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  • [FREE WEBINAR] Where to Start: Integrated Urban Services Planning

    Posted by Chris Hidalgo on November 23, 2022

    The Integrated Urban Services (IUS) program under the U.S.- ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership (USASCP) will be holding a virtual peer learning event called “Where to Start: Integrated Urban Services Planning” this 29 November 2022 from 11:00-12:30 (GMT +8). The event will feature speakers and cities from ICLEI’s pioneering Urban Nexus work, speaking to best practices […]

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  • ICLEI launches paper on climate emergency finance

    Posted by Chris Hidalgo on November 21, 2022

    COP27 saw the launch of the “Climate Emergency Finance – a call to action” paper, a collaboration between ICLEI, UNCDF and FMDV, to raise awareness on the topic and invite different key actors to support subnational governments and local climate action.  

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  • FREE WEBINAR: Climate Change Expenditure Tagging

    Posted by Chris Hidalgo on November 18, 2022

    As part of the annual celebration of Climate Change Consciousness Week 2022 with the theme “Sama-samang Tumutugon sa Hamon ng Nagbabagong Klima”, the Philippine Climate Change Commission is inviting local governments in the country to attend its “Leveraging Local Climate Budget for Climate Action in the context of COVID-19 Recovery and Sustainable Environmental Management” webinar […]

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  • WRI releases latest report on the state of NDCs

    Posted by Chris Hidalgo on November 16, 2022

    The World Resources Institute launched its latest 2022 report on the State of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and it highlights an alarming fact—there remains a massive gap between the current NDCs and what is actually required to meet the ideal 1.5°C threshold set by the Paris Agreement. Specifically, the latest NDCs now seek to reduce 5.5 GtCO2e […]

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  • COP27 Highlights: News from the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference

    Posted by Chris Hidalgo on November 15, 2022

    COP27 officially opens in Sharm el-Sheikh [6 November 2022] The COP in Egypt aims to ensure the complete implementation of the Paris Agreement. UN Climate Change Executive Secretary’s Opening Remarks [7 November 2022] Mr. Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), started his remarks by saying that “Paris gave […]

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  • Del Carmen, PH Mayor shares town’s nature- and community-based sustainability actions

    Posted by Chris Hidalgo on November 15, 2022

    Hon. Alfredo Coro II, mayor of ICLEI member Municipality of Del Carmen, Philippines and Special Advisor to the ICLEI Climate Action and Low Emission Development portfolio, recently joined UP-CIFAL’s online forum titled “No One Left Behind: Reaffirming the Philippine commitment to Sustainable Development.” The mayor talks about Del Carmen’s nature- and community-based sustainable development approach. […]

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