Hiring (Stratcon Philippines): Finance Manager | Accountant

Stratcon Philippines is looking for a Finance Manager. Check out the job details HERE.

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Makati City, PH, declares climate emergency

Makati City, Philippines, through its Mayor Abigail Binay, has officially declared a climate emergency on Friday, 5 August 2022 as it acknowledges the need for concerted, multi-level, and multi-stakeholder climate action to address global warming.  Announcing Makati’s state of climate emergency during “Cafe Talk for Resilient Makati,” a webinar organized by the city’s disaster and […]

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DEADLINE EXTENDED: Safe and Sound Cities (S²Cities) Year Two now open for SEA city applicants

The deadline for the Call for Applications of the Safe and Sound Cities (S²Cities) program has been extended to 26 August 2022.

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TRAINING: Online Resilient City Training Program (2nd Edition)

The Seoul Human Resources Development Center (SHRDC) of the City of Seoul, United Cities and Local Government (UCLG), Metropolis, and UCLG-ASPAC this September 2022 will organize a free of charge training programme focusing on resilience building and disaster risk reduction at the city and metropolitan level. The program is open to the public officials of local […]

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PEMSEA releases local government toolkit for dealing with marine litter

With their unique situations, how can local governments better deal with marine litter?  The Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) has released a toolkit under the ASEANO Project detailing various local government-relevant policies, plans, strategies, and frameworks for reducing plastic pollution in rivers, coasts, and oceans. Access it HERE.

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READ: ICLEI’s official position on sustainable energy

Limiting the rise in global temperatures heavily relies on the transition away from fossil fuels to zero-carbon sources. ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability favors energy that is derived from sunlight, wind, geothermal processes, biomass, and water (including hydropower, oceanic/tidal energy). It is important that these renewable energy (RE) sources are applied in context-specific, nature-conscious […]

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