From Waste to Resilience: Cities Exchange Ideas for Climate and Waste Action Under CDKN’s Peer Learning Programme
ICLEI South Asia conducted a webinar on Solid Waste Management and Circularity on 19 November 2025 for city officials from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. This marked the beginning of a series of webinars under CDKN Asia’s year-long training and peer exchange programme for local governments on climate resilience and disaster risk reduction, and […]
ICLEI South Asia Conducts Training on Climate Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction for Urban Local Governments in Dhaka, Bangladesh
ICLEI South Asia organised a two-day training on Climate Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) for Urban Local Governments on 5–6 November 2025 at Nascent Gardenia, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The training was designed to equip municipalities in vulnerable regions with tools, practical knowledge, and planning approaches needed for developing and implementing climate-resilient municipal strategies. The training, […]
Dhaka’s New Climate Action Plans Offer Blueprint for a Greener Future
The Climate Action Plans (CAPs) for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) were released on May 12, 2024, marking a significant leap in the city’s journey towards achieving sustainable development and climate resilience. The momentous event was held at the Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban, University of Dhaka, and […]
Talanoa-Style Dialogue Calls for Climate Action through Multi-Level Governance in Bangladesh
ICLEI South Asia, in partnership with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the Resilient Cities Network and Cities Alliance, jointly organised the “Talanoa-Style High-Level Dialogue for Climate Action in Bangladesh” on the 25th of November 2021. The speakers and participants at the event included representatives from Bangladesh’s Department of Environment, Ministry of Environment, Forest […]
Six Bangladesh Cities Learn Climate Resilience Planning in CDKN Training Sessions
ICLEI South Asia organised an in-person training programme for city corporations and municipalities in Bangladesh on “Planning of Climate Resilient Strategy” on the 14th and 15th of November 2021, under the Climate and Development Knowledge Network- Knowledge Accelerator (CDKN-KA) project. The training was attended by representatives of the city corporations of Narayanganj, Rajshahi, and Gazipur […]
KASpaces 10-Nation Webinar Series Puts Focus on Sustainable Solutions for Urban Development
The South Asia and South-East Asia offices of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, with support from Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), Singapore, are jointly organising national-level KASpaces webinars in 10 countries in July and August 2021. The webinars – organised in Sri Lanka, India, Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh, as well as the Philippines, Indonesia, Laos, […]
Peer-to-Peer Learning for Enhancing Resilience in South Asia Launched
CDKN Asia launched a virtual ‘Peer to Peer Learning Dialogues for Local Authorities in South Asia’ to support local governments and enable them to work on urban resilience through collaborative learning. Local government officials were required to submit an Expression of Interest to participate in the event and selecting the themes that they would want […]