Toyota Mobility Foundation launches Sustainable Cities Challenge!

The Toyota Mobility Foundation, in partnership with Challenge Works and World Resources Institute, launched the USD 9-million Sustainable Cities Challenge on 21st June 2023. Cities across the globe are being invited to enter and get a chance to host one of 3 city-based open innovation competitions that will harness the power, creativity and energy of innovation to […]

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15 PH cities undergo training on climate action and data reporting as part of WWF’s OPCC

As part of the OPCC 2023-2024 activities for participating cities, WWF-Philippines and ICLEI Southeast Asia organized a training on “Maximizing Benefits of Collaborative Urban Climate Actions and Data Transparency” on 21 June 2023. Attended by the technical staff of the 15 participating Philippine cities—1) Baguio City, (2) Catbalogan City, (3) Davao City, (4) Dipolog City, […]

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15 PH cities join WWF-Philippines One Planet City Challenge ’23-’24

Baguio, Davao, Dipolog, Legazpi, Makati, Muntinlupa, Ormoc, San Carlos (Negros Occidental), San Fernando (La Union), Santa Rosa (Laguna), Tagum, and Zamboanga are returning for the WWF One Planet City Challenge 2023-2024. Catbalogan and Naga are rejoining the latest run after having participated most recently in 2017-2018. New entrant Puerto Princesa rounds up this run’s Philippine […]

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SAVE THE DATE: Daring Cities Virtual Session on Inclusive Adaptation and Resilience

ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability and the Federal City of Bonn, Germany has launched Daring Cities 2023 with the theme: A just and equitable climate emergency response. Now on its fourth year, Daring Cities is an action-oriented initiative to recognize and empower courageous urban leaders—including mayors and other decision-makers, technical staff, researchers, private sector […]

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FCPI conducts Indonesia Net-zero Summit

With Indonesia’s latest NDC commitment outlining higher GHG reduction targets of 31.89% (unconditional) and 43.2% (conditional) as compared to 29% and 41% respectively in a previous iteration, the country’s ambitious target to reach net zero by 2060 or earlier is expected to maneuver rather positively in the incoming year. The Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI Climate Unit), […]

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West Nusa Tenggara joins IEA energy efficiency training week in Paris

ICLEI with government official representatives from West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia and Argentina during IEA EE Training Week. Source: ICLEI The International Energy Agency (IEA) 2023 has gathered the global community of policymakers and energy-related stakeholders from more than 20 countries to take part in a training week titled “Energy Efficiency Policy in Emerging Economies” on […]

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