V20 Ministerial Dialogue: XI Securing Shared Prosperity and Sustainable Development in a Climate Insecure World [V20]

2023-10-17T09:31:51+08:0016 Oct 2023|Tags: , , , , , |

by Nabiha Shahab & Denise Fontanilla | October 15, 2023 | Published by V20 | READ THE STORY HERE Marrakech, 15 October 2023 – The Vulnerable Twenty (V20) Group of Finance Ministers, comprising 68 countries from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, the Middle East, and the Pacific, today reiterated their call for urgent [...]

Advancing Climate Prosperity: Building a Resilient Global Financial Architecture for the Climate Vulnerable [V20]

2023-09-26T12:51:24+08:0013 Sep 2023|Tags: , , , |

Advancing Climate Prosperity: Building a Resilient Global Financial Architecture for the Climate Vulnerable DATE : 12 Sept 2023 | 10:30 am - 11:30 am ET VENUE : Venue: Conference Room 7, United Nations Headquarters, New York & Virtual Platform Background The Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) and the V20 Finance Ministers are convening a high-level leaders’ [...]

ICSC dives deeper into SONA 2023: PHL energy, dev’t plans require transparency and concrete data

2023-07-28T16:57:56+08:0028 Jul 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , |

QUEZON CITY, July 28, 2023 – The Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) called for clarity and urgency in implementing the government’s development plans in its response to the second State of the Nation Address (SONA) made by President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on Monday, July 24. Given that the President highlighted developments in the country’s energy sector, Atty. Pedro H. Maniego Jr., Senior Policy Advisor of ICSC dives deeper into this year’s SONA.

Congress adopts resolution on climate and disaster risk financing

2023-02-22T15:36:12+08:0022 Feb 2023|Tags: , , , , |

The Standing Committee on Climate Change of the House of Representatives adopted today House Resolution No. 213, which supports the establishment of a Multi-Actor Partnership (MAP) on the enhancement of climate and disaster risk financing and insurance (CDRFI) in the Philippines. The resolution was sponsored by Climate Change Committee chair and Bohol First District Representative Edgar M. Chatto.

HIPPE Solar Scholars Training: Enabling communities to use RE in disaster risk reduction

2022-05-06T16:37:21+08:0006 May 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , |

With just three days before Filipinos choose the country’s next leaders, Solar Scholars continue to embody the true meaning of community cooperation and leadership through #RenewableEnergy. ICSC’s RE-Charge Pilipinas team, in cooperation with the Hinatuan Partnership for Peoples Empowerment (HIPPE), trained 18 new #SolarScholars less than two weeks before #TyphoonOdette ravaged the Caraga [...]

Neglect of air quality costs PHL $87 billion annually, more Covid deaths and illnesses

2021-11-10T14:47:34+08:0010 Nov 2021|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Quezon City, 10 November 2021 — Twenty years after the passage of the Philippine Clean Air Act, a new report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) and the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) entitled “Aiming Higher: Benchmarking the Philippine Clean Air Act” pegged the yearly bill for neglecting air [...]

Energy experts, DOE to discuss future-proofing the Philippine energy market in Aug. 24 press briefing

2020-08-21T15:16:03+08:0021 Aug 2020|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

CONTACT: AC Dimatatac, ICSC Media Coordinator: +63 998 5469788, media@icsc.ngo WHAT: Online press briefing on the current status of the Philippine energy transition and future-proofing the energy market amid the COVID-19 crisis, in line with the opinion piece published in BusinessMirror last August 15, authored by Sara Jane Ahmed and Alberto Dalusung III [...]

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