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 […]
Focus on CDKN, CapaCITIES Initiatives at COP26 Session on Global South Commitment to Climate Action
ICLEI South Asia, supported by partner agencies, conducted a key session on the “Global South Commitment to Climate Action” during the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Glasgow in the United Kingdom on the 10th of November 2021. Distinguished speakers representing national governments, development agencies […]
Talanoa-Style Dialogue Calls for Climate Action through Multi-Level Governance in Bangladesh
ICLEI South Asia, in partnership with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the Resilient Cities Network and Cities Alliance, jointly organised the “Talanoa-Style High-Level Dialogue for Climate Action in Bangladesh” on the 25th of November 2021. The speakers and participants at the event included representatives from Bangladesh’s Department of Environment, Ministry of Environment, Forest […]
Udaipur Becomes First Indian City to Receive Global ‘Street for Kids’ Training
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, South Asia (ICLEI SA) with support from Udaipur Municipal Corporation (UMC) and the National Association of City Transportation Officials’ Global Designing Cities Initiative (NACTO-GDCI), recently hosted the ‘Street for Kids’ (SfK) International Training Programme for Udaipur. Udaipur is the only Indian city among 12 cities selected globally by NACTO-GDCI […]
EcoLogistics: Shimla Approves Baseline Report on Urban Freight
Municipal Corporation Shimla (MCS) approved the baseline report on urban freight in the city on the 22nd of November 2021, following the incorporation of feedback and a review. The report was prepared by ICLEI South Asia. The baseline report was submitted for MCS’ approval on the 1st of November 2021. Earlier, in September 2021, Additional […]
Watch: EcoLogistics Project Implementation in Indian Cities
Urban freight transport is growing and adding to air pollution, congestion, and other problems in India. The EcoLogistics project looks at both simple and complex solutions that Kochi, Panaji, and Shimla can adopt for road freight management. As Indian cities compete on various parameters such as Swacch Survekshan, Ease of Living, Municipal Performance Index, etc, […]
Mainstreaming Climate Action into Urban Development: Learnings from India’s Innovative ClimateSmart Cities Assessment Framework (CSCAF) Initiative
This post has been written as part of the UrbanShift project by Bhaskar Padigala, Karishma Asarpota, and Matteo Bizzotto. Among several critical themes discussed and negotiated by the world leaders at the recently concluded COP26, was the role of local and regional governments. This emerged as one of the main enabling factors required to keep the global […]
Successful Sustainability Solutions Emerge from KASpaces Regional Forum
The “KASpaces Regional Webinar on Sustainable Cities and Resilient Communities”, held virtually from the 16th to the 18th of November 2021, illuminated key learnings from the 10 KASpaces country-level webinars on sustainable cities, held across South and Southeast Asia between July and September 2021. The event was jointly organised by ICLEI South Asia, ICLEI South East Asia and Konrad […]