Gangtok’s LBSAP Emphasises Climate-Smart Development and Biodiversity Conservation
The city corporation of Gangtok has accepted the Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (LBSAP) developed by ICLEI South Asia under the INTERACT-Bio project, which is supported by the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany. The LBSAP envisions a prosperous Gangtok that focuses on climate-smart development, while ensuring the conservation of its cultural and […]
Nagpur’s Oranges Give City’s Illustrated Biodiversity Map a Unique Flavour
ICLEI South Asia has developed the Illustrated Urban Biodiversity Map of Nagpur, as part of the assignment to develop a People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR) of the city. Smt. Buveneswari S., CEO, Nagpur Smart, and Sustainable City Development Corporation Limited – which has supported this initiative along with the Nagpur Municipal Corporation – released the map […]
Urban95 Impact: Tactical Intervention Brings Children and Cheer Back to Udaipur Park
The impact assessment of a tactical intervention, implemented by ICLEI South Asia in a Udaipur park at the end of 2019, shows that it has been an emphatic success. The objective of the tactical intervention, implemented in December 2019, had been to rejuvenate Meera Park, which had been lying neglected and abandoned due to lack […]
CDKN, Red Cross Climate Centre to Jointly Develop Heat Resilience Plans in Bangladesh, Nepal
As climate change intensifies, heat waves will become more frequent, increasing risks to everyone, but especially vulnerable populations. Acute heat stress is already recognized as a growing cause of morbidity and mortality, and is slowly garnering attention on national and global health and development agendas. In a concerted effort to deal with this challenge, ICLEI […]
National Dialogue Discusses Challenges of MRV of Climate Actions in Chhattisgarh
ICLEI South Asia, with support from the Chhattisgarh State Centre for Climate Change, organised the “Second Multi-Level Governance National Dialogue in India – Aligning Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) for GHG emissions and mitigation actions in Chhattisgarh,” on the 17th of December 2020. The state-level dialogue, held under the aegis of the Climate Footprint Project, […]
ALP Webinar: How Benchmarking Saves Energy in Buildings
The Asia LEDS Partnership (ALP), hosted by ICLEI South Asia in partnership with other ICLEI regional offices in Asia, organised a webinar on ‘Energy Benchmarking to realise improved Energy Efficiency in Buildings’ in September. This was the fourth in a series of webinars organised under the Building Energy Efficiency (BEE) Community of Practice (CoP). Energy […]
Key to Climate Fight: Involve Sub-National Governments in Each Step of Policy Development
The Daring Cities webinar on the ‘Role of Sub-national Governments in Advancing National Climate Goals and Beyond’ was organised by the ICLEI offices in South Asia, South-East Asia and other offices in the Asia-Pacific and with support from the Global LEDS Partnership. Watch here. Representatives from several national and sub-national governments participated in the event. […]
ALP Webinar Puts Focus on Economic Recovery, Visioning for Power Sector
In response to the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak, the ALP organized an online session on economic recovery and visioning for the power sector’s transformation. An expert from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory made a presentation on a framework to consider actions and investments in the power sector. See speaker slides and webinar recording for […]
ALP Webinar: How Benchmarking Saves Energy in Buildings
The Asia LEDS Partnership (ALP), hosted by ICLEI South Asia in partnership with other ICLEI regional offices in Asia, organised a webinar on ‘Energy Benchmarking to realise improved Energy Efficiency in Buildings’ in September. This was the fourth in a series of webinars organised under the Building Energy Efficiency (BEE) Community of Practice (CoP). Energy […]
Gangtok’s LBSAP Emphasises Climate-Smart Development and Biodiversity Conservation
The city corporation of Gangtok has accepted the Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (LBSAP) developed by ICLEI South Asia under the INTERACT-Bio project, which is supported by the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany. The LBSAP envisions a prosperous Gangtok that focuses on climate-smart development, while ensuring the conservation of its cultural and […]