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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 […]
CRIC Project successfully held a week of virtual public hearing meetings on Urban Analysis Report from September 14 to 22, with 280 people in attendance. The meetings have been met with a positive response from the diverse participants expecting that the Urban Analysis Report can provide practical recommendations for cities to develop climate-proof development policies […]
The Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities (CRIC) Project, with the support from the European Union, will hold a virtual public hearing on urban analysis reports of ten Indonesian pilot cities, from 14 to 18 September and on 22 September 2020. The public hearing seeks to collect feedbacks from city stakeholders in a bid to improve […]
Bandar Lampung is the first of ten Indonesian pilot cities who established a City Working Group on Climate Change, marking its commitment to participate in the Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cites (CRIC) Project implementation from 2020 to 2024. This City Working Group consists of 33 members representing diverse voices of local government, universities, civil society […]
The impact of climate change has already affected Indonesian cities, arriving sooner than many expected. In order to prevail, cities must adapt, take action and make sustainability as their raison d’être. On July 22-23, 205 city administrators from the Asia Pacific Region participated in Sustainable Urban Design & Planning training, hosted by the Climate Resilient and […]
A training on sustainable urban development will be organised online on the 22nd and 23rd of July 2020 by Pilot4DEV in cooperation with the project’s partners. Our audience will be city mayors and practitioners in Indonesia and in South East Asia. The training is being developed by ISOCARP Institute – Centre for Urban Excellence. You can find the agenda here. Do […]
Ten Indonesian pilot cities joined a series of bilateral online discussions, June 2-11, facilitated by Putra Dwitama, the Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities (CRIC) Project Coordinator from UCLG ASPAC, in a bid to identify challenges and priorities in city development plan. The discussion concluded that all pilot cities are exposed to climate-related disaster risks and […]
Tackling global climate change requires commitment, careful planning, collaboration and appropriate tools implemented starting from a city level. This is the key takeaway from the online focused group discussion (e-FGD) moderated by Asih Budiati, Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities (CRIC) Project Manager from UCLG ASPAC on April 29, where 37 participants discussed plans and framework to […]
