Building Stronger Cities: Strengthening DRR Tools and Municipal Preparedness in South Asia
To support local governments in strengthening their disaster preparedness, ICLEI South Asia conducted a webinar on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) on 3 December 2025. The session was organised under the third phase of the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) – Accelerating Inclusive Action project, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands […]
Handbook on Urban Khazans Release in Goa
A handbook raising awareness on the ecological and cultural significance of Urban Khazans in Goa was officially released on 12 Aug by Dr. Suresh Kunkalikar, Principal & Dean of Goa College of Agriculture and Dr. Bhushan Bhave, Principal of Vidya Prabodhini College. Urban khazans are unique, traditional coastal ecosystems found in Goa, India, characterized by […]
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 […]
Green Investment for Growing Cities: Amaravati Climate Action Plan in Focus
At the 30th Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Partnership Summit held on 14 November 2025, Emani Kumar, Deputy Secretary General, ICLEI and Executive Director, ICLEI South Asia, spoke on the panel “Sustainable Cities: From Vision to Investments.” The session was chaired by Hon’ble Ponguru Narayana, Minister of Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Andhra Pradesh. Mr. […]
Strengthening Urban Waste Planning: ICLEI South Asia Trains Municipal Officials in Nepal
ICLEI South Asia conducted an in-person training on Solid Waste Management (SWM) planning from 26–28 November 2025 in Dhangadhi, Nepal, as part of an ongoing capacity-building series under the Enhancing Local Capacities in Socially Inclusive Resilience in Asia (SIRA) project. The initiative is funded by UK Aid through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), […]
ICLEI South Asia Advocates Climate-Responsive Public Finance at Andhra Pradesh Summit 2025
ICLEI South Asia participated in the Andhra Pradesh Reimagining Public Finance Summit 2025. Mr. Emani Kumar, Executive Director, ICLEI South Asia and Deputy Secretary-General, ICLEI, joined as a panellist in the session titled “Capacity Building & Institutional Finance Reform” on 15 November 2025. The session brought together senior government officials, finance professionals, and sectoral experts […]
Floating Solar Power in Coimbatore Boosts Clean Energy Ambitions
A delegation from the Embassy of Switzerland in India and Bhutan visited the newly completed Floating Solar Power Plant on Periyakulam Lake in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on 25 November 2025. The visit highlighted Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation’s (CCMC) commitment to driving innovative clean energy solutions and strengthening local climate action. The floating solar installation—Tamil Nadu’s […]
From Waste to Resilience: Cities Exchange Ideas for Climate and Waste Action Under CDKN’s Peer Learning Programme
ICLEI South Asia conducted a webinar on Solid Waste Management and Circularity on 19 November 2025 for city officials from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. This marked the beginning of a series of webinars under CDKN Asia’s year-long training and peer exchange programme for local governments on climate resilience and disaster risk reduction, and […]
Vadodara Municipal Corporation and ICLEI South Asia Strengthen Sanitation Workforce Through Citywide Zonal Micro Trainings
The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC), in collaboration with ICLEI South Asia under the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)-funded CapaCITIES Phase III Project, conducted a series of Zonal Micro Trainings for sanitary inspectors, supervisors, and sanitary workers from 3-7 November 2025 across all four zones of Vadodara — East, West, North, and South. The […]
At COP30, ALP shows regional leadership in advancing GCAP’s Climate Implementation Agenda
At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, ICLEI South Asia, serving as the Secretariat of the Asia LEDS Partnership (ALP), participated in two side events titled “The Global Climate Action Partnership: Launching a New Era of Accelerated Implementation,” on 10 November 2025 and a breakfast roundtable session on “The Global Climate Action Partnership: From Knowledge to Scaled […]