Workshop Gives Shape to Gangtok LBSAP's Vision, Focus Areas
ICLEI South Asia is developing the Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (LBSAP) for Gangtok. The LBSAP will help to mainstream biodiversity conservation into urban planning. A stakeholder consultation, held in Gangtok in December 2019 to develop the LBSAP, was attended by government officials, and representatives from NGOs and academia. The workshop helped to develop […]
Urban95 Initiative Transforms Congested Space into Play Area in Udaipur
The Urban95 project team recently implemented its second tactical intervention in Udaipur city, with the aim of creating safe and healthier spaces for children in urban neighbourhoods. This follows the successful implementation of the project’s first tactical intervention in the city, wherein traffic calming measures (such as keep-clear box, zigzag lines and zebra crossing) and […]
Udaipur Roundtable Brainstorms on Way Forward for Climate-Resilient Action Plans
The National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) organised a half-day event in Udaipur on 13th of December 2020 to showcase the activities done under the CapaCITIES project in the city and in the other three project cities of Siliguri, Coimbatore and Rajkot. The areas in which work should be done in the next phase of […]
COP25: ICLEI South Asia Hosts Key Side Events on Critical Climate Issues
ICLEI South Asia hosted several side events at the annual UN climate conference or COP25, held in Madrid in December 2019, to showcase best practices in urban development. The side events highlighted key successes in climate-resilient actions in cities worldwide, the role of women and marginalised communities in climate action, and advancing climate change goals […]
COP25: CDKN Event Highlights Role of Women, Marginalised Communities in Climate Action
The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) hosted a side event to discuss the role of stakeholders in the successful implementation of climate action, especially women and marginalised communities, during COP25 in Madrid in December. CDKN is a demand-led network that helps developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to achieve climate-compatible development goals. […]
Advancing Climate Change Goals through Multi-level Governance and Green Cities
At the 25th Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Madrid, the Asia LEDS Partnership, hosted by ICLEI South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia Secretariats, on the 10th of December 2019, supported the Government of Vietnam in convening a session at the NDC Partnership pavilion to showcase success […]
COP25: Side Event Highlights Success Stories in Climate Action from Indian Cities
ICLEI South Asia hosted a side event on “Sharing of Best Practices in Urban Development” during the UN Climate conference or COP25 in Madrid in December. The objective of the event was to showcase key successes by Indian cities in combating climate change and to highlight the role of cities as change agents. Local and […]
EcoLogistics Tool to Help Assess Urban Freight Transport Emissions
The ICLEI self-monitoring tool was launched as part of a national meeting on the EcoLogistics – Low Carbon Freight for Sustainable Cities project, organised on the 27th of November 2019 in New Delhi. The tool was launched in the presence of representatives from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India; NITI […]
Local and State Government Authorities Attend a Boot Camp on Green Bonds
A boot camp on the green bonds market was facilitated by the Climate Bonds Initiative, with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Asia LEDS Partnership (ALP) Secretariat (hosted by ICLEI South Asia), on the 19th and 20th of November 2019 in New Delhi, India. The boot camp convened 15 city and state […]
Training Workshop Highlights Best Practices for Climate-Resilient City Development
The Asia LEDS Partnership (hosted by ICLEI South Asia), organised a training workshop on preparing Climate-Resilient City Action Plans (CRCAP) on the 13th and 14th of November 2019 in Thimphu, Bhutan. The training was based on the ClimateResilientCITIES planning methodology, that was developed under the CapaCITIES (phase 1) project that was supported by the Swiss […]