Are Heatwaves the New Normal?
Sumanjali Mummana analyses the implications of soaring temperatures across the globe. Across the globe, heatwaves are growing more prevalent, and violent heatwaves are becoming more frequent. Large swathes of South Asia suffered prolonged and record heatwave conditions in March and April this year. More recently, scorching temperatures have been reported from several European countries, with […]
Sustainable Solutions are Key to Building a Water-Secure Future
By Tikender Singh Panwar Watersheds come in families, nested levels of intimacy. On the grandest scale, the hydrologic web is like all humanity —– Serbs, Russians, Koyukon Indians, Amish, the billion lives in the People’s Republic of China—–its broadly troubled, but it’s hard to know how to help. As you work upstream toward home, […]
Blog: Plastic waste management in Hyderabad, India – From a linear to a circular economy
Anuradha Adhikari of ICLEI South Asia describes how the pilot installation of ‘reverse vending machines’ for plastic in a South Indian city is providing multiple environmental and community benefits. Plastics, more precisely single-use plastics, have invaded our lives in a pervasive manner, appearing everywhere from supermarket shelves to even the deepest ocean. A 2019 survey […]
Strengthening Heat Resilience in Cities – Insight from India
There is an emerging need for heat-resilient city systems – Indian local authorities are considering how to achieve this, report Shwetha Kutty, Mrunmayee Velukar and Priyesh Salunke of TARU. Global warming and urbanisation have had severe impacts on local temperatures and changes in land use, causing Urban Heat islands, which is a well-known but unintended consequence […]
How Child-Centred Urban Design and Management is Good for everyone’s Wellbeing
City-dwellers in India have suffered from the Covid-19 as they deal with other multiple shocks and stresses. This takes a toll on families’ resilience – not least, that of young children. Avantika Arjuna of ICLEI South Asia describes how the lives of young children in cities have changed in the past year – and what […]
Tackling Food Adulteration as a Measure to Ensure Access to Safe Food in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh is home to over 21 million residents (as of 2021)[1] and is the most densely populated city in the world, with a density of 47,400 people per square kilometer (Dhaka Tribune, 2018). This teeming population requires that food is produced at an unprecedented rate and yet studies that show that […]
CDKN Webinars Highlight Knowledge Brokering, Climate Finance and Frontline Experiences in Battling the Pandemic
ICLEI South Asia and SouthSouthNorth (SSN), under the Climate Development Knowledge Network-Knowledge Accelerator (CDKN-KA) project, organised three sessions over a fortnight in October during the Daring Cities 2020, a virtual global forum, to deliberate on the need to bridge the gap between knowledge and action. Given the climate urgency, the sessions discussed possible ways to […]
CDKN, Red Cross Climate Centre to Jointly Develop Heat Resilience Plans in Bangladesh, Nepal
As climate change intensifies, heat waves will become more frequent, increasing risks to everyone, but especially vulnerable populations. Acute heat stress is already recognized as a growing cause of morbidity and mortality, and is slowly garnering attention on national and global health and development agendas. In a concerted effort to deal with this challenge, ICLEI […]
CDKN Supports Two Cities in South Asia to Conduct VLRs
Dhulikhel Municipality in Nepal and Singra Municipality in Bangladesh, in association with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and Climate Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), have committed to conduct a voluntary local review (VLR) of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ICLEI South Asia is supporting the municipalities in developing the […]
CDKN Policy Dialogue Calls for Better Implementation of Urban Resilience Plans in Bangladesh
CDKN Asia organised a dialogue with experts from Bangladesh to discuss a draft policy paper on “Local Urban Resilience Plans Using Climate Adaptation Indicators: Development and Integration in National Planning Processes” in the context of Bangladesh. The policy brief presents a snapshot of the policies on climate change and resilience building measures in Bangladesh and assesses […]