CRIC Climate Mitigation Training Triggers Local Government’s Participations
“Bottom-up approach is at the heart of the third climate mitigation training.” This statement was conveyed by Raindras Dwiarsa, Staff at Balai Pemantapan Kawasan Hutan (BPKH) or Forest Area Establishment Agency XIV Kupang interviewed by CRIC Project, Friday, 17 June, when attending the third day of climate mitigation training at Sotis Hotel, facilitated by Climate […]
Gorontalo Hosts First CRIC’s Climate Adaptation Training
City of Gorontalo received first Climate Action Plan Adaptation training (A1) from Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities (CRIC) Project. The training was held between 2-8 June 2022, in Gorontalo, North Sulawesi. The climate adaptation training was supported by two Indonesian research centres namely CCROM and IPB university. CRIC provides two main topics for Climate Action […]
Policy Brief – The Extinction of Bees Threatening Food Security: How Can Cities Contribute?
According to Greenpeace, 35% of the world’s food production relies on pollinators insects and upon the 100 vegetal species that provide 90% of the food worldwide, 71 rely on bees for their pollination. Bees are essential to sustain ecosystems (and associated services) as well as to provide resources to all living communities. It is of primary […]
You are invited to attend Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development’s side event on climate and SDGs!
At the occasion of the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD), UCLG ASPAC, CRIC’s lead partner, is co-organizing a side event on climate and SDGs with the Ministry of National Development Planning/BAPPENAS. The Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) is an annual and inclusive intergovernmental forum and a platform for supporting countries in the regional […]
Banjarmasin Advances with Second Climate Mitigation Training
City of Banjarmasin hosted the second Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities’ climate mitigation training (M2), 2 February 2023, facilitated by Centre for Climate Risk and Opportunity Management in Southeast Asia Pacific (CCROM – SEAP) trainers. CCROM, one of CRIC training partners, is a research center at IPB University Bogor. Dr. Bernadia Tjandradewi, UCLG ASPAC […]
Collection: Pilot4DEV’s Policy Briefs
Pilot4DEV has produced a series of policy briefs (on its own or/and with the funding of the EU project LIFE Adapt Island) on climate mitigation and climate adaptation that is made available in the framework of the Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities (CRIC) project. Discover them by clicking the following links! [1] “Mangroves: at the heart of […]
Climate Action Failures Top World’s Next Decade Risks
The world faces a set of risks that feel both wholly new and eerily familiar. Cost of living dominates global risks in the next two years while climate action failures dominate the next decade. These findings explored in the latest edition of the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report that was out yesterday, on 11 January […]
Policy Brief – Plastic Waste Trade: Shifts, Impacts, and Solutions
Plastic, as a material, can be harmful to ecosystems as well as human health. The management and treatment of plastic waste are complex processes – when plastic waste is not efficiently treated on site, it tends to be exported, which greatly impacts local environments and communities of receiving countries. This policy brief explores the impacts […]
New Mayor’s Commitment to Climate Change
Mataram Mayor H. Mohan Roliskana and Bandar Lampung Mayor Eva Dwiana, newly elected for the 2020-2024 period, separately affirmed their commitment to address climate change through the cities’ involvement in the Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities (CRIC) Project and support efforts to integrate climate resilience in city development planning documents. In the meeting between the […]
Media Monitoring: More Talks on Finance and Energy Transition
Financial investment is crucial in the global efforts to tackle climate change, as pronounced in the COP-26. It is also reflected in the Indonesian media for the past two months. In the December edition of Media Monitoring, climate finance remains the talk of the nation, along with the policy instruments to support such financing. We […]