Counter season vegetables help improve women’s lives in north-western Vietnam

This article first appeared in ABC News. Women and ethnic minorities in north-western Vietnam are improving their farming practices and boosting their incomes thanks to an Australian aid project. A $2.3 million Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) project is addressing the need to reduce poverty and improve nutrition there through boosting vegetable production. […]

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This small city in the Philippines is taking big steps to curb emissions

A version of this article first appeared in Eco-Business. The making of a truly green city begins with calculating its carbon emissions, and then introducing policies that will spur the transition to renewable energy, say officials from San Carlos City in the Philippines. San Carlos City in Negros Occidental, the Philippines, was once home to one of the country’s […]

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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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