Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific Congress Ends with Deliberations on 'Delhi Call'
The Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific 2019 was brought to an end, as Gino Van Begin, Secretary General of ICLEI, and Emani Kumar, Deputy Secretary General of ICLEI, presented the key takeaways of the Congress. The three-day Congress was composed of 8 plenary sessions and 7 parallel sessions, gathered over 200 participants from 90 local governments of […]
Resilient Cities Asia Pacific 2019 Opens Strong with a Firm Message on Multilevel Action for Resilience
The 4th Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific Congress, organised by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability and hosted by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation, opened today at the Hotel Eros, New Delhi. Gathering more than 200 participants from over 70 cities from over 25 countries across the globe. RCAP 2019 provides a platform for multi-stakeholder discussions and […]
UN Agencies Discuss Local Governments' Role in Achieving SDGs, NDCs
The United Nations session at the 4th Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific Congress 2019 brought together representatives from various UN agencies like UNDP-GEF, UNESCAP, UN-HABITAT and UNISDR to discuss the role of local and sub-national governments in the implementation and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), the Sendai Framework and the […]
Local Governments, Experts, and Partners Discuss Strategies to Integrate Resilience into Local Development Plans and Programs
100 Resilient Cities, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and ICLEI South Asia organized a session on Transformative Actions to Enhance Urban Resilience at the 4th Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific Congress 2019 held at Hotel Eros, New Delhi. The session delved into the integration of urban resilience actions within municipal development projects and plans. “The initiatives […]
Asia-Pacific Cities Share Learnings and Experience in Forwarding Low Emission Development in the Region
The Asia LEDS Partnership, in cooperation with ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability, organized the session, Low Emission Development Strategies for the Asia Region at the 4th Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific Congress which took place on 15 April at the Hotel Eros, New Delhi. The key theme of the session was how these low-carbon initiatives all have […]
Learnings and Insights on Integrated Action Planning for Urban Climate Resilience
The second plenary session of Resilient Cities Asia Pacific 2019 delved into looking at the outcomes and learnings from the CapaCITIES (Capacity Building Project on Low Carbon and Climate Resilient City Development in India) Project supported by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. The session gathered key city representatives from Coimbatore, Rajkot, Siliguri, and Udaipur. […]
Highlighting Public Participation as a Crucial Tool in Forwarding Local Climate Action: A Discussion on Citizen Engagement by City Representatives, Experts, and Stakeholders
Every failure is an opportunity to learn how to do better is a sentiment that underscored the discussion in Plenary 3 of RCAP 2019. The session focused on sharing stories on good urban governance mechanisms to improve climate resilience. In this session, the critical role of public participation was discussed with reference to a range […]
Urban Nexus Presented as a Good Means of Implementation to Deliver Global Agendas
The ‘Policy Development Workshop on Applying Urban Nexus Concept to Implementing Global Agendas’ was organised on the 5th and 6th of March, 2019 in Bangkok under the framework of the Regional GIZ Urban Nexus Project supported by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development. The Urban Nexus project’s political partner is United Nations […]
Workshop Stresses Practical Solutions to Urban Problems
Regional GIZ Urban Nexus, Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration (YASHADA) and ICLEI South Asia jointly organised an Urban Nexus Training on 25th and 26th February 2019 in Pune. The event was organised under the framework of the Regional GIZ “Integrated resource management in Asian Cities: Urban Nexus” project. It was financed by the German […]
Stakeholders Call for Eco-Friendly Plastic Waste Disposal
A stakeholder workshop to discuss the baseline and potential strategies for improving plastic waste management was conducted on 11th March 2019 in Hyderabad. ICLEI South Asia is providing technical assistance to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to assess the baseline and prepare a plastic waste management strategy. This is in partnership with IGES – […]