Active mobility champions celebrate wins, lessons in SPARK project culminating event

Over 70 active mobility champions gathered for the Sparking Active Mobility Actions for Climate-friendly Cities (SPARK) Project culminating event on 26 November 2025. On World Sustainable Transport Day, over 70 representatives from Philippine national government agencies, local governments, and partner organizations and communities gathered for the culminating event of the Sparking Active Mobility Actions for […]

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WATCH: Healthy Planet Now, Impact Trailer spotlights climate and health nexus

This Healthy Planet Now impact trailer spotlights how climate pressures are affecting health in several Asian communities, including Del Carmen in the Philippines. Watch it below:

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Kaohsiung, Quezon, Pasig, transport stakeholders reimagine sustainable mobility in 2-day workshop

Local and national government representatives, experts, and local practitioners on sustainable mobility and innovative finance gathered for a 2-day workshop at the Kaohsiung Net Zero Institute on 22-23 October 2025.  Held through a collaboration among the Kaohsiung City Government, ICLEI Kaohsiung Capacity Center(KCC), the ICLEI World Secretariat (WS), and the SPARK Project implemented by ICLEI […]

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Youth Climate Action Fund opens; cities invited to join for youth-led local climate action

Bloomberg Philanthropies has opened the next round of its Youth Climate Action Fund in an effort to strengthen young people’s participation in local climate action. The Fund is led by the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University, United Cities and Local Governments, and C40 Cities. Up to 300 local governments will be […]

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[HIRING] Senior Project Officer (Malaysia)

The ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Southeast Asia Secretariat (ICLEI SEAS) is looking for a Senior Project Officer for engagements in Malaysia. The position is available from 5 January 2026 at the earliest under the supervision of the ICLEI Southeast Asia Secretariat in Quezon City, Philippines. The contract will have a limited duration for […]

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Banda Aceh City shares lessons on coastal resilience during 2025 Global Ocean Forum

The 2025 Global Ocean Development Forum opened in Qingdao City, East China’s Shandong Province, on 7 August 2025. Source: imsilkroad.com Banda Aceh, the epicenter of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that claimed more than 166,000 lives and caused IDR 49 trillion in damages, remains a stark wake-up call to coastal vulnerability. Today, the city faces […]

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