City Biodiversity Index of Jammu & Srinagar released
The Hon’ble Lt. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Shri Manoj Sinha released the City Biodiversity Index of the cities of Jammu and Srinagar on the International Day of Forests (March 21) in Jammu. ICLEI South Asia has developed the City Biodiversity Index for the two cities, with support from the United Nations Development Programme and […]
CapaCITIES II: GHG Emission Inventories Compendium for Gujarat released
Shri. Bhupendrabhai Patel, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat, released the ‘City GHG Emission Inventories Compendium for Gujarat (Ahmedabad, Vadodara, and Rajkot) on the 21st of February 2022, during the ‘Building A Climate Resilient Gujarat’ event organised by the state government. The compendium has been prepared under the CapaCITIES programme, which is funded by the Swiss […]
Making a Difference: How a Biomethanation Plant Run by Women Empowers Them
The members of a women’s self-help group were felicitated recently for their commendable work in managing and operating a two-ton per day (TPD) biomethanation plant in Udaipur for the last two years. At a ceremony organised by news channel News 91 and supported by Mohan Lal Sukhadiya University, Udaipur, the leader of the SHG group […]
Green Bonds Training Helps Tackle Climate Change, Promote Sustainable Development
As part of the activities under the NDC Finance Community of Practice of the Asia LEDS Partnership to build capacities and enhance knowledge sharing to accelerate investment flows into NDC implementation efforts across the Asia-Pacific region, virtual trainings were organized on the topic of Green Bonds. Cognizant of the rapid growth and relevance of the […]
New Initiatives Support Municipal Corporations in Developing Clean Air Action Plans
ICLEI South Asia has been working for several years to influence sustainability policies and drive mitigation and adaptation actions to increase resilience to climate change in the region. Now, we are going ahead with providing support to local governments in the management and mitigation of air pollution. Late last year, IQAir, a Switzerland-based climate group […]
Workshop Reviews Bangladesh Freight Sector, Good Practices in Clean Logistics
The Asia LEDS Partnership (ALP) organised a workshop on Clean Logistics for Cities on the 23rd of February 2022 in hybrid mode, with the in-person session being held in Dhaka. The event was organised as a platform for sharing successful global experiences in implementing clean logistics, considering the vital role they play in the economy. […]
Mongolia Bank Spotlights New Emission Reduction Assessment Tool at ALP Session
The Asia LEDS Partnership (ALP) organised an online peer learning session on the 14th of February, 2022, in which an emission reduction assessment tool developed for the Trade and Development Bank, Mongolia (TDBM) was presented. The bank has been implementing the Green Loan Programme for small and medium-sized enterprises in Mongolia to finance projects that […]
Findings by ICLEI South Asia, Alliance to End Plastic Waste Show Opportunities in Surat City
Insights gained from the survey will be used to develop a plastic waste management plan Surat in western India, is one of the country’s fastest-growing cities in terms of infrastructure and urban development, with an estimated population of 7.2 million. As several other Indian cities, managing a growing waste problem here is a significant challenge. […]
ALP Webinars Highlight Solutions for Improving Climate Transparency, Finance Gaps
The Asia LEDSPartnership (ALP) hosted a peer learning webinar series on ‘Sub National Integration in the Asia Pacific’, convened as part of its Subnational Integration Community of Practice. The webinar included three sessions on climate action planning tools and methodologies, climate project structuring, and Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) systems, besides interactive and scenario-building sessions […]
Urban-LEDSII: Closure Webinar Highlights Capacity Building, Mainstreaming of Climate Action in City Planning
UN-Habitat and ICLEI jointly organized a virtual webinar on the 26thof January 2022 to mark the closing of the successful ‘Accelerating climate action through the promotion of Urban Low Emission Development Strategies’ project or Urban-LEDS II (2017-2021). Senior officials, representing project cities in several countries, discussed the key impacts and outcomes of Urban-LEDS and reflected […]