Balikpapan, Bogor identify adaptation co-benefits of Urban-LEDS II project

This map shows the National Spatial Plan for 2008-2028. National Spatial Planning (ATR) of Indonesia explained that disaster-prone areas are important data for analysis on the process of spatial planning, as regulated in Ministerial Act no. 1/2018 about Drafting of Spatial Planning and these areas are then designated as protected zones (Source: Ministry of Spatial […]

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[REPOSTED] Invitation to bid: Portable Biogas Digester Service Provider: 1000-liter Portable Biogas Digester System (Philippines)

Terms of Reference for the Service Provider The project requires the services of a biogas digester service provider to undertake detailed design, procurement of unit components and other materials, components, installation, testing and commissioning of a 1000L biogas digester system, and capacity building training for the community and the personnel-in-charge of operations and maintenance. The […]

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Urban Champion: Dr. Bima Arya Sugiarto, S. Hum., M.A., Mayor of Bogor City

This article first appeared on Urban LEDS’ website. Bogor City is one of the model cities of the Urban Low Emission Development Strategies II (Urban-LEDS II) project. Under Mayor Bima Arya’s leadership, Bogor City exemplifies proactive city-level action towards low emission development and climate resilience. Mr. Bima Arya is now in his sixth year as […]

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Luzon local governments converge to ensure an energy efficient future

Quezon City, Philippines–The Department of Energy (DOE), in partnership with the European Union-supported Access to Sustainable Energy Programme (ASEP-TA), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the ASEP-CELLs Project through the Ateneo School of Government (ASOG), the ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Southeast Asia Secretariat (ICLEI SEAS), and the Manila Observatory, held the Virtual Luzon […]

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ICLEI, UN-HABITAT train Lao cities on climate tools and low-emission strategies

The concept of vulnerability (IPCC, AR4 2007 framework) for assessing vulnerability and risk to climate change was introduced to the participants by CRVA consultant, Mr. Vatthanamixay Chansompoo. Pakse City, Laos – ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Southeast Asia Secretariat (ICLEI SEAS), in partnership with UN-Habitat, organized a capacity building training workshop and a review […]

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Bogor City shares 9 key initiatives on low-carbon and resilience innovations

On 25 September 2020, Mayor of Bogor City, Bima Arya Sugiarto served as a panelist in the last Climate Leadership Program (CLP), “Resilience Innovations and Carbon Trade in the Asia Pacific”. The CLP is an exclusive series of leadership and technical webinars that aims to increase the capacities of climate change practitioners in the Asia […]

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