The private sector plays a critical role in translating the commitments of the Paris Agreement into tangible action in the real economy, whether it’s providing clean energy, enhancing adaptive capacity throughout their supply chain, or enabling broader societal resilience in the communities from which they derive their social license to operate. Private sectors offer innovation [...]

The issue of bankability is a common bottleneck faced by cities to scaling-up investment for sustainable infrastructure. Mobilizing resources to finance investments and services at the municipal level represents a big challenge particularly for mid-size cities. The local government often lack resources and capacity to move forward projects from concept note to feasibility and on [...]

On 14 – 15 April 2020, the IUC Asia programme held consultation meeting with Palembang city to support the development of the city's Climate Action Plan (CAP). Hosted by Environmental Agency, the meeting was attended by various city agencies of Palembang related to climate action, namely the Planning Agency, the Agriculture Agency, the Public Work [...]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many have decided to be vigilant and help flatten the curve by social distancing and staying inside. IUC Asia saw this as a great opportunity to facilitate cities from different parts of the world to connect and conduct peer-to-peer learning from the comfort of our own home. Collaborating with Universiti [...]