Second UrbanShift National Local Dialogue Advances Innovation and Transit-Oriented Development

ICLEI South Asia organised the second National Local Dialogue (NLD) under the UrbanShift program on 9 October 2025, in New Delhi, India, as a part of the ARISE Cities Forum. The dialogue brought together national and local government representatives, development agencies, technical experts, and UrbanShift-supported cities, including representatives from cities supported by GEF, sector experts […]
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 […]
UrbanShift Lab Empowers Puducherry to Tackle Climate Risks with Geospatial Planning

ICLEI- Local Governments for Sustainability, in partnership with the Puducherry Climate Change Cell in the Department for Science, Technology and the Environment (DSTE), Town and Country Planning Department, Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Puducherry, and World Resources Institute (WRI) hosted an in-person workshop titled “UrbanShift Geospatial Analysis Lab” in Puducherry on 29 […]