New Report Highlights Role of Cities in Climate Action
A new multi-agency report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), highlights the role of cities in supporting climate actions. The report, “United in Science“, released in Geneva, 13 September 2022, shows that greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise to record highs. The report also focuses on global temperatures, climate predictions and tipping points, extreme […]
CRIC Book Available ‘Climate Adaptation and Resilience: Challenges and Potential Solutions’
We are proud to present Pilot4dev latest publication ‘Climate Adaptation and Resilience: Challenges and Potential Solutions’. Climate change is one of the major challenges of our time. Escalating climate disasters like storms, floods, and dry spells lead to disruptions,social conflicts, and unrest. This book elucidates the reality of climate adaptation related challenges and needs in vulnerable […]
Ten Indonesian Cities Fight to Adapt to Multi-Hazard Climate Related Risks
“Ten Indonesian coastal cities are faced with a double imperative to urbanize quickly and to adapt to climate-related disasters.” These disasters include droughts, storms, regular floods, tidal waves, and water pollution. Pascaline Gaborit writes in her newly report “Climate adaptation to Multi-Hazard climate related risks in ten Indonesian Cities: Ambitions and challenges”, published in ScienceDirect. Pascaline who is […]
Pekanbaru: Building a Culture of Sustainable Waste Management
Where does our waste end up? In Pekanbaru, like many other cities, it ends up in a landfill or that which is not transported ends up in the river or burned. This transport and disposal (pick up and dump) pattern has an impact on the decline in the quality of the urban environment, including climate […]
CRIC Project Attends First EU-ASEAN Knowledge Exchange Workshop
CRIC Project attended the First EU-ASEAN Knowledge Exchange Workshop on Smart Green Cities, that took place at Pullman Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday, 22 July 2022. The workshop was organized by The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), in close cooperation with the Global Fund for Cities Development (FMDV) and ASEAN Secretariat in the framework of […]
Mainstreaming Climate Resilience Becomes Cities’ Priority
Cities have recognized many actions that could increase climate resilience. Mainstreaming actions on climate resilience will becoming cities’ priorities in the future. These statements came from Basuni, representative of Samarinda climate change working group from the city’s environment office during Online Dialogue Forum between CRIC Pilot Cities and Partners, in Thursday, 7 July 2022. According […]
Cirebon and Bandar Lampung Recognise Cities’ Vulnerability
City of Bandar Lampung has recognised city’s vulnerability to climate changes during online dialogue forum with Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities (CRIC) partners, Wednesday, 29 June, 2022. There are 10 sub-districts (kelurahan) from 126 sub-districts in Bandar Lampung that have high vulnerability – and at the same time have low level of adaptation capacities – […]
CRIC Pilot Cities Detail Environmental Challenges as Climate Changes
City of Kupang and Pekanbaru detailed environmental challenges as climate changes. These findings unveiled during Online Dialogue Forum when Climate Change Working Group from City of Kupang and City of Pekanbaru met with Climate Resilience and Inclusive Cities (CRIC) partners, Wednesday, 29 June 2022. Representatives from Pekanbaru’s Climate Change Working Group, Dody Rinaldi, from the […]
CRIC Partners to Pilot Cities: Never Repeated Our Past Mistakes
“I hope that CRIC Pilot Cities do not repeat the same mistakes European cities had done in the last century,” said Sara Silva, Project Coordinator at Ecolise during online dialogue forum between CRIC pilot cities and CRIC international partners, Tuesday, 28 June 2022. According to Sara there are many best ways and best practices to […]
City of Ternate and Mataram Share Climate Action Plan Updates with CRIC International Partners
City of Ternate and City of Mataram, both are Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities (CRIC) Project’s pilot cities informed their current status of climate adaptation and mitigation plans in front of CRIC international partners: Pilot4DEV and ACR+, at online dialogue forum event in Thursday, June 23, 2022. CRIC Project is European Union funded Project implemented […]