Swiss, National Experts Share Ideas on Best Practices
Under the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) supported CapaCITIES project, a Best Practice Workshop was organised by the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) with support from ICLEI South Asia on the 30th and 31st of January in New Delhi. The workshop addressed good practices on integrating climate measures in urban planning and […]
BLOG: Indian Infrastructure Must Be Climate-Proofed to the Core
Investing in infrastructure to meet the population’s development needs remains a top priority for the government of India. Increasingly, as the impacts of climate change begin to bite, government-sanctioned projects expressly identify climate change as a risk to development. However, this welcome attention to climate issues is yet to be translated into infrastructure project designs […]
Toolkit for preparation of Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Projects by ULBs
ICLEI South Asia provided technical support to the Global Infrastructure Basel to develop a project preparation checklist tool – “Preparation of Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Projects”, that would enable cities to consider aspects of sustainability and resilience while preparing a project proposal for investment. It will help cities track project progress by monitoring achievement of […]
Transport Experts Plan to Decongest Siliguri Roads
As part of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation supported CapaCITIES project, a study to decongest major arterial roads in Siliguri has been initiated. A team of transport experts from The Urban Lab visited the city in this regard. They carried out extensive discussions with officials of Siliguri Municipal Corporation to understand the present […]
EcoLogistics Aims to Transform Urban Freight
ICLEI South Asia was invited by Transport Department, Government of Kerala to initiate discussion on sustainable urban freight management in Kochi as part of proposals for transforming transportation in Kerala. The discussion on urban freight was part of a deep-dive workshop on the transportation in Kerala held on the 15th January 2019 at Transport Commissionerate, […]
Understanding the Mechanism of Value Addition for Bioresources in Goa
As part of the Goa State Biodiversity Board supported Value Chain Analysis project, discussions have been carried out with farmers, middlemen and processors to understand the entire mechanism of value addition for 9 bioresources (Kokum, Arecanut, Kalprasa, Prawn, Muscle, Mackerel, Jackfruit, Honey Pollen, Xylia xylocarpa). The primary data thus collected, along with related secondary data […]
Documenting Goa Villages’ Biodiversity
Continuing the work on development of People’s Biodiversity Registers in 10 villages in Goa, the team from ICLEI South Asia conducted extensive biodiversity surveys in all the villages. Through these surveys the biodiversity in these villages has been documented, along with traditional ecological knowledge associated with the various species. Focus was also given on documentation […]
CDKN at COP24: The Start of a 'Big Conversation' on Communicating Climate Change
At COP24 in Katowice, Poland in December, the CDKN team shared top tips on communicating for climate action – and helped push the boundaries on audience engagement. “How do I communicate better with colleagues in my organisation about climate change and opportunities for climate action?” “How about communicating with other stakeholder groups, and with the […]
Scoping Study in Panaji under INTERACT-Bio project
As part of the BMU supported INTERACT-Bio project, a scoping study was undertaken in Panaji, Goa. The same was coordinated by Dr. Julian Rode from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany. As part of the scoping process, detailed interactions were carried out with subject matter specialists, Goa State Biodiversity Board and officials of the […]
Financing NDC Implementation through Blended Finance and Green Bonds
Asia LEDS Partnership (ALP) and LEDS Global Partnership (LEDS GP) Finance Working Group with funding support from Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) organized a workshop on ‘Financing NDC Implementation through Blended Finance and Green Bonds’ on 19 December 2018 in New Delhi, India. The workshop was supported by several knowledge partners including UNDP […]