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Herbert off to Japan for gab

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QUEZON City Mayor Herbert Bautista will present in Yokohama, Japan the city’s success in climate change mitigation, leaving yesterday to participate in the 9th International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Forum that opened Tuesday.

Bautista is one of the resource persons in the forum’s plenary session, titled “From Good Practices to Great Transformations: How can the SDGs Bring Scalable Change to Asia?”

The forum organizer, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, described Bautista as “a pioneer and progressive advocate of solutions for environment issues and climate change.”

“Under his leadership, Quezon City became the first city in the Philippines to implement a green building ordinance, enforcing sustainable building designs throughout the city. He is leading the city to reduce its carbon footprint through the shift of public facilities towards alternative energy sources, wider installation of systems for resource reuse, and restrictions in the use of non-biodegradable materials,” an article posted on the organizer’s official website read. 

“‹Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista

“His climate change mitigation activism has resulted in the recognition of the city’s success stories in global fora and international movements, and has led it to be chosen to be the pilot city for several climate change program innovations,” the article added.

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According to the organizer, Bautista’s urban development framework anchors the city’s housing and resettlement program on disaster-risk reduction and quality of life enrichment.

He has also spearheaded the development of an award-winning socialized housing program designed to move the poor from danger areas towards new townships, a project “he is implementing in multiples, in collaboration with the private sector and national government agencies,” the institute added.

Bautista also issued Office Order 113-2017, designating Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte as acting mayor until Friday. He also designated District 2 Councilor Precious Castelo as acting vice mayor.  

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