Chiang Mai’s Urban Farm: Reducing Waste, Securing Food Supply

Chiang Mai City Municipality, Thailand continues to develop its landfill-turned-urban-farm as a solution to manage organic waste and strengthen food security. The Chiang Mai Urban Farm was a project initiated in 2020 during the COVID-19 outbreak by Jaibaan Studio, a local community architecture studio, with support from various groups of local nongovernment organizations, civic groups, […]

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[WEBINAR REPLAY] Building on COP28 UAE Consensus: What’s next for urban leaders to drive climate emergency action

This recorded webinar will update the Daring Cities community, especially leaders, about the outcomes of UNFCCC COP28. COP28 saw several momentous outcomes for local and regional governments, including the launch of the CHAMP Initiative, recognition of multilevel partnership in the negotiated outcomes, local and regional leaders in dialogue with high level national representatives, and subnationals […]

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Enhancing the Understanding of Urban Safety Issues with Participatory Action Research in Naga City, Philippines

The local government of Naga City in Camarines Sur, Philippines is ready to address urban safety issues, but there is a lack of contextualized data to fully understand an issue as layered as safety. Safety challenges are also unique to each city and demographic, so there is a need for localized data and evidence before […]

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Quezon City Mayor named ‘Champion of the Earth’ by UN Environment Programme

(in photo above) Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte (second from right) during the culminating activity of the 8-week pilot run of the “Kuha sa Tingi” program which aims to reduce the use of sachets in communities (photo from Quezon City Government Facebook page). Mayor Josefina “Joy” Belmonte of Quezon City, Philippines has been named a […]

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Sewer Becomes Tourist Attraction: Chiang Mai’s Makeover of Mae Kha Canal

Rakaeng Bridge area of the Mae Kha Canal in Chiang Mai City, Thailand, as of November 2022. (Source: Chiang Mai local government website) Social innovation efforts of the Chiang Mai City Municipality Government, in partnership with the private sector, civil society groups, and local communities, have transformed the Mae Kha Canal (Khlong Mae Kha) from […]

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Join us for Earth Hour 2024!

?✨ Join us for Earth Hour this coming Saturday, 23 March 2024, from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM! ?   This global campaign aims to raise awareness about climate change and inspire climate action. By collectively turning off non-essential lights for an hour and undertaking other positive actions for the planet, we help put the […]

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