Thirteen PHL cities take on WWF-ICLEI challenge

Pasig City, Philippines – World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)- Philippines in partnership with ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability Southeast Asia Secretariat kicked-off this year’s One Planet City Challenge (OPCC) in an updating workshop held last June 4, 2019 at Linden Suites, Pasig City. Participating cities of this edition include Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, Pasig, Parañaque, […]

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ICLEI SEAS supports GHG management planning of Zamboanga and Tagbilaran

Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vice President Marleta Gasatan presents the existing and planned and proposed LED initiatives of Tagbilaran.  Tagbilaran, Philippines – Zamboanga City and Tagbilaran City, in coordination with ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability Southeast Asia Secretariat (ICLEI SEAS), organized a capacity building workshop on  27 May and 4 June respectively, which aimed […]

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ADB to work closely with WB on PHL projects

This article first appeared on BusinessWorld. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will work closely with the World Bank (WB) in developing projects for the Philippines and other countries in the Asia and Pacific region, responding to a call made by the Department of Finance (DoF) earlier. “ADB is responding to the Philippine Finance Secretary Mr. […]

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ICLEI SEAS delivers capacity building workshop for survey enumerators in Legazpi and General Santos

ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Southeast Asia Secretariat (ICLEI SEAS) conducted orientation workshops for survey enumerators and external data providers in Legazpi City (4-5 June 2019) and General Santos (24-25 June 2019) to build the cities’ capacities in conducting greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory including the survey methodologies that this entail. The workshop is part […]

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Metro Manila cities learn about SWM and DRRM during study tour

Isabela Province, Philippines – ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability Southeast Asia Secretariat (ICLEI SEAS) in partnership with the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) organized a peer-to-peer learning experience participated by the three Ambitious City Promises* project cities of Pasig, Marikina, and Parañaque (all located in Metro Manila), and hosted by the local governments of […]

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DKI Jakarta shares ambitious climate target during U20 Mayors’ Summit 2019

Tokyo, Japan – DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan shared the city’s target to curb greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030 during the Urban 20 (U20) 1 Mayors’ Summit held 21 May 2019. The U20 Mayors’ Summit was organized in synchrony with the Urban Resilience Forum (Tokyo) (URF) which also took place in Tokyo from […]

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