Known as the “City of a Thousand Rivers”. Banjarmasin is one of the cities in Indonesia that is traversed by several rivers. Long ago, the people employed huge boats such as kelotoks and jukungs as their primary mode of transportation and trading along the river. As commerce occurs along the river, sometimes better known as floating marketplaces, the river serves as a supply of water used for everyday living and livelihoods.

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Activities of the CRIC Project continued throughout the month of June, with participatory discussions related to tagging programme actions for the mitigation sector.

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* Written by: Cemara Dinda

We all know that cities account for more than half of the world's population, thus also 70 percent of global CO2 emissions, making them responsible for more than two-thirds of global energy consumption

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* Written by: Cemara Dinda

Project team members for the Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities (CRIC) funded by the European Union (EU) sat together to reinvigorate the project ensuring the best delivery in its final year assisting cities to achieve their climate commitments. The meeting was conducted in Jakarta, May 16-17, 2023.

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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. 

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"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.

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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. 

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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”. 

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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). 

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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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