Clean Air Project: Workshops Highlight Role of Green Cover in Cutting Delhi- National Capital Region Air Pollution
ICLEI South Asia organised consultation workshops for the Municipal Corporations of Delhi and Meerut on the 28th June and 29th of June respectively, to help them enhance green cover to reduce air pollution and to support the two cities breathe clean air. Organised under the Building City Leadership on Clean Air Action project, supported by […]
Kochi Study: Using Green-Grey Infrastructure for Canal Restoration
ICLEI South Asia, in partnership with bechtel.org and Swiss Re, is working on developing a feasibility study of the use of green-grey infrastructure for the restoration of a canal in Kochi. The project is being funded by the Swiss Re Foundation. ICLEI South Asia and bechtel.org carried out an initial survey of the canals in […]
Experts Highlighted the Importance of Nature-Based Solutions for the Sustainable Development of Cities
ICLEI South Asia, in collaboration with ICLEI World Secretariat and ICLEI Africa Secretariat, organised a session on ‘Nature-based Solutions: Green Blue Strategies and Tools’ at the ICLEI World Congress in Malmo, Sweden on the 13th of May 2022. The session aimed to showcase replicable innovative green-blue nature-based solution tools and strategies deployed in several cities […]
Workshop Highlights Opportunities, Sustainable Transitions in Food, Water, Energy Sectors
As part of the ‘Understanding Innovative Governance for the Food, Water and Energy Nexus in Cities (IFWEN)’ project, the final workshop for the dissemination of project learnings was held in Panaji on the 27th of May 2022. Participants from 10 Indian cities attended the event. The project examined capabilities and enabling factors supporting the implementation of food, […]
Chandigarh’s People’s Biodiversity Register to Document Green Wealth
ICLEI South Asia is developing the People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR) of Chandigarh, with support from the Union Territory’s Department of Forests and Wildlife. Mandated as per the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, the PBR documents the biodiversity and traditional ecological knowledge of an area. To this end, the city’s rich biodiversity was documented during a field visit. […]
City Biodiversity Index of Jammu & Srinagar released
The Hon’ble Lt. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Shri Manoj Sinha released the City Biodiversity Index of the cities of Jammu and Srinagar on the International Day of Forests (March 21) in Jammu. ICLEI South Asia has developed the City Biodiversity Index for the two cities, with support from the United Nations Development Programme and […]
Illustrated Maps to Detail Abundant Natural Capital of Jammu, Srinagar
Illustrated Natural Asset maps are being developed for the cities of Jammu and Srinagar, as part of the INTERACT-Bio project, which is supported by Germany’s Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMU). These cities have been added to the project as satellite cities, at the request from the Jammu and […]