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Local governments undergo series of capacity building workshops for One Planet City Challenge
OPCC participating cities during workshops evaluating their ecomobility strengths and weakenesses. Ten Philippine cities qualified for the 2017-2018 One Planet City Challenge (OPCC), a global challenge by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) urging cities to report ambitious and innovative climate actions. As partner for the OPCC, ICLEI Southeast Asia Secretariat (ICLEI SEAS) provided […]
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Promoting Peer-to-Peer Learning Between Cities of Germany and Philippines: The Municipal Climate Partnerships Project
The Municipal Climate Partnerships Project is currently in its fifth phase which involves partnerships between German and Southeast Asian municipalities. It implemented by the Service Agency Communities in One World of Engagement Global in cooperation with the Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Agenda 21 NRW e.V. (LAG 21 NRW) and funded by the Federal Ministry for the Economic Cooperation […]
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Chiang Mai’s First Steps into Low Carbon Mobility Planning
Connective Cities, an international organization for sustainable urban development, organized a Local Planning Workshop on Low Carbon Mobility Planning in Chiang Mai, Thailand last July 12-14. The event’s overall goal is to support the city’s planning of low carbon mobility infrastructure as well as to design an action plan drawing from the experience and learnings […]
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DOT, CCC, PCEPSDI held conference on sustainable consumption and tourism
On June 14 and 15, 2017, the Department of Tourism (DOT) together with Philippine Center for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development Inc. (PCEPSDI), Philippine Hotel Owners Association Inc.(PHOA), Philippine Association of Convention/Exhibition Organizers and Suppliers Inc. (PACEOS), Environmental Management Bureau – Climate Change Division (EMB-CCD) and Climate Change Commission(CCC) held “Transforming Tourism Value Chains in […]
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Eight PH cities join project preparation workshop supported by USAID
USAID Climate Change Adaptation Project Preparation Facility for Asia and the Pacific (USAID ADAPT) conducted a workshop on developing, managing and financing projects for reducing local government’s risk to disasters and adapting to environmental changes from June 19-23, 2017 at the Privato Hotel in Pasig City. Participating cities are Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, General Santos, […]
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Tuguegarao City Gymnasium goes solar, harnesses rainwater through ICLEI – ACCCRN grant
On June 19, 2017, the People’s Gymnasium of Tuguegarao witnessed the turnover ceremony of the hybrid solar power integrated with water harvesting facility. Key stakeholders were present during this momentous event, including representatives from the local government, academe, police, civil society, and others. The ceremony officially marks the transition of the facility’s management from Cagayan […]
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