CDKN Invites Stakeholders for New Phase Launch in India and Bangladesh
The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) launched its new phase in Bangladesh and India on the 19th and 20th of November respectively. ICLEI South Asia is one of the four supporting partners in this programme along with non-profit organisations SouthSouthNorth, Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano, and the Overseas Development Institute. In the new phase, CDKN will […]
Solid Waste Management (SWM) City Cluster Exposure Workshops
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has engaged National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) to conduct a series of Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) solid waste management exposure workshops in the country. NIUA has further contracted ICLEI South Asia, Infrastructure Development Corporation (Karnataka) and India PPP Capacity Building Trust to conduct these training in […]
EcoLogistics Project Presented at Urban Mobility India Conference and Expo 2018
Mr. Ashish Rao Ghorpade, Deputy Director, ICLEI South Asia presented EcoLogistics: Low Carbon Freight for Sustainable Cities project at the Urban Freight technical session during the Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference and Expo 2018 in Nagpur. The session was chaired by Dr. Nitin Kareer, Principal Secretary, Urban Development Department, Government of Maharashtra. The annual UMI […]
EcoLogistics Team Commence City Assessment Visits
EcoLogistics – Low Carbon Freight for Sustainable Cities project team commenced city assessment visits to Panaji, Kochi and Shimla to initiate project activities. The project is supported by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). The two-day visit to each city was carried to interact closely with the local governments […]
Swiss Film Screens at Siliguri International Film Festival 2018
As part of the ‘Swiss Films on Wheels’ project, children’s films – Heidi and My Life as a Zucchini – were screened at the Siliguri International Film Festival and Modela Caretaker Centre and School respectively. The ‘Swiss Films on Wheels’ is a friendship bus that carries, throughout India, a message of friendship, trust, respect and […]
ICLEI Member city Singra receives first Urban Resilience Award 2018
Singra Municipality of Bangladesh, a member of ICLEI, received the “Urban Resilience Award 2018”, at the Third Annual National Conference on Urban Resilience to Climate Change, for its excellence in urban resilience and climate actions. The conference is held every year since 2016, jointly organised by International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) at […]
Bangladesh hosts Cities and Regions Talanoa Dialogue
ICLEI South Asia and International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) jointly organised the Cities and Regions Talanoa Dialogues: The Bangladesh Dialogue on the 18th of November during the Third Annual National Conference on Urban Resilience in Dhaka, Bangladesh. ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability is supporting the Talanoa Dialogue – a United Nations […]
Rajkot City Won OPCC Award 2018, Urban LEDS II launched at WWF-India Event
ICLEI member city Rajkot was felicitated with One Planet City Challenge (OPCC) award at the ‘Role of Cities in Addressing Climate Change’ conference organised by WWF-India in partnership with ICLEI South Asia on the 12th of November in New Delhi. The city was announced as the winner and was also felicitated at the OPCC global […]
Roundtable on “Road-map for Electrifying IPT sector in Indian Cities” at Urban Mobility India Conference and Expo 2018
ICLEI South Asia organised a roundtable on “Road-map for Electrifying IPT Sector in Indian Cities” at Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference and Expo 2018 in Nagpur from 2nd to 4th of November 2018. The annual UMI Conference and Expo is a flagship event held under the aegis of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, […]
Cities discuss development of sustainable cities at the Green Cities Conference in Melaka
In our bid to enable peer-learning among cities and sub-national entities, ICLEI South Asia, as a technical partner, supported the Green Cities Conference in Melaka from the 1st to 3rd of October, 2018. The Conference hosted by the Melaka province in Malaysia, was supported by the Asian Development Bank and conducted by the Center for […]