Del Carmen, PH calls for climate action following extreme weather events

WATCH: Alfredo Coro II, Mayor of the Municipality of Del Carmen in the Philippines, shares the devastating impact of Super Typhoon Rai last December 2021 and how climate change is leaving small island municipalities more and more vulnerable to extreme weather events.  He calls on world leaders to undertake and accelerate significant #ClimateAction.

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24 Indonesian cities tackle how to accelerate climate action

24 cities and regencies in Indonesia on 10-11 October 2022 attended the two-day culmination workshop of the 2021-2022 World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) One Planet City Challenge in Jakarta, discussing the role of local governments in supporting the country’s low carbon development goals and exchanging their best climate action practices. The dialogue on “Increasing […]

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[DEADLINE EXTENDED] S²Cities launches call for global research partner

UPDATE: the deadline has been extended until 12 January 2023. The Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (GIB) on behalf of S²Cities is looking for a Global Research Partner to participate in a hands-on programme on youth participation in urban planning for urban safety and wellbeing in secondary cities of the Global South. Researchers of urban studies are invited to submit expressions of interest to support […]

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DKI Jakarta publicly launches its 2022 emissions inventory and GHG report

Representatives from the Environment and Forestry Agency (DLHK) of DKI Jakarta, stakeholders and non-profit organizations attending the public launch of the DKI Jakarta Emissions Inventory and GHG Report. As 2022 draws to a close, DKI Jakarta, through the province’s Environment and Forestry Agency (DLHK) in collaboration with the Center for Research on Energy Policy of […]

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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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