Updates on #CitiesIPCC Campaign
Reporting from the IPCC 43rd Session in Nairobi: On the morning of Tuesday 12 April, the IPCC43 Plenary continued deliberations…
Day 1 at IPCC 43rd Session in Nairobi and updates on #CitiesIPCC Campaign
This post aims to provide a snapshot from the first day of the 43rd Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on…
ICLEI around the World: Steve Gawler, Regional Director, Oceania
Q. What is one important particularity of working with local governments in the Oceania region? One important thing to bear…
Urban Resilience: From Surviving to Thriving
Post by Laura Kavanaugh, Resilient Cities Team Leader, ICLEI World Secretariat Resilience as a concept within the field of environmental…
Habitat III: What Needs to be Done on Financing Urban Development
The Mexico City Habitat III meeting on financing urban development is underway. The meeting is meant to provide input to…
The Significance of the Melaka Citizens’ Pledge
The 2nd Resilience Cities Asia-Pacific congress came to a close yesterday, here in the beautiful and historic city of Melaka…
High Level Segment at RCAP 2016 Reasserts Role of Cities in Achieving Sustainability
After two days of deliberations that reaffirmed the importance of building resilience in cities and promoting initiatives from city mayors…
P5: Deciphering the SDGs for Local Governments
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in New York in 2015 were a major step for international sustainability efforts. The…
P3: Bridging the Resilience Finance Gap
When it comes to financing urban resilience, there is a clear gap between demand and supply. Comprehensive resilience infrastructure will…
B1: Informal Settlements: Let the People Be the Solution
What are some principles for working with informal settlements? In the Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific panel B1 on 2 March, experts…
A3: Resilient Investment – Targeting is Good, Embedding is Better
As a city, if you want to address resilience, where do you start? At the Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific A3 panel…
‘Translating Global Gains into Local Realities’ Sought at Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific Opening
Malaysian Minister of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government YB Datuk Abdul Rahman bin Dahlan, Melaka Chief Minister YAB Datuk Seri Ir….