Advancing Urban Heat Resilience Across ASEAN Cities

Urban heat is emerging as a critical challenge for cities across Southeast Asia, with rising temperatures, longer heatwaves and increasing impacts on health, livelihoods and vulnerable communities. Against this backdrop, the CLARE–ASEAN Initiative at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) convened a regional webinar on “Urban Heat Management for Climate Adaptation and Resilience in ASEAN […]
Rajkot Becomes First Indian City to Pilot Global Urban Cooling Action Plan

The Indian city of Rajkot has been selected by UNEP and partners as the first city in India to develop an Urban Cooling Plan. ICLEI South Asia is the technical partner to UNEP in this project. A customised methodology is being developed for the city, in partnership with the UNEP-led Cool Coalition, which plans to […]