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  • Trash heroes and scavenger apps battle Bali ‘garbage emergency’

    Posted by ICLEI Southeast Asia on July 24, 2018

    This article first appeared on Thomson Reuters Foundation News. Five years ago, tour guide Wayan Aksara noticed that more and more visitors he showed around the Indonesian island of Bali were complaining about garbage on its once-pristine beaches. Bali’s mounting rubbish problem was also becoming personal for Aksara, who lives near Saba beach—an undeveloped area […]

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  • Mangrove shield protects village

    Posted by ICLEI Southeast Asia on July 22, 2018

    This article first appeared on Inquirer.net. SASMUAN, Pampanga — Three measures to mitigate climate change have been taking shape right where Pampanga’s ancient civilization had begun, and these included the awakening of Mt. Pinatubo, the volcano that cooled the earth following its 1991 eruptions after centuries of slumber. At Batang Dos village in Sasmuan town, […]

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  • DKI Jakarta tops this year’s We Love Cities competition

    Posted by ICLEI Southeast Asia on July 20, 2018

    ICLEI- Indonesia celebrated with DKI Jakarta as the latter emerged as this year’s top competitor in the We Love Cities campaign. Held at the City Hall of DKI Jakarta on 19 July 2018, the awarding ceremony was attended by DKI Jakarta Governor, Mr. Anies Baswedan; Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of World Wide Fund for Nature […]

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  • ICLEI is at UN High-level Political Forum 2018: See Our Agenda and Delegation

    Posted by ICLEI Southeast Asia on July 16, 2018

    See Agenda Below ICLEI Leadership Ashok Sridharan, Mayor of Bonn, Germany; ICLEI President Mauricio Rodas, Mayor of Quito, Ecudaor; Member of ICLEI Global Executive Committee Bill Peduto, Mayor of Pittsburgh, USA; Member of the ICLEI USA Board Valérie Plante, Mayor of Montreal, Canada; Host of ICLEI World Congress 2018 María Ángeles Elorza, Secretary for External Relations, Basque Country; Co-host of […]

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  • Indonesian cities call for multi-level governance in addressing climate change

    Posted by ICLEI Southeast Asia on July 16, 2018

    Jakarta, Indonesia- Acknowledging the importance of ramping up actions towards achieving Indonesia’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC), the Association of Indonesian Municipalities (APEKSI) and Yayasan ICLEI Indonesia organized a Knowledge Management Forum held at Grand Savero Hotel, Bogor City on 3-5 July 2018. The forum highlighted the importance of multi-level governance in developing plans and strategies […]

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  • DKI Jakarta inspires other Indonesian cities to pursue low emission development

    Posted by ICLEI Southeast Asia on July 16, 2018

    Ms. Fitratunnisa, Head of DKI Jakarta’s Environmental Governance and Cleanliness (third from left) shares the city’s experience in accelerating its GHG emission reduction target of 30% by 2030. DKI Jakarta intends to accelerate the achievement of its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction with a focus on the energy, transportation, air quality, and waste sectors. This […]

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