City of Pekanbaru, one of UCLG ASPAC CRIC Project’s pilot cities is catching up with other cities with first and second technical assistances to complete CRIC first adaptation training (A1). These technical assistances were needed to speed up data collection process to measure the city’s risks and resilience to climate change. The event – supported by trainers from […]

Bandar Lampung, one of CRIC Project’s 10 pilot cities is currently supported through various capacity building programmes and development of the Climate Action Plan (CAP). On Tuesday, 25th July 2023, the Bandar Lampung city Climate Working Group (CWG) convened for a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) to support the progress of mitigation data collection of Bandar Lampung city.  The adaptation training and technical assistance were […]

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 […]

Activities of the CRIC Project continued throughout the month of June, with participatory discussions related to tagging programme actions for the mitigation sector. There were about 29 persons present for this activity, comprising of seventeen males and 12 women. Several stakeholders, including representatives from Samarinda City’s State Electricity Company (PLN), academic representatives from UNMUL, GMSS […]

* 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 In fact, by 2050, 2.5 billion people are expected to migrate to urban areas that are experiencing […]

* 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. During the discussion, […]

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.  Zainul Abidin, a Policy Analyst from BKF, during Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities Discussion Panel, 3 […]

“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. Head of Semarang City Development Planning Agency, Budi Prakosa […]