Narayanganj City Commends ICLEI South Asia’s Climate Initiatives
The Climate Resilient City Action Plan (CRCAP), developed under the Urban-LEDS II project for Narayanganj city in Bangladesh, received appreciation at a high-level meeting organised by the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) on the 14th of June. The meeting was chaired by Hon’ble Mayor Dr. Salina Hayat Ivy, who highlighted the initiatives of ICLEI South Asia […]
Urban LEDS-II: Narayanganj Adopts Climate Resilient City Action Plan
Narayanganj recently ratified and approved its first-ever Climate Action Plan, signaling its collective commitment to take climate action locally and contribute to Bangladesh’s climate and sustainable development goals. The Climate Resilient City Action Plan (CRCAP) was formally adopted at the first general meeting of the city’s recently elected council, held on March 14, 2022, and […]
Urban LEDS-II: Rajshahi Approves Climate Action Plan
The Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) in Bangladesh has approved the Climate-Resilient City Action Plan (CRCAP) prepared by ICLEI South Asia under its Urban LEDS-II project. The CRCAP was approved and released during the 26th Environmental Standing Committee Meeting organised by RCC, which was attended by the corporation’s CEO, chief engineer, and other senior officials, as […]
Urban-LEDSII: Closure Webinar Highlights Capacity Building, Mainstreaming of Climate Action in City Planning
UN-Habitat and ICLEI jointly organized a virtual webinar on the 26thof January 2022 to mark the closing of the successful ‘Accelerating climate action through the promotion of Urban Low Emission Development Strategies’ project or Urban-LEDS II (2017-2021). Senior officials, representing project cities in several countries, discussed the key impacts and outcomes of Urban-LEDS and reflected […]
IoT Devices to Monitor Groundwater Recharge Pilots in Nagpur Schools
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and Nagpur Smart and Sustainable Development Corporation Limited (NSSCDCL) inaugurated groundwater recharge systems involving rainwater harvesting at two public schools in January 2022. The first-of-its-kind pilot project, based on Internet of Things (IoT) applications, is part of the larger European Commission-funded UrbanLEDS-II project, which was implemented in collaboration with ICLEI South […]
Thane Urban Flood Alert Network (TUFAN): Building Climate Resilience with Smart Tech
Thane city in the state of Maharashtra is successfully building resilience to the annual flooding and waterlogging events that it experiences, with the help of an early flood warning system called the Thane Urban Flood Alert Network or TUFAN. A densely populated and rapidly growing city in the Western Ghats, Thane is sandwiched between hills […]
Thane, Nagpur Reflect on Urban-LEDS II Achievements in Spurring Climate-Resilient Development
The cities of Thane and Nagpur have been able to accelerate their efforts to mainstream and implement climate action with the support of the Urban-LEDS II project. Both cities have successfully implemented groundbreaking demonstration projects, and have developed sector-specific strategies and action plans underpinned by technical assessments across priority areas. With the Urban-LEDS II project […]
Urban-LEDS II in Rajshahi & Narayanganj: Leading the way for Climate-Resilient Development in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has one of the world’s highest urban population growth rates. The country is also exceptionally vulnerable to climate change. It is, therefore, critical for Bangladesh’s cities to become climate-resilient and liveable in order to tackle these two major challenges, and for their sustainable development in the future. There is growing awareness that cities will […]
TUFAN: Thane’s Pilot-Scale Flood Warning System Augments City’s Climate Resilience
Thane city has implemented an early warning system called the Thane Urban Flood Alert Network (TUFAN), to help better address incidence of waterlogging and flooding in the city through the Urban-LEDS II project. The real-time warning system comprises four ultrasonic water-level sensors, two radar-based water-level sensors and an automatic weather monitoring station. Real-time information captured […]
Nagpur Municipal Corporation signs an MoU with ICLEI South Asia for implementation of the Urban-LEDS II Project
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) was signed on the 25th of July, 2018 for implementing Accelerating Climate Action Through the Promotion of Urban Low Emission Development Strategies (Urban LEDS II) project supported by the European Commission. The project will be implemented by UN-Habitat and ICLEI South Asia. The overall […]