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  • Climate change to slash Cambodia’s productivity: report

    Posted by ICLEI Southeast Asia on June 13, 2018

    This article first appeared on Khmer Times. Even if current levels of spending on climate change adaptation are maintained, rising temperatures in the Kingdom will continue to impact economic performance, reducing the country’s GDP by almost 10 percent by the year 2050, a report released Tuesday has found. Cambodia’s GDP in 2015 was already 4.6 […]

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  • Sustainable tourism key to Malaysian marine park’s ambitious plans

    Posted by ICLEI Southeast Asia on June 13, 2018

    The boat docks at a rickety pier and our guide leaps over the side to begin up a steep path cutting through tropical jungle. It is approaching midday and, shielded from the cooling sea breeze, the air is becoming thick and heavy. Ahead, our escort of M16-wielding soldiers (a formality, I’ve been told) clambers up […]

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  • Pinoys urged to reduce meat consumption to help the environment

    Posted by ICLEI Southeast Asia on June 13, 2018

    This article first appeared on ABS-CBN News.  MANILA — Here’s something to chew on: a chunk of climate emissions is caused by what we eat. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the livestock process is “one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems.”  Meanwhile, […]

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  • Germany, PHL mark 10-year cooperation in climate protection, biodiversity conservation

    Posted by ICLEI Southeast Asia on June 12, 2018

    In Photo: GIZ Philippines’s Principal Adviser and Cluster Coordinator for Climate Change Dr. Bjorn Surborg (from left), Principal Adviser for Forest and Climate Protection-Panay Phase II Dr. Klaus Schmitt and Country Director Irina Scheffmann, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto M. Pernia, Ambassador Dr. Gordon Kricke and German Embassy-Manila Deputy Chief of Mission Dr. Roland Shcissau This […]

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  • Southeast Asian Mayors elected to the ICLEI Global Executive Committee

    Posted by ICLEI Southeast Asia on June 6, 2018

    ICLEI Southeast Asia Secretariat congratulates Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto of Bogor, Indonesia and Mayor Stephany Uy-Tan of Catbalogan, Philippines for being elected as part of ICLEI’s Global Executive Committee 2018-2021. The Global Executive Committee (GexCom) is the representation of ICLEI Membership at the international arena; representing the organization to global institutions and dialogues. The GexCom, […]

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  • Citizens key to green management and protection

    Posted by ICLEI Southeast Asia on May 31, 2018

    This article first appeared on SciDev.net.  [JAKARTA] Citizen engagement emerged as an important issue at the third Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit held 23—25 April at Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Attended by over 1,200 participants from across the Asia-Pacific region, this year’s summit tackled critical issues impacting climate change such as the management of peatlands, mangroves, and ecotourism. Key […]

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