EcoLogistics Project Presented at Urban Mobility India Conference and Expo 2018
Mr. Ashish Rao Ghorpade, Deputy Director, ICLEI South Asia presented EcoLogistics: Low Carbon Freight for Sustainable Cities project at the Urban Freight technical session during the Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference and Expo 2018 in Nagpur. The session was chaired by Dr. Nitin Kareer, Principal Secretary, Urban Development Department, Government of Maharashtra. The annual UMI […]
EcoLogistics Team Commence City Assessment Visits
EcoLogistics – Low Carbon Freight for Sustainable Cities project team commenced city assessment visits to Panaji, Kochi and Shimla to initiate project activities. The project is supported by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). The two-day visit to each city was carried to interact closely with the local governments […]
The EcoLogistics – Low Caron Freight for Sustainable cities kicks off in India
The national kick-off workshop for the project “EcoLogistics – Low Caron Freight for Sustainable cities” was organised on the 31st of October in New Delhi. The project aims to prioritise strategies that will focus on promoting the transportation of goods with minimised impacts on air quality, noise, health, fatalities & injuries, traffic congestion and reduced […]
ICLEI South Asia participates in the global urban dialogue at ICLEI World Congress 2018
ICLEI South Asia participated in the ICLEI World Congress 2018 which was held in Montreal, Canada from the 19th to 22nd of June. The Congress brought together over 1,000 people and 120 political leaders from 177 cities and regions to discuss sustainable urban development. The South Asian delegation consisted of mayors from the cities of Thimpu […]
EcoLogistics project begins in three Indian cities to streamline urban freight movement
With the aim to streamline urban freight movement and to reduce emission from urban freight sector, ICLEI South Asia is starting the EcoLogistics project in three Indian Cities. The potential Indian cities for the project are – Kochi in Kerala, Panaji in Goa and Shimla in Himachal Pradesh. The project will focus on enhancing capacities, […]