Citizen Engagement for Climate Resilient City Action Plan in Siliguri
A citizen engagement event was organised by ICLEI South Asia and NIUA in Siliguri on 17th of December, 2018. As part of the CapaCITIES project, the Climate Resilient City Action Plan for the city has been prepared. The same has been ratified and accepted by the city through a Council Resolution in September 2018. The […]
Decoding Katowice Climate Package: What it Means for South Asia
The 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) recognised the imperatives for rapid, sustained, ambitious and far reaching climate action, and encouraged nations to aim for restricting temperature rise by 2100 to 1.5 deg. C above pre-industrial levels. Amid calls for deep decarbonisation pathways, nations delivered on […]
Can Cities Act As Drivers of Electric Mobility Adoption?
ICLEI South Asia participated in the India Electric Mobility Advisory Group Workshop which was held on the 11th of December, 2018 in New Delhi. The Electric Mobility Initiative was launched by Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, in 2018, to support India’s ambitious goal to usher in electric mobility in a big way. The initiative aims to […]
Eighth Regional Workshop on Integrated Resource Management in Asian Cities: The Urban Nexus, Bangkok, Thailand
The Eighth Regional Workshop on “Integrated Resource Management in Asian Cities: the Urban Nexus” was held in Bangkok, Thailand from the 14th to 16th of November, 2018. The workshop was organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (UN ESCAP) in partnership with Regional GIZ and ICLEI Southeast and South […]
Climate-Resilient Urban Infrastructure: The G20 Adaptation Work Programme at COP24
ICLEI South Asia was part of the ‘Climate-resilient Urban Infrastructure: The G20 Adaptation Work Programme’, a side event organised by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) at the COP24 in Katowice, Poland on the 11th of December, 2018. Mr. Emani Kumar, Executive Director, ICLEI South Asia talked about the role of local governments […]
Side Event Session Discusses Water Resource Conservation and Management for Climate Resilient Development at COP24 India Pavilion
As an enabler of promoting Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) in urban centres, ICLEI South Asia was invited by the Ministry of Water Resource, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation to showcase its IUWM project implementation experiences in India during a side event at India Pavilion on the 12th of December, 2018. The session witnessed gathering […]
Stakeholders Discuss Low Carbon and Climate Resilient City Development in India at COP24
To showcase best practices being implemented in Indian cities and share knowledge on ways to integrate low carbon and climate resilience measures in urban planning, ICLEI South Asia supported National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to hold a session on ‘Climate Smart City Initiative in India’ during COP24 at Katowice, Poland. The session […]
Capacity-Building for Achieving Low Emissions and Climate Resilient Strategies in Cities at COP24
ICLEI South Asia participated in the ‘Capacity-Building for Achieving Low Emissions and Climate Resilient Strategies in Cities’ session at the COP24 in Katowice, Poland on the 11th of December, 2018. The session, organised by ICLEI World Secretariat, aimed to present specific policy proposals to address capacity building gaps and needs relevant to the implementation of […]
Sustained Cross-Country Learning and Collaboration through Regional Communities of Practice for NDC Implementation – NDC Partnership, the LEDS GP and regional partnerships at COP24
During the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the NDC Partnership and Government of Vietnam conducted a side event on “Sustained Cross-Country Learning and Collaboration through Regional Communities of Practice for NDC Implementation” on the 10th of December, at the NDC Partnership Pavilion. This event was convened […]
Role of Cities in Biodiversity Conservation Discussed at CBD-COP14
ICLEI South Asia participated in the 6th Global Biodiversity Summit of Local and Subnational Governments at the CBD-COP14, UN Biodiversity Conference, organised at Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt. The Summit was organised by ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, nr4SD, Secretariat of Convention of Biodiversity and Government of Egypt. The Summit deliberated on issues pertaining to biodiversity conservation across the […]