At COP30, ALP shows regional leadership in advancing GCAP’s Climate Implementation Agenda
At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, ICLEI South Asia, serving as the Secretariat of the Asia LEDS Partnership (ALP), participated in two side events titled “The Global Climate Action Partnership: Launching a New Era of Accelerated Implementation,” on 10 November 2025 and a breakfast roundtable session on “The Global Climate Action Partnership: From Knowledge to Scaled […]
Building Bridges for a Net-Zero Asia: ALP Charts Pathways to Resilient Energy and Mobility
At the “2025 Exchange Forum on the Asia Low Emission Development Strategies Partnership,” in Chinese Taipei on 29 October 2025, the Asia Low Emission Development Strategies Partnership (Asia LEDS Partnership) Secretariat played a key role in highlighting the successes, challenges and support needed for Asia’s progress toward the 2050 net-zero goal. Established in September 2012, […]
Transport for All: A People-Centered Agenda for Advancing Sustainable Mobility
As the Secretariat for the Asia Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) Partnership (ALP), ICLEI South Asia participated in a high-level expert consultation meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, on 1-2 July 2025. The meeting, co-organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), was […]
Driving Change: Strategies for Decarbonizing Transport in the Asia-Pacific at the 16th Regional EST Forum
The 16th Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum took place on 10-12 December 2024 at the ADB Headquarters in Manila, Philippines. This year’s pre-event on 9 December 2024, titled “Enabling a 1.5°C Future: Strategies for Sustainable and Resilient Transport Systems,” aimed to address the pressing challenges of transport-related CO2 emissions in the Asia-Pacific region, which […]
Asia LEDS Partnership Forum 2024: Report Now Available!
The Asia LEDS Partnership (ALP) published its report, following the successful Asia LEDS Partnership Forum 2024, held from 20 to 22 August 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand. Bringing together more than 160 participants from 32 nations, this year’s forum, themed “Towards Decarbonization in the Asia Pacific through 2025 NDCs,” set the stage for important discussions on […]
Collaborative Climate Action Takes the Center Stage at the GCAP 2024 Workshop
At the GCAP Global Workshop 2024, the Asia LEDS Partnership built on the success of ALP Forum 2024 in Bangkok which focused on advancing decarbonization in the Asia-Pacific region through enhanced NDCs and Long-Term Low-Emission Development Strategies (LT-LEDS). The Global Workshop was a 3-day event with Day 1 and 2 focusing on Asia. Day 1 […]
Cities Share Best Practices and Learnings from Climate Initiatives at APCW 2021
The Asia LEDS Partnership and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, South Asia, together with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), organised a virtual session on “Implementation of Transformative Climate Action in Cities” at the Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2021 (APCW 2021). The session was organised […]
ALP Webinar: How Benchmarking Saves Energy in Buildings
The Asia LEDS Partnership (ALP), hosted by ICLEI South Asia in partnership with other ICLEI regional offices in Asia, organised a webinar on ‘Energy Benchmarking to realise improved Energy Efficiency in Buildings’ in September. This was the fourth in a series of webinars organised under the Building Energy Efficiency (BEE) Community of Practice (CoP). Energy […]