Clean Air for Blue Skies: Activities Put Focus on Air Pollution in National Capital Region
ICLEI South Asia conducted several activities in Meerut and Delhi to mark the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies on the 7th of September 2022, under its ongoing project Building City Leadership on Clean Air Action in Delhi-National Capital Region, funded by the Clean Air Fund. The International Day of Clean Air for […]
Project Documents Diversity of Grass Species in Goa’s Grasslands
ICLEI South Asia has initiated a project to document the diversity of grass species in Goa, supported by the Goa Forest Department. As part of the project activities, the grasslands have been marked on the Geographic Information System platform, and the team has initiated surveys. Quadrats are being laid to identify and quantify the grass species that […]
Workshop Highlights Benefits of Scaling Up Energy Storage Applications
ICLEI South Asia’s “Strategies for Enabling Energy Storage in Indian Cities” project aimed at exploring and identifying specific use-cases and applications for BESS, particularly to support the renewable energy (RE) and electric vehicle (EV) transition, in Surat and Rajkot. Five use-cases for BESS were identified, in which its utility was analysed and a technical pre-feasibility […]
Biodiversity Action Plan for Udaipur: Stakeholders Discuss Importance of Ecosystem Services
ICLEI South Asia is developing the Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (LBSAP) for Udaipur under the CapaCITIES-II project, which is supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Corporation. The LBSAP is a guiding strategy with specific actions suggested for achieving “optimal and realistic governance and management of biodiversity and ecosystem services,” and its […]
PH, ID, MY Stakeholders Provide Local Waste Stream Insights, Possible Plastic Waste Management Strategies
Behavior change, capacity building, improved waste infrastructures, and stricter policy implementation—these are just some of the key actions that can help Iloilo City, Philippines; Jambi City, Indonesia; and Iskandar, Malaysia better address their plastic waste problem. Over 90 waste sector stakeholders across the three Southeast Asian local governments arrived at these insights during the consultation […]
ICLEI South Asia Impact: Delhi Locality Declared Zero-Waste Community after Awareness Drive
A locality in West Delhi, Arihant Nagar, has been selected as a ‘zero-waste colony’ by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, following an awareness drive on waste management by ICLEI South Asia there. The locality also received an award from Hon’ble Lt Governor of Delhi Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena in this regard on the 2nd of […]
SDGs Localisation: KAS, ICLEI South Asia Explore Opportunities in Nepal
The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Foundation (KAS) and ICLEI South Asia are jointly exploring opportunities to accelerate the implementation and localisation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) while building the capacities of elected representatives in Nepal. In this regard, Mr. Andreas Michael Klein, Director, Regional Programme Political Dialogue Asia, KAS Singapore, and ICLEI South Asia staff held several meetings with representatives […]
Building Back Better: ICLEI to Support Malaysia in Developing Green City Action Plans
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability South Asia, in partnership with ICLEI-Southeast Asia, is supporting the Government of Malaysia in the development of Green City Action Plans (GCAPs) for Malaysian cities as a lead technical partner to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and with support from the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand-Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) Joint Business Council (JBC) Malaysia. […]
Workshop on Waste Management Focuses on Extended Producer Responsibility
The Project Management Unit of the Tamil Nadu Green Climate Company organised a workshop ‘Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in plastics and packaging waste’ jointly with GIZ India in Chennai on the 26th of July 2022. The workshop set the context with its EPR governance framework, which includes key actors, material and financial flow and accountability, […]
Webinars Showcase Use of Smart Tech in Chinese Taipei’s Decarbonisation Efforts
The Asia LEDS Partnership and the Chinese Taipei jointly hosted two Communities of Practice webinars on smart grid technology application and weather information application service in green energy operations on the 12th and 14th of July, respectively. Government officials, representatives of enterprises and scholars were among more than 50 participants from several countries who attended […]