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Today, we are on the verge of a critical juncture. Global “excess deaths” directly and indirectly attributable to COVID-19 reached 15 million by the end of 2021. More than four years of progress in alleviating poverty have been wiped out, pushing 93 million more people worldwide into extreme poverty in 2020. Either we fail to […]
UN General Assembly declares access to clean and healthy environment a universal human right. With 161 votes in favour, and eight abstentions, the UN General Assembly adopted a historic resolution on 28 July 2022, declaring access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, a universal human right. Cited from UN News, the UN Secretary-General, António […]
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022 warned the world is on the verge of a climate catastrophe where billions of people are already feeling the consequences. Energy-related CO2 emissions for 2021 rose by 6 percent, reaching their highest level ever and completely wiping out pandemic-related declines. To avoid the worst effects of climate change, as […]
Join CRIC, in collaboration with the Indonesia Ministry of Environment and Forestry and Ministry of Home Affairs, on December 10, for a free webinar on the topic “Integrating Inclusive Climate Resilience Issues in City Development and Planning,” from 9 to 11:30 AM (UTC+7). This is the second event of the CRIC webinar series seeking to […]
We are delighted to announce that we have updated the Pilot Cities pages, adding the Urban Analysis Reports written by the experts on each of the ten pilot cities pages. These presentations provide a deep insight on the general situation and challenges met by the different pilot cities in terms of Resilience against Climate Change […]
We are delighted to announce that we have updated the Pilot Cities pages, adding the preliminary presentations of the studies led by the experts on each of the ten pilot cities pages. These presentations provide a deeper insight on the general situation and challenges met by the different pilot cities. The main topics covered by […]
The Urban Thinkers Campus (UTC) is a UN-Habitat driven World Urban Campaign initiative. The UTC is conceived as an open space for critical exchange between urban researchers, experts and decision-makers who believe urbanization is an opportunity and can contribute to meaningful urban transformations. It is also intended as a forum to create consensus among stakeholders […]
The cost of delaying climate actions would be considerably higher than the cost of acting now, said European Union Ambassador to Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam HE Vincent Piket to 153 people attending the interactive webinar entitled “Mainstreaming Climate Resilience in City Planning” on 27 October 2020 hosted by CRIC, as part of the European Union Climate […]
Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities Project will take part in the European Union Climate Diplomacy Week, where the Project will host a webinar on “Mainstreaming Climate Resilience in City Planning”, on October 27. Climate Diplomacy Week is an annual event hosted by the European Union that takes place from October 23 to November 6 this year. The CRIC […]
CRIC Project held a successful webinar on “Climate Resilient and Inclusive Urban Development” on Tuesday, (20/10), as part of the Indonesia Ministry of Environment & Forestry’s (MoEF) Climate Festival, with around 150 attendants. This event represents the growing importance of multi-level governance on climate change, of which the CRIC Project can help to set in […]
A webinar on Climate Resilient and Inclusive Urban Development will be organised online on the 20th of October 2020 at 13:00pm (Jakarta time), 8:00am (Brussels time) between the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF), the European Union (EU), The United Cities and Local Governments Asia Pacific (UCLG ASPAC), Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities (CRIC) partners as […]