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CLOVER Margaret Moore is an Australian independent politician from the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who has been the Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney since 2004. She has also been Sydney's first woman mayor and the longest serving mayor since the city's...

According to the United Nations, 2020 marks the highest number of countries with violent conflict in the last 30 years. Moreover, the number of people being killed in battle has also increased 10 times since 2005. Due to the significant increase of Violence and...

GUNSAN City has obtained the high-level certification of child-friendly cities approved by UNICEF. The term "child-friendly city" refers to a local administrative area providing a child-friendly environment in which all children under the age of 18 can enjoy...

TATONG Bara is the Mayor of Kotamobagu City, North Sulawesi province (Indonesia). She was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2018. Mayor Tatong Bara envisions making Kotamobagu a service model city in Bolaang Mongondow Raya area, referring to a city that provides...

Communication is both the most important yet challenging aspect to accomplish anywhere around the world. In terms of intercultural communication, Asia is comprised of various cultures with more than a thousand languages. Each culture is unique and having an open mind...

Asia Pacific region predicted to be the most urban cities in the next decades. That phenomenon will bring an increasing infrastructure development, energy consumption, high demand in fossil fuels for transportation, inappropriate waste management, which all contribute...

Our environment has been exploited and destroyed for so long. According to WWF, the tropics lost close to 30 football fields’ worth of trees every single minute. We have also destroyed half of our wetlands for over the last century. Furthermore, we have already lost...

In strengthening its commitment to tackle climate change, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) made an appearance in the event titled “Climate Action Planning & Finance: C40 Tools and Resources”on 3rd June 2021. A representative of the...

UCLG ASPAC, facilitated by its flagship programme, Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities (CRIC) helps the City of Cirebon to shift into a climate-resilient and inclusive city through the promotion of circularity and collaborative waste management initiatives....

MAYOR Carmelita “Menchie” Aguilar Abalos was elected as leader of Mandaluyong (Philippines) in June 2016. However, her works started since she was the first lady of the city. All her works show how she cares for her people, particularly the vulnerable ones. Works as a...