Pangkalpinang is flood-vulnerable city. The Kampung Bintang area, sub-district of Rangkui is the worst affected with 49 flood events in 2019.
Cities and local government have potential to generate climate financing based on national government regulations. The detailed mechanisms on how cities or local government could access climate financing were brought into light by M. Zainul Abidin from Ministry of Finance.
Read more ..."Semarang kaline banjir," is popular traditional Javanese song that tells story of how Semarang, the capital city of Central Java is experiencing regular flooding. The words could literally be translated into, "Semarang's river is flooding". This coastal city has long story to adapt to climate related disasters.
Read more ...Capacity building plays important roles in increasing city's resilience from future climate change and extreme weather. "Understanding city's local characteristic is the key," Dr. Akhmad Faqih, expert from IPB University said during Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities First Discussion Panel in Surabaya, 1 March 2023.
Read more ...Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities Project joined Partnership for Sustainable Cities - First Meeting of Partners event in Brussels, Belgium, between 7-9 March 2023. The meeting that was held in International Auditorium, Roi Albert II Boulevard opened with Panel Discussion on “The Cities programme in the wider context of EU Engagement Strategies”.
Read more ...Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities Project successfully facilitated CRIC First Discussion Panel in Surabaya between 1-3 March 2023. The event attended by stakeholders from CRIC Pilot Cities and CRIC Partners from South Asia (AIILSG) and Europe (Pilot4Dev, Ecolise, ACR+ and Gustave Eiffel University).
Read more ...CRIC partners' plans to visit CRIC pilot cities were finally realized between 19-28 February 2023 two months after Indonesian Government eased COVID-19 restrictions on 30 December 2022.
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Leading climate justice activist, Greta Thunberg, called on Friday, 27 January 2023 for immediate action to help tackle the impacts of climate change on those forced to flee their homes, or leaving in search of a better life.
Climate change is currently right before our eyes begin, instead, it’s already happening. As we know, the global temperature has been increasing by 1° Celsius in the past century 1).
Paris Agreement’s ratifiers are heading to Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt to attend COP 27 that will take place from 6-18 November 2022. Conference of Parties or COP is the supreme decision-making body of Paris Agreement where all states (193 countries plus European Union) review the implementation of the covenant.
The CRIC project is a 5 year project co-funded by the European Union. It proposes a long lasting and unique cooperation through a triangular cooperation between cities and research centres in Europe, South Asia (India, Nepal, Bangladesh), and Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand). The Project will also contribute to sustainable integrated urban development, good governance, and climate adaptation/mitigation through long lasting partnerships, and tools such as sustainable local action plans, early warning tools, air quality and waste management in consultation with experts’ panels.
The target groups of the Project will be local governments, cities, urban stakeholders working on climate resilience, climate mitigation and adaptation, and good governance of inclusive cities. With final beneficiaries including but not limited to local community of the cities/provinces, including women, marginalised sector, civil society, and private sectors.