Compendium on Greenhouse Gas Inventories for 3 Tamil Nadu Cities Released
Additional Chief Secretary of Environment, Climate Change and Forest Department, Government of Tamil Nadu (DOECCF), Smt. Supriya Sahu, IAS, released a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) compendium at the Tamil Nadu Green Climate Summit held on the 8th and 9th of December 2022. The compendium has the GHG inventory reports for the cities of Coimbatore, Tirunelveli and […]
Awareness Event Underlines How Composting Helps Improve Air Quality
ICLEI South Asia, in collaboration with Meerut Nagar Nigam and Club 60 NGO, organised an event on the 12th of December 2022 in Tagore Park, Meerut to inaugurate the composting practices in the area. A training was also organised for the benefit of the residents of H Block, Shastri Nagar, in the city to understand […]
Webinar Highlights Use of Sustainable Low-Carbon Materials to Achieve Building Decarbonization
It is estimated that between 2020 and 2050, new buildings will produce about half of their lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from operational energy use, and a half from embodied carbon associated with the building materials and the method of construction. The use of the right materials in buildings can help reduce operational energy as […]
Latest Estimates of India’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Key Sectors to Help Track Trends and Inform Climate Actions
The GHG Platform India (GHGPI) hosted a workshop to release the latest estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and to discuss their trajectory and the role of states in the country’s ‘Net-Zero by 2070’ journey, on the 21st of September 2022 in New Delhi. GHGPI was established in 2015 as a collective civil society effort […]
Asia LEDs Partnership: Case Studies Highlight Country Experiences in Building Climate Resilience
The Asia LEDS Partnership has developed three case studies that focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building energy efficiency and climate resilience. According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2020, 70% of global emissions come from cities. Local-level planning and cooperation are important to address the challenges. Vietnam has set in […]
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, […]