Asia LEDs Partnership: Case Studies Highlight Country Experiences in Building Climate Resilience
The Asia LEDS Partnership has developed three case studies that focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building energy efficiency and climate resilience. According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2020, 70% of global emissions come from cities. Local-level planning and cooperation are important to address the challenges. Vietnam has set in […]
CDKN Asia launches Dhulikhel’s Voluntary Local Review Report
The Voluntary Local Review (VLR) report of Dhulikhel city in Nepal, the first by a city in South Asia, was launched during a hybrid event held in the presence of the city’s Hon’ble Mayor Mr. Ashok Kumar Byanju Shreshta, on the 5th of April 2022. In his speech at the event, Mr Shreshta said, “For […]
Extreme Heat: New Knowledge Products Highlight Need to Build Resilience, Adaptation
The intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has predicted that by the end of this century, South Asia will be one of the “hardest-hit” regions by heat stress and “deadly” heat events. This year, the average maximum temperature in Northwest India and in the country as a whole in March, as well as in Northwest and […]
Webinar Highlights Benefits of Setting Science-Based Targets in South Asia
ICLEI World Secretariat and ICLEI South Asia jointly organised a training webinar on ‘Science-Based Targets for South Asian Cities’ on the 14th of April 2022. The climate planning process, the implementation of low-carbon climate-resilient actions, and the significance of setting science-based targets (SBTs) in cities were discussed, in addition to good practices and successful examples […]
ICLEI SA Organises Multiple Sessions at World Congress
To register for the sessions, click here. Social Inclusion in Climate Resilience Planning The session aims to, through ‘serious fun games’, facilitate practitioners and local governments to deepen their understanding of the need for, barriers to, and strategies for achieving more socially-inclusive climate resilience. In addition, an innovative Gender Training Toolkit has been developed that […]
EcoLogistics: Panaji Approves Low Carbon Action Plan for Urban Freight
The Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP), with technical support from ICLEI South Asia, has developed and approved the Low Carbon Action Plan (LCAP-UF) for urban freight under the EcoLogistics project. The action plan prioritises strategies that focus on promoting transportation of goods with minimised impacts on air quality, noise, health, fatalities, and injuries, […]
Study Evaluates Use of Public Spaces by Young Children
ICLEI South Asia is conducting a study with support from the Bernard van Leer Foundation to understand the use of public spaces by young children and their caregivers in India. The study aims to assess and evaluate city-wise trends in the use of urban public spaces, as well as identify existing barriers to and opportunities […]
Udaipur Urban95 Steering Committee Holds First Meeting to Review Activities
The Udaipur Municipal Corporation (UMC) held the first Udaipur Urban95 Programme Steering Committee (PSC) meeting on the 12th of April 2022 to discuss the Urban95 and Parents+ Programmes. Mr. Himmat Singh Barhath, Commissioner, UMC, chaired the meeting, which was attended by representatives from the UMC, Bernard van Leer Foundation and ICLEI South Asia. Ms. Rushda […]
High-profile National Workshop Puts Focus on Best Practices in Climate-resilient Development
The Department of Environment, Climate Change & Forests and the Department of Municipal Administration and Water Supply of Tamil Nadu state jointly hosted the 1st National Level Best Practice Workshop organised by the CapaCITIES project with support from the Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation and in partnership with C40 Cities as well as World […]
Urban Planning in Bangladesh
Training workshops in Sirajganj and Satkhira address key challenges and good practices. ICLEI South Asia conducted a series of capacity-building workshops from the 14th to 16th of March 2022 in Sirajganj, and from the 21st to the 23rd of March in Satkhira. These sessions are a part of the Climate Resilient Inclusive Smart Cities (CRISC) […]