Kochi to get Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan
A Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (LBSAP) is being prepared for Kochi, as part of the INTERACT-Bio project, which is supported by Germany’s Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). The action plan is one of the major outputs of the project. Detailed ward-level discussions on biodiversity conservation and associated […]
Gangtok Meeting Highlights City Biodiversity Issues
A stakeholder consultation was organised in Gangtok on the 21st of May as part of the Gangtok Municipal Corporation-funded project on the management of natural resources in the city. The consultation helped to identify the critical ecosystems in Gangtok and the problems these areas faced. The attendees participated in group exercises and discussions, and came […]
Partner Agencies Unveil Plans at SECURE Himalaya Project Meet
The Himachal Pradesh forest department held its third state-level meeting as part of the UNDP-supported SECURE Himalaya project in Shimla on May 17, 2019. All partner agencies presented their fieldwork plans at the meeting. The expert committee highly appreciated the presentation made by ICLEI South Asia. The SECURE Himalaya project team also made its first […]
CDKN Workshop Puts Focus on 2020 Themes
SouthSouthNorth (SSN) hosted a three-day workshop at its office in Cape Town, South Africa, from May 14 to 16, 2019, as part of a team-building and planning event held under the aegis of the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN). The participants included CDKN’s Country Engagement Leads from Nepal, India and Bangladesh, besides Kenya, Ethiopia, […]
CDKN Launches in Nepal, Conducts Action Labs in Asia
ICLEI South Asia, the Asia Regional Coordinator for Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) programme, organised Action Labs in India, Nepal and Bangladesh in the month of April 2019. The purpose of the Action Labs was to have close engagement with in-country actors at national, regional and city level actors as well as identify Knowledge […]
Reflecting on Approaches and Methodologies under INTERACT-Bio Project
A methodology workshop was organised as part of the ongoing Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany supported INTERACT-Bio project. The workshop provide the opportunity for project partners to reflect on the approaches and methodologies followed so far and plan for the remainder of the project. During the workshop, discussions […]
Developing Low Emission Development Strategies in India and Bangladesh
The Urban-LEDS phase II project (2017 – 2021) supported by the European Commission, and implemented in partnership with UN-HABITAT, in its second phase is actively supporting the cities of Narayanganj and Rajshahi in Bangladesh and Nagpur and Thane in India in developing climate resilient strategies and action plans, while also developing innovative pilot projects and […]
Smart Cities Project: Experts Highlight Policy Bottlenecks
ICLEI South Asia hosted a roundtable discussion on the way forward for Sustainable Urban Mobility and Built Environment under the Smart Cities Mission on the 17th of April at Eros International Hotel, Nehru Place, Delhi. It was organised as part of the Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation-supported “Assisting Sustainable Urban Transport & Built Environment in Four […]
Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific Congress Ends with Deliberations on 'Delhi Call'
The Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific 2019 was brought to an end, as Gino Van Begin, Secretary General of ICLEI, and Emani Kumar, Deputy Secretary General of ICLEI, presented the key takeaways of the Congress. The three-day Congress was composed of 8 plenary sessions and 7 parallel sessions, gathered over 200 participants from 90 local governments of […]
CDKN Facilitates Discussion on How to Enhance Effective Communication of Climate Knowledge to Meet Sub-national Needs
ICLEI South Asia, with the support of the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) organised a panel session on the effective communication tools and pathways that can be adopted to meet climate knowledge needs. The session was held on Day 3 of the 4th Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific Congress 2019 in New Delhi. During the panel […]