Over 220 City Representatives from 18 States Receive Extensive Training in Inclusive Climate Action Planning
More than 220 City and associated representatives from 18 states attended a series of 10 webinar trainings that were jointly delivered from October 2020 to February 2021 by ICLEI South Asia, in partnership with the European Union International Urban Cooperation (IUC) project and the World Resources Institute India, within the framework of the Global Covenant […]
ICLEI South Asia Has a New Logo and Website
COP25: 'Resilience Strategies Are Key to Addressing Challenges in Water Resources Sector'
Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India, brought together several experts, including Mr. Emani Kumar, Deputy Secretary General, ICLEI & Executive Director, ICLEI South Asia, at a side event during the UN climate conference COP25 in Madrid in December. The session discussed diverse challenges in the water resources sector in India, such as water scarcity, […]
Development of Thane's People's Biodiversity Register is Underway
ICLEI South Asia is developing the People’s Biodiversity Register of Thane Municipal Corporation. Detailed documentation of the biodiversity wealth in the city, along with use of the collected data, is being carried out. Traditional ecological knowledge is also being documented. The natural asset map of the city is being developed as part of the project, […]
Solapur Workshop Underlines Integrated Approaches to Water Management at the Catchment Level
ICLEI South Asia organised a training workshop on catchment management planning of water resources, decision support tool for climate adaptive interventions of water management and financial modelling of waste water reuse in Solapur on the 19th and 20th of December 2019. The workshop was organised at the Zilla Parishad, Solapur (ZPS). It was chaired by […]
Regional Conference Highlights IAdapt Project Takeaways
ICLEI South Asia organised an international conference under the Integrated Rural Urban Water Management for Climate-Based Adaptations in Indian Cities (IAdapt) project – supported by the International Development and Research Centre (IDRC) – on the 20th of November, 2019 in New Delhi. The purpose of the event was to share valuable learning experiences from the […]
EcoLogistics Stakeholder Meeting Highlights Gaps in Urban Freight Baseline Data
A stakeholder consultation meeting was organised in Panaji as part of the “EcoLogistics-Low Carbon Freight for Sustainable Cities” project on the 18th of December 2019. A first-of-its-kind global initiative, the project aims to prioritise strategies that will promote the transportation of goods with minimised impacts on air quality, noise, health, fatalities and injuries, besides traffic […]
Workshop Gives Shape to Gangtok LBSAP's Vision, Focus Areas
ICLEI South Asia is developing the Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (LBSAP) for Gangtok. The LBSAP will help to mainstream biodiversity conservation into urban planning. A stakeholder consultation, held in Gangtok in December 2019 to develop the LBSAP, was attended by government officials, and representatives from NGOs and academia. The workshop helped to develop […]
Udaipur Roundtable Brainstorms on Way Forward for Climate-Resilient Action Plans
The National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) organised a half-day event in Udaipur on 13th of December 2020 to showcase the activities done under the CapaCITIES project in the city and in the other three project cities of Siliguri, Coimbatore and Rajkot. The areas in which work should be done in the next phase of […]
Urban95 Initiative Transforms Congested Space into Play Area in Udaipur
The Urban95 project team recently implemented its second tactical intervention in Udaipur city, with the aim of creating safe and healthier spaces for children in urban neighbourhoods. This follows the successful implementation of the project’s first tactical intervention in the city, wherein traffic calming measures (such as keep-clear box, zigzag lines and zebra crossing) and […]