Panaji Highlights Low-Carbon Strategies for Urban Freight at Daring Cities 2021
India has witnessed rapid economic growth in the past few decades, along with accelerated investment and the development of critical infrastructure, including transport infrastructure. However, with the growing urban population, cities are witnessing the negative effects of increased freight traffic, such as high levels of air pollution and GHG emissions, risks to the road safety […]
ALP Forum 2021’s Closing Session Calls for Countries to Become More Ambitious with NDCs
The theme of the closing session of the ALP Forum 2021, held on September 9, 2021, was “Asia-Pacific’s long-term climate ambition: ALP’s role and future action”. In a panel discussion on the key challenges for South-east Asian countries in achieving their NDCs, moderated by Ron Benioff, Executive Director, LEDS GP, Dr.Nguyen Thi Dieu Trinh, Deputy […]
ALP Forum: Transparency Builds Trust, Promotes Effective Climate Action
The ALP Forum sessions on transparency focused on the enhanced transparency framework (ETF) and institutional arrangements. In the first session, the experts agreed that the ETF is the new extension of the existing MRV and that the ICA process (existing MRV arrangements) provides an essential learning opportunity for parties and stakeholders to better prepare for […]
Focus on Private Investment, Carbon Pricing Instruments at ALP Forum Sessions on Climate Finance
The ALP Forum sessions on accelerating investments to support NDC implementation and on global carbon market instruments were held on the 7th of September 2021. The first session discussed translating climate change action into implementation with the help of innovative finance. The key messages that emerged were that private investment needs to be accelerated; bankable […]
ALP Forum’s Transport Sessions Highlight Electric Vehicles, Zero-Carbon Mobility
The ALP Forum’s transport sessions on strategies for recovery from the impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic and on electric mobility in public transport were held on the 2nd of September 2021. The first session, moderated by Dr. Sanjini U. Nanayakkara, Staff Scientist, NREL, focused on how the pandemic had changed our travel behaviour and […]
ALP Forum: Green Growth, LT-LEDS are Essential for Achieving Paris Goals
The ALP Forum sessions, held on August 31, 2021, focused on green recovery and the aligning of NDCs and LT-LEDS. The first session of the day, moderated by Mr. Deo Gabinete, Regional Manager, NDC Partnership Support Unit, Regional Collaboration Centre Bangkok (RCC), Bangkok, emphasized that countries needed to focus on mainstreaming climate action hand-in-hand […]
ALP Forum: Fusing Subnational with National Climate Action is Central to Achieving Emission Goals
The ALP Forum sessions on August 26 focused on national government initiatives and fund mobilization to support subnational climate actions. The first session was moderated by Ms. Maryke van Staden, Director of ICLEI’s Bonn Center for Local Climate Action and Reporting (carbonn Climate Center), ICLEI World Secretariat. She said that the potential of subnational governments […]
Experts Urge More Focus on Localized Energy Solutions at ALP Forum 2021
The ALP Forum 2021, on 25th August, focused on support and services being provided to power system operators to fast-track adoption of approaches, tools and technologies to accelerate the transition to clean energy and the Role of System Operators in Clean Energy Transitions, and Distributed Energy Resources. In the first session focused on the role […]
ALP Forum 2021 Calls for Upscaling Climate Ambitions in Decisive Decade for Achieving Paris Goals
The Asia LEDS Partnership Forum 2021, held in August-September, concluded with a call for countries to become more ambitious with their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and to “do better forward” to prevent the world from ending up with more emissions by 2030, as compared to current levels. Fifteen virtual sessions covered critical issues in energy, […]
Stemming the Tide: Warangal’s Fight against Plastic Waste Gets Big Fillip
Warangal city’s battle with plastic waste has received new stimulus with the signing of an agreement between the Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) and ICLEI South Asia recently. As a first step after the signing of the agreement, ICLEI South Asia conducted a two-day training session on quantification and characterisation of waste, with a focus […]