Four Southeast Asian cities named finalists in 2025 Bloomberg Mayors Challenge

Four Southeast Asian cities, including two ICLEI members, have been named among the 50 global finalists in the 2025 Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge, a competition that supports ambitious ideas to improve cities and their residents’ lives, specifically along the themes of sustainability, health, jobs, and basic services.  These finalists from the region include ICLEI member […]

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Probolinggo City Joins ICLEI to Boost Climate Resilience

(In the picture) The Mayor of Probolinggo, Dr. Aminuddin, with Ambalan Bisma Srikandi, students of SMKN 1 Kota Probolinggo, along with over 1,000 students who joined the planting of 1,000 mangrove trees at Permata-Pilang Beach on June 18, 2025, to celebrate World Environment Day. Source: Probolinggo City Government Probolinggo City, Indonesia, has officially become the 17th […]

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2024 ICLEI Southeast Asia Annual Report now available

The 2024 ICLEI Southeast Asia Annual Report is now available! Click HERE to read about the organization’s achievements and activities within the region throughout the past year. Message from the Secretariat “What will the future look like 25 years from now?” Over 25 years ago, we asked a similar question at ICLEI when it started […]

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ICLEI Southeast Asia joins CLARE Gender Equality and Inclusion Workshop in Rwanda

(in photo above) The participants of the Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) Workshop held in Kigali, Rwanda.  From September 16 to 20, 2024, two ICLEI Southeast Asia staff members participated in the Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CLARE) Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) Workshop held in Kigali, Rwanda.  Hosted at the Park Inn Hotel, the five-day […]

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SPARK Project holds capacity building workshop on active mobility planning for Philippine local and national government representatives

Participants during the street design lab activity. ICLEI SEA and the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) held a capacity building workshop for 41 personnel from the Quezon City and Pasig City Governments, the Department of Transportation (DOTr), the Department of Economy, Planning, and Development (DEPDev), the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), […]

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Kuala Lumpur joins ICLEI

(L-R) Victorino Aquitania, ICLEI Southeast Asia (SEA) Regional Director, meets with Dato’ Seri Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Mayor of Kuala Lumpur, in a courtesy visit last May 15, 2025 at the Kuala Lumpur City Hall, Malaysia. The Kuala Lumpur City Hall officially became a member local government of ICLEI in January 2025, becoming the 66th member […]

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