Over 220 City Representatives from 18 States Receive Extensive Training in Inclusive Climate Action Planning
More than 220 City and associated representatives from 18 states attended a series of 10 webinar trainings that were jointly delivered from October 2020 to February 2021 by ICLEI South Asia, in partnership with the European Union International Urban Cooperation (IUC) project and the World Resources Institute India, within the framework of the Global Covenant […]
Rajkot Becomes First GCoM-Compliant City in South Asia Region
Rajkot has once again proved itself to be a climate pioneer by becoming the first city in South Asia to be declared compliant with the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) requirements. The city has bagged all four badges awarded by the GCOM; the committed, mitigation, adaptation and compliant badges, having undertaken […]
Urban95-II Workshop Highlights Behaviour Change Focus as Key Factor for Success of Urban Planning
The Bernard Van Leer Foundation (BvLF) conducted a seven-day workshop in the first week of March 2021, for the newly established Project Management Unit (PMU) of the Urban95 Phase-II Programme in Udaipur, including technical personnel from ICLEI- South Asia and Ecorys India Pvt. Ltd. The workshop, held in collaboration with the US-based John Hopkins-Centre for […]
KMTA Sets up Committee to Streamline Urban Freight Movement in Kochi
The Kochi Metropolitan Transport Authority (KMTA), the city’s umbrella body for mobility, has approved the formation of an urban freight committee, the first of its kind in India, to integrate, plan and regulate urban freight as part of urban mobility and development. The committee will address the issue of stakeholder fragmentation in urban freight and […]
Illustrated Natural Asset Maps: Effective Tools to Convey Importance of Urban Diversity
Illustrated Natural Asset Maps are uniquely powerful visual tools that simplify, represent, and communicate information about complex ecosystem structures, functions, and services in a geographic area. ICLEI South Asia has developed such maps for the Indian cities of Kochi, Gangtok, Panaji, and Mangaluru under the INTERACT-Bio project, which is supported by the Federal Ministry for […]
CDKN Asia Releases Policy Brief on Significance of Peri-Urban Areas in India
CDKN Asia released a policy brief titled “Peri-Urban Ecosystems: The Potential for a Planned Approach in India” during a webinar on the 18th of February, 2021. The policy brief examines the importance of peri-urban ecosystems and outlines possible policy responses in India to preserve and manage these areas to contribute to sustainable and climate-resilient development. Dr. […]
ICLEI South Asia Has a New Logo and Website
Invitation to Bid: Audio-Video Public outreach Content on Low Carbon Urban Freight in Indian Cities
Urban freight includes a wide variety of services, from waste collection trucks to construction trucks or commercial-related trucks. Urban freight transport has significant environmental and social impacts such as GHG emissions, poor air quality, noise pollution, road accidents, and traffic congestion which hampers urban life quality. Therefore, a growing number of global cities are including […]
Gangtok Gets New Tools, Illustrated Natural Asset Map to Mainstream Biodiversity Conservation
The Gangtok Municipal Corporation (GMC) has approved the City Biodiversity Index, Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (LBSAP), and the Illustrated Natural Asset Map of Gangtok, developed by ICLEI South Asia as part of the INTERACT-Bio project. Mr. Arun Upreti, Hon’ble Minister for Urban Development, Government of Sikkim, recently released the tools and map, which […]
CDKN Programme Knowledge Accelerator supports various initiatives to build heat resilience of the cities and capacitate school students
Taru Leading Edge Pvt. Ltd. organised a webinar on the 29th January 2021 under the CDKN Knowledge Accelerator Programme, with a focus on building urban resilience to heat stress. The webinar was part of the ‘Urban Health and Climate Resilience’ project, supported by CDKN and conducted by TARU in Surat and Ahmedabad. The project helped […]