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Ambition, inclusion and peer exchange, key principles for local climate action
City leaders from Pasig, Philippines, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia, Hanoi, Vietnam, and Parañaque, Philippines shared their ambitious pograms and strategies towards low emission development in this panel moderated by Sunandan Tiwari, Senior Program Manager at ICLEI World Secretariat. Seoul, South Korea: Select Southeast Asian cities took center stage during the Seoul Mayors’ Forum on Climate Change […]
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Bogor City supports MoEF’s Regulation on climate risk and vulnerabilities
A consultation on climate risk and vulnerability assessment with a focus on the identification of supporting data and information was held last 19 November 2019 at Aston Sentul Lake Resort & Conference Center, Bogor. The consultation aimed to provide up-to-date information on environmental issues and Bogor City’s priority areas and climate risks and vulnerabilities. The […]
Continue readingSeoul shares citizen-led initiative on energy efficiency with PHL cities
Seoul, South Korea: Representatives of Pasig and Parañaque met with Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) last 22 October to learn about SMG’s Energy Consultant Program in preparation for the implementation of the Active City-Community Engagement to Leverage Emissions Reduction through Activities that Transform Energy-use (ACCELERATE) project. ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, represented by three offices […]
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Get drastic against plastic, experts advise Hanoi
This article first appeared on VN Express International. Hanoi should emulate anti-plastic actions in other cities, like stopping use of bottled water and making packaging firms pay for collection and recycling. Experts also said at a Friday meeting that Vietnam’s capital city should work harder to make people understand the importance and benefits of reducing […]
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Accelerating Indonesia’s energy transition: Launch of 100% Renewable Cities and Regions Roadmap
Jakarta, Indonesia -Yayasan ICLEI Indonesia proudly launched the 100% Renewable Cities and Regions Roadmap program on 5 November 2019 at the IBIS Tamarin Hotel, Central Jakarta. The 100% Renewable Cities and Regions Roadmap is funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety (BMU) through the International Climate Initiative (IKI). […]
Continue readingEU-funded energy security project to target ‘energy trilemma’
This article first appeared on GMA News Online. An energy security project funded by the European Union (EU) and launched by various Philippine organizations and universities seeks to tackle the country’s “energy trilemma.” In the 2019 Energy Trilemma Index of the World Energy Council, the Philippines was ranked 94th out of 128 countries in terms […]
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