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The Philippine seas and climate change: Unlocking Blue Carbon Solutions for a cooler planet
This article first appeared in GMA News Online and Rappler. It was 2014 when I first set foot in an island community called Nasingin in Bohol province. Nestled just below Banacon island, Nasingin is home to at least 2,400 people. The whole community stretches 1.7km long and I was able to walk around in less than […]
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DKI Jakarta leads in setting ambitious commitments to support NDC achievement in Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia – ICLEI Indonesia Foundation in collaboration with the President’s Special Envoy for Climate Change and the Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta organized a Cities and Regions Talanoa Dialogue and the Ambitious City Promises (ACP) Experts and National Meeting last 5-6 March 2018. The event, attended by more than 50 representatives from national and […]
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Assessing Sustainable Urban Logistics in Secondary Cities from PH, IDN
Quezon City, Philippines: A two-day regional stakeholder workshop on “Sustainable urban logistics in Southeast Asia” was hosted by ICLEI Southeast Asia, in partnership with the nexus Institute, on February 22-23, at the Manila Observatory, Ateneo de Manila University. The event brought together relevant stakeholders from Southeast Asia (SEA) and Europe to discuss the most pressing […]
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Seoul and Southeast Asian cities conduct series of dialogues to foster knowledge exchange and city-to-city collaboration
Experts from the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) met with city officials and representatives from Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam last March 05 to 09 to continue cooperation and knowledge exchange between SMG and participating cities of the Ambitious City Promises project. The week-long activity, dubbed ACP Experts and National Meeting, aimed to streamline support and explore […]
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Clean, green and safe: The Philippines’ first sustainable city to be built by 2022
By: Ping Manongdo, Eco-Business.com A metropolis that is green and lush, where the air is clean, where it’s safe to walk or bike on the road, and where everyone feels like they belong. This doesn’t sound like a city in the Philippines, but it soon will be, thanks to a new partnership between the Bases Conversion […]
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Climate-resilient housing technology in Naga state college, ready for scaling up
The climate change resilient pilot house (CCRPH) of the Bicol State College for Applied Sciences and Technology (BISCAST) in Naga City, Philippines is ready for scaling up as it secures approval from the Accreditation of Innovative Technologies for Housing (AITECH) of the Philippine National Housing Authority (NHA) last December 2017. “The AITECH certification gives BISCAST […]
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