ICLEI South Asia Champions People-Centred, Climate-Resilient Cities at the Low Carbon Cities Forum in Bangkok
ICLEI South Asia participated in the “5th International Forum on Low Carbon Cities & 2025 Regional Partners Forum on Sustainable Urban Development” held from 25-27 August 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. The event was organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), the secretariat of the North-East Asian Subregional […]
UrbanShift China City Academy in Chengdu promotes the message of shared learning for Sustainable Urban Development
From 1 to 3 July 2025, Chengdu, China, hosted the UrbanShift China City Academy, an intensive capacity-building and knowledge-exchange platform that brought together officials from China, India, Malaysia, Mongolia, and the Philippines. Co-organised by UrbanShift, the China Centre for Urban Development (CCUD), and ICLEI, the three-day event aimed to equip local and subnational governments with […]
CRISC: Workshops Build Capacities of Satkhira, Sirajganj Municipalities in Meeting Sustainability Goals
With just seven years left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, it has become imperative for member countries of the United Nations to rev up their on-ground actions. To this end, ICLEI South Asia organised a series of capacity-building workshops in the cities of Satkhira and Sirajganj in Bangladesh in January and February 2023, to […]
Ramping up UrbanShift Activities in India: Pune and Surat Take the Lead
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has launched the Sustainable Cities Impact Programme with the brand name UrbanShift, which is supporting 23 cities in nine countries, including three primary cities – Chennai, Pune, and Surat – and three secondary cities in India for participating in the GEF-7 financing round (2018-2022). To achieve sustained and effective action […]