Constantino steps down; Dela Cruz to be ICSC executive director

2023-01-23T14:40:29+08:0023 Jan 2023|Tags: , , , , |

QUEZON CITY, January 23, 2023 – The board of trustees of the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC), a Manila-based climate and energy think tank, announced the appointment of Angelo Kairos Dela Cruz as the new ICSC executive director effective January 16, with a one-month transition as the current head, Renato Redentor Constantino, turns over [...]

Moving On

2023-01-16T19:25:48+08:0016 Jan 2023|Tags: , , |

by Renato Redentor Constantino, ICSC Executive Director DOWNLOAD PDF This announcement comes with mixed measures of relief, gratitude, and joy. After 13 years at the helm of ICSC, it is time to step down and make way for new leadership. It is with pride as well that I welcome the institution’s new executive [...]

Nonoy Espina’s torch shines bright

2022-07-08T15:23:47+08:0008 Jul 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , |

by Renato Redentor Constantino | July 8, 2022 | Published by ABS-CBN News | READ THE STORY HERE It’s been a year since the veteran journalist Jaime “Nonoy” Espina passed away. Nonoy was a former chair of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, a fierce press freedom advocate, a tireless campaigner for the [...]

Shared climate leadership will make a beautiful environment in Asia

2021-11-29T13:40:46+08:0029 Nov 2021|Tags: , , , , |

by Red Constantino | November 29, 2021 | Published on China Daily | READ THE STORY HERE On Nov 23, at the Special Summit to Commemorate the 30th Anniversary of China-ASEAN Dialogue Relations, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech entitled "For a Shared Future and Our Common Home". "The valuable experience we have gained over [...]

PH loses ₱4.5T each year due to poor air quality -The Final Word (CNN PH)

2021-11-15T12:09:16+08:0014 Nov 2021|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

In CNN Philippines' The Final Word last November 12, ICSC executive director Red Constantino talks about the recent air quality report by ICSC and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), which states that the Philippines loses Php4.5 trillion annually due to air pollution, and insights and recommendations on the climate negotiations in [...]

Local gov’ts tackle climate, COVID crises for int’l climate adaptation summit

2021-01-26T15:08:28+08:0026 Jan 2021|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Coron, Mandaue, and Guiuan LGUs launch webinar series with Dutch Embassy, ICSC 26 JANUARY 2020, Quezon City — Local government officials shared their efforts to make their communities resilient from both climate change and COVID-19 in today’s launch of a webinar series for the online international Climate Adaptation Summit hosted this year by the Netherlands. [...]

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