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 […]
IoT Devices to Monitor Groundwater Recharge Pilots in Nagpur Schools
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and Nagpur Smart and Sustainable Development Corporation Limited (NSSCDCL) inaugurated groundwater recharge systems involving rainwater harvesting at two public schools in January 2022. The first-of-its-kind pilot project, based on Internet of Things (IoT) applications, is part of the larger European Commission-funded UrbanLEDS-II project, which was implemented in collaboration with ICLEI South […]
CDKN Asia Develops New Knowledge Products for Enhancing Climate Resilience
Several publications are being finalised and readied for launch under the Climate and Development Knowledge Network -Knowledge Accelerator(CDKN-KA) program. ICLEI South Asia and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) have jointly developed a training manual on “Planning for Climate Resilience” for the benefit of local governments in Nepal. The process followed in the […]
World Wetlands Day: Protect Nature’s Nurseries
Think wetlands, and the image that comes to mind is that of a large lake filled with migratory birds. However, wetlands are more than just water bodies. They often support large numbers of aquatic and terrestrial animals as well as unique plants. They are also providers of nature-based solutions for local communities, besides offering several […]
Andhra Pradesh: Project to Improve Mainstreaming of Climate Action Plans in 3 Cities
ICLEI South Asia, with support from the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, headquartered in London, has launched the ‘Mainstreaming Climate Action in Indian Cities’ (Andhra Pradesh) project. The initiative aims to mainstream climate considerations into the planning, financing, and delivery of urban services, and to support municipal authorities in three cities of Andhra Pradesh- Vijayawada, Kakinada, […]
New Project to Support 4 Delhi-NCR Municipal Corporations’ Efforts to Improve Air Quality
ICLEI South Asia, with support from Clean Air Fund, will extend technical assistance to four municipal corporations in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) to improve air quality. The East Delhi Municipal Corporation, Municipal Corporation of Gurugram, Meerut Municipal Corporation, and South Delhi Municipal Corporation have expressed their interest and appreciation for receiving technical inputs from the […]
Illustrated Maps to Detail Abundant Natural Capital of Jammu, Srinagar
Illustrated Natural Asset maps are being developed for the cities of Jammu and Srinagar, as part of the INTERACT-Bio project, which is supported by Germany’s Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMU). These cities have been added to the project as satellite cities, at the request from the Jammu and […]
Goa’s Urban Khazans: Project to Focus on Conservation Strategies
ICLEI South Asia has initiated a project on conserving Goa’s urban khazans, which are saline flood plains in Goa’s tidal estuaries that have been reclaimed over centuries with a complex system of bunds and sluice gates. The reclaimed land not only protects the surrounding areas from the influence of the sea, but also provides the people […]
Investment Case Prepared for Kochi’s Pokkali Fields, Mangroves
An investment case on nature-based solutions, focusing on mangroves and pokkali in Kochi, has been developed under the INTERACT-Bio project, supported by Germany’s Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMU). Pokkali is an ancient organic farming practice, where one season of paddy cultivation using a unique saline tolerant rice […]