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Young professionals develop innovative solutions for walkable streets

2025-01-23T12:13:46+08:0023 Jan 2025|Tags: , , , , , |

PRESS RELEASE | January 23, 2025 QUEZON CITY, January 23, 2025 –– Three teams of young professionals in the fields of computer science, engineering, mathematics, and data science were recognized for designing innovative digital solutions for safer, more inclusive, and walkable streets.  Organized by the Mobility Awards, in partnership with the University of [...]

Sustainable Philippine transport system [Inquirer]

2025-01-16T09:21:43+08:0026 Dec 2024|

by Ma. Sheilah Gaabucayan-Napalang | December 25, 2024| Published by Philippine Daily Inquirer | READ THE STORY HERE The Philippine transportation sector alone contributed 35.42 million tons of carbon emissions in 2022. It is also the country’s largest source of air pollution, negatively affecting health and economic development in the country. Piling on [...]

Cooperatives and PUV modernization [Inquirer]

2025-01-16T09:22:01+08:0024 Dec 2024|

by Orly Sabelita | December 23, 2024| Published by Philippine Daily Inquirer | READ THE STORY HERE With the advent of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP), now called the Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP), of the Philippine government, the public transportation sector gets a chance to comprehensively address the needs of [...]

Building livable cities together: Southeast Asia Mobility Awards 2024 launched to promote sustainable transport

2024-12-11T15:06:58+08:0009 Dec 2024|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

The Clean Mobility Collective Southeast Asia (CMC-SEA) announced the launch of the Southeast Asia Mobility Awards (SEAMA) 2024, an initiative that aims to recognize cities across the region for their excellence in creating sustainable, inclusive, and commuter-friendly urban mobility systems, on December 9 , 2024.  SEAMA 2024 is a citizen-driven initiative encouraging participants to highlight [...]

Mobility Awards: Bicycle Count Results Show Rising Demand for Safer Cycling Infrastructure

2024-11-14T10:42:26+08:0014 Nov 2024|Tags: , , , , , , |

Cyclists counted up by 7.2% compared to last year QUEZON CITY, November 13, 2024 – The 2024 Bilang Siklista (citizen bicycle count) recorded 271,555 cyclists across 138 locations in 17 cities and one municipality in the Philippines. Conducted by 1,269 volunteers in partnership with local governments shows a 7.2% increase across 15 cities [...]

Philippine cities need improved monitoring and evaluation tools for Climate Finance accountability – experts

2024-10-27T21:51:05+08:0024 Oct 2024|Tags: , , , , |

The recent Roundtable Discussion on Urban Climate Finance, held in Quezon City was organized under the Integrated Urban Climate Action for Low-Carbon and Resilient Cities (Urban-Act) Project, a regional initiative led by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. In the Philippines, the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) is an implementing partner [...]

2 eastern visayas towns power municipal buildings with solar [Daily Tribune]

2024-10-28T10:36:29+08:0017 Oct 2024|Tags: , , , |

by Elmer Recuerdo | October 16, 2024 | Published by Daily Tribune | READ THE STORY HERE Amid rising electricity costs and worsening power instability, the towns of Guiuan in Eastern Samar and Paranas in Samar have turned to solar energy to power their municipal buildings. Both towns received complete photovoltaic systems donated [...]

ICSC partners with LGUs to solarize municipal buildings

2024-10-15T15:14:44+08:0015 Oct 2024|Tags: , , , |

TACLOBAN CITY, October 15, 2024—The Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) signed memorandums of agreement (MOAs) with the local governments of Guiuan, Eastern Samar and Paranas, Samar for the installation of rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) systems for their respective municipal buildings earlier this month. At the official MOA-signing event, ICSC Executive Director Angelo Kairos [...]

ICSC concludes term as PSF Board NGO rep, congratulates new representatives

2024-10-14T17:02:50+08:0014 Oct 2024|

The Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) congratulates the newly appointed representatives to the Board of the Peoples’ Survival Fund (PSF), whose selection was announced earlier this month. As we conclude our term as the NGO representative to the Board, we extend our deepest gratitude to the Department of Finance, the Climate Change Commission, [...]

ICSC reopens climate and energy story grant for Filipino journalists

2024-10-21T09:55:16+08:0008 Oct 2024|Tags: , , , , , |

QUEZON CITY, October 8, 2024 – The Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) is now accepting applications for the Jaime Espina Klima Correspondents Fellowship this 2024. ICSC is a Philippine-based non-government organization advocating fair climate policy and low carbon, climate-resilient development. Now in its second round, this Fellowship was initially launched in 2022 to [...]

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