Rajkot City Won OPCC Award 2018, Urban LEDS II launched at WWF-India Event
ICLEI member city Rajkot was felicitated with One Planet City Challenge (OPCC) award at the ‘Role of Cities in Addressing Climate Change’ conference organised by WWF-India in partnership with ICLEI South Asia on the 12th of November in New Delhi. The city was announced as the winner and was also felicitated at the OPCC global […]
Europe Tour Inspires Climate-Smart Vision in Urban-LEDS II Cities
A study tour of Europe was organised under the project “Urban-LEDS II – Accelerating climate action through the promotion of Urban Low Emission Development Strategies” from 17th to 24th June 2019. Participants from 18 countries visited three leading European cities that are part of the Urban LEDS network. They got an opportunity to explore first-hand […]
Urban-LEDS II Cities Continue Progress on Climate Planning, Commence Implementation of Climate-Resilient Actions
Urban-LEDS II cities in Bangladesh and India are moving ahead with their climate action planning, and are leading implementation of actions in the areas of biodiversity and green spaces, waterlogging and flood management, renewable energy and energy efficiency, and clean air. The two cities of Rajshahi and Narayanganj in Bangladesh have completed assessments of their […]
Urban-LEDS II cities continue progress on climate planning, commence implementation of climate-resilient actions
Urban-LEDS II cities in Bangladesh and India are moving ahead with their climate action planning, and are leading implementation of actions in the areas of biodiversity and green spaces, waterlogging and flood management, renewable energy and energy efficiency, and clean air. The two cities of Rajshahi and Narayanganj in Bangladesh have completed assessments of their […]
Europe Tour Inspires Climate-Smart Vision in Urban-LEDS II Cities
A study tour of Europe was organised under the project “Urban-LEDS II – Accelerating climate action through the promotion of Urban Low Emission Development Strategies” from 17th to 24th June 2019. Participants from 18 countries visited three leading European cities that are part of the Urban LEDS network. They got an opportunity to explore first-hand […]
Urban-LEDS II Builds on Phase 1 Synergies, Successes
The Urban-LEDS phase II project is expanding work on low emission planning to Colombia, Bangladesh, Lao PDR and Rwanda. Funded by the European Commission, the project is being implemented by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI). This project, which is being implemented in the 2017-21 period, […]
Rajkot City Won OPCC Award 2018, Urban LEDS II launched at WWF-India Event
ICLEI member city Rajkot was felicitated with One Planet City Challenge (OPCC) award at the ‘Role of Cities in Addressing Climate Change’ conference organised by WWF-India in partnership with ICLEI South Asia on the 12th of November in New Delhi. The city was announced as the winner and was also felicitated at the OPCC global […]
Nagpur Municipal Corporation signs an MoU with ICLEI South Asia for implementation of the Urban-LEDS II Project
An 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 objective […]
ICLEI South Asia team initiates the Urban LEDS II project in Bangladesh
ICLEI South Asia is implementing the Urban LEDS II project in India and Bangladesh, in partnership with UNHABITAT. Several cities in Bangladesh expressed their interest in implementing the project, which will be implemented over a 48 month period, starting April 2017. Meetings were held in the month of May with national government representatives and city […]