38 South Asian Cities Pledge to Fight Air Pollution to Mark UN Day of Clean Air for blue skies
Thirty-eight mayors and city representatives from six countries in South Asia – Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives – have called for greater action to improve air quality, on the occasion of the United Nations’ first International Day of Clean Air for blue skies on September 7, 2020. To mark the day, […]
Climate Resilience Webinar Series Highlights Opportunities for Recovery in South Asia
ICLEI South Asia and CDKN organised a series of webinars on climate resilience and its various aspects, including urban and peri-urban planning, gender, and green economic recovery in the context of COVID-19. The webinars were held every Thursday of August 2020. The objective of the session on Climate Resilience Planning and Action: Experiences from South […]
Water-Energy-Food Nexus – Applying an Inter-Sectoral Lens to Meet Growing Needs
Ritu Thakur of the CDKN-Asia team and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, South Asia, describes how an inter-sectoral development approach in Nashik, the “backyard of Mumbai”, is helping meet people’s growing needs for water, energy and food. High paced urbanisation along with population and economic growth has put tremendous pressure on existing resources especially water, energy, […]
Gender Equity in Climate Finance – Why Does it Matter?
Aditi Paul, CDKN Asia and ICLEI South Asia, argues that climate finance provides too good an opportunity to miss, as a vehicle for advancing women’s wellbeing and development and righting some of the deep gender inequalities in society. She recommends how the design, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of climate finance projects could be improved to […]
Should Indian Cities be More Empowered to Take Decisions?
Philadelphia is a sweet reminder of what the city government can do to ensure a quality life for its citizens, it is also a reminder of the role that the city governments must perform in the future, writes Tikender Panwar The interconnection between city, citizen’s health and city government is very curious. A recent revelation […]
Resilient Cities Asia Pacific – Delegates Challenged to Think Long Term
Bedoshruti Sadhukhan of CDKN’s Asia team and the ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability Delhi office reports on key themes in this year’s Resilient Cities Asia Pacific Congress. Resilient Cities Asia Pacific (RCAP) 2019 — the Asia Pacific Forum on Adaptation and Urban Resilience — took place in New Delhi, India from 15-17 April 2019. The RCAP […]
Blended Finance for Climate and Food Security – The Potential of the Farm Sector
Reducing poverty in Asia, even in countries like India, Indonesia or others with relatively high per capita income, remains a challenge. Key priority areas like food and water security, gender equality, tackling climate change, and making cities more liveable can help eradicate poverty. By Aditi Paul Reducing poverty in Asia, even in countries like India, […]
Indian Infrastructure Must Be Climate-Proofed to the Core
Bedoshruti Sadhukhan of ICLEI South Asia argues that climate resilience must be not just a guiding principle, but the focus of new infrastructure projects in India. Despite increased awareness, planning decisions and infrastructure designs still do not address resilience adequately. Investing in infrastructure to meet the population’s development needs remains a top priority for the […]
Lessons in Sustainability from India’s Past- Changing the Nature of Agricultural Practices
In the southwest coast of one of the southern most states of India lies the Kuttanad region – an area which is spread across the districts of Alappuzha and Ernakulam of Kerala. Here, Pokkali, a dying traditional practice of cultivating salt-tolerant rice varieties is being sown. By Rithika Fernandes The agricultural sector in India occupies […]
Why strengthening our public transport is the need of the hour
It is no news that the air quality we breathe is highly polluted. The ambient as well as household air quality is above the alarming level thus triggering spate of diseases in the world. The State of Global Air 2018 was released recently. The report covers the entire globe and maps the air quality for the countries. […]