority towards realizing their vision […]
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Urban LEDS II Set to Launch in Lao PDR
Urban-LEDS II Project team – ICLEI Lao PDR and UN Habitat discussed low emission development with Kaysone Phomvihan City representatives including City Officer – Ms. Heather Robertson (sitting leftmost), UN-Habitat Consultant; Mr. Sommay Songvilay (sitting rightmost), Vice Governor of Kaysone Phomvihan City, Savannakhet Province; Mr.Sitha Songvilay (standing leftmost), Cabinet Director of the City Administration Office; […]
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23% of SE Asia’s bat population about to go extinct
This article first appeared on PTV News. BACOLOD CITY — Nearly a quarter of the bat population of Southeast Asia, where about 30 percent of the world’s bats are found, is threatened with extinction, a US-based conservation expert said here Monday. “That’s a huge problem, 23 percent threatened or near threatened. By threatened, what we’re saying […]
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Bangkok is sinking. How will Thailand’s capital cope when flooding disaster strikes again?
This article first appeared on the South China Morning Post. As Bangkok prepares to host climate-change talks, the sprawling city of more than 10 million is itself under siege from the environment, with dire forecasts warning it could be partially submerged in just over a decade. A preparatory meeting begins Tuesday in Thailand’s capital for the next […]
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How Japanese technology is cleaning Myanmar’s polluted waterways
This article first appeared on Eco-Business. In the heart of Myanmar, a few miles south of Mandalay, lies the textiles town of Wundwin. For more than 60 years, the area has been the primary production hub of the longyi, a traditional Burmese garment that is routinely dyed a variety of colours, more often than not […]
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