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 […]
Andhra Pradesh: Project to Improve Mainstreaming of Climate Action Plans in 3 Cities
ICLEI South Asia, with support from the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, headquartered in London, has launched the ‘Mainstreaming Climate Action in Indian Cities’ (Andhra Pradesh) project. The initiative aims to mainstream climate considerations into the planning, financing, and delivery of urban services, and to support municipal authorities in three cities of Andhra Pradesh- Vijayawada, Kakinada, […]
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 […]
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 […]