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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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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Advisory group of Ambitious City Promises project convenes, provides guidance to cities

Representatives from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Climate Change Commission (CCC), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Transportation (DOTr), League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP), UN Habitat, Pasig City, Parañaque City, ICLEI World Secretariat, and ICLEI Southeast Asia Secretariat discussed and validated the NPAG’s key functions in ACP’s project implementation. Quezon […]

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SEA cities join call for broader sub-national involvement to reach global targets

(SEA Delegation to ICLEI World Congress 2018 (L-R): Ms. Pamela Cabacungan, Project Officer for Mitigation, Ms. Karen May Crisostomo, Non-motorized Transport Specialist of the City Transport Development and Management Office (CTDMO) of Pasig City, Mr. Victorino Aquitania, Regional Director of ICLEI SEAS, Atty. Leticia Clemente, City Budget Officer in Baguio City and member of ICLEI […]

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