Makati, PH is Southeast Asia’s first resilience hub 

The Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) initiative of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on 27 September 2022 has named Makati City as the Philippines’ and Southeast Asia’s very first Resilience Hub.  The UNDRR defines resilience hubs as local governments or authorities which have political and technical commitment to address climate and disaster […]

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S²Cities launches call for PH Youth Innovation and Capacity Building Grantee

The Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (GIB), on behalf of the Safe and Sound Cities Programme (S²Cities), is looking for new local partners to lead the implementation of a hands-on programme on youth participation in urban planning for urban safety and wellbeing in Baguio City, Philippines. Click HERE for more details.

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PH stakeholders discuss how the circular economy can help achieve country’s climate targets

The Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources Climate Change Service (DENR-CCS), the University of the Philippines – Los Baños (UPLB), GIZ International Services, and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Southeast Asia on 20 October 2022 held a webinar to discuss fundamental circular economy (CE) policies, frameworks, best practices, and principles applicable in the […]

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Finding value in manure: Sumbawa Regency’s dung-powered renewable energy transition

(in photo above) West Nusa Tenggara is one of the largest beef producers in Indonesia. The resulting cow dung from its over-250,000 cow population has enormous biogas energy potential. Sumbawa Regency citizens in Indonesia’s West Nusa Tenggara (WNT) Province still rely heavily on kerosene for their cooking fuel needs. However, a surprising, more eco-friendly alternative is […]

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UrbanShift releases inaugural annual report 2021-2022

UrbanShift’s first year in action has been published at the GCF-GEF Pavilion during the recently concluded COP27. The 2021-2022 Annual Report provides useful contextual information on UrbanShift’s work across nine countries done in collaboration with implementing agencies and global partners.  

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News from ICLEI at COP27

The recently concluded COP27 marks ICLEI’s 27th year of participation in the Conference of Parties, making ICLEI the oldest local and regional government organization participating in the summit. Since the inaugural 1992 COP, ICLEI has served as the focal point for the Local Government and Municipal Authorities Constituency, one of nine stakeholder groups recognized as […]

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