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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; […]
Continue reading23% 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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Hanoi City stocktakes local policies and programs, maps stakeholders to enhance climate action planning
Participants to the ACP First City-Level Workshop in Hanoi, Vietnam were able to discuss existing policies and programs of the city in the context of different urban sectors including air quality, transport, resource circulation, health, and others. Hanoi, Vietnam- Hanoi City, through its Department of Natural Resource and Environment (DONRE), conducted its first city-level workshop […]
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