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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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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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