Support offered by ICLEI South Asia in Udaipur and Ludhiana under Shakti Smart Cities – Phase II
ICLEI South Asia under the project “Supporting Sustainable Urban Transport & Built Environment in four Smart Cities in India” is assisting Udaipur Municipal Corporation in various activities like introducing a Public Bike Sharing scheme in the city, developing Smart Janpath road and intersection improvement of Kumharon ka Bhatta. Recently, ICLEI South Asia project team discussed […]
ICLEI South Asia starts on ground activities under PROMISE project
As a part of our on ground activities under the Promotion of Inclusive, Sustainable Growth and Diversity to Strengthen Local Governments (PROMISE) project ICLEI South Asia has started undertaking sector specific surveys in two of the project cities – Karnal and Ajmer. The surveys are being conducted to capture the thoughts of various stakeholders and […]
RCAP 2017: Summary and Highlights
Day 1: ICLEI offices in the Asia and Pacific in partnership with Ministry of Planning and Investment, Government of Vietnam, Asia LEDS Partnership, and LEDS Global Partnership (GP) hosted the Resilient Cities Asia Pacific 2017 in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam with an aim to forge partnerships and the ultimate goal of identifying implementable solutions and […]
ALP 2017: Summary and Highlights
Day 1 Inaugural Session Dr. Pham Hoang Mai, Director General, Department of Science, Education, Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Government of Vietnam started the day by presenting important questions that the forum can address. These questions delve on stakeholder mobilization, integration, monitoring, and technical support. He reminded every one that both […]
ICLEI South Asia visits China for Sino-Indian collaboration on environmental technologies and industry exchange
ICLEI South Asia along with the representatives from the The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&LS), Paradigm Environmental Strategies Pvt. Ltd and Hon’ble Mayor of Gwalior City Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar visited China for Sino-Indian collaboration on environmental technologies and industry exchange between the […]
The District Energy in Cities Initiative in India moves to the next phase
ICLEI South Asia has been actively working with UN Environment and other public and private partners under the District Energy in Cities Initiative to undertake rapid assessments on district cooling in the five Indian cities of Bhopal, Coimbatore, Pune, Rajkot and Thane. The rapid assessments have been recently completed and will help national and local […]
International and National transport experts visit CapaCITIES project cities
Mr. Nicolas Muhlich from SNZ Engineers and Planners AG visited Rajkot on the 17th and 18th November, 2017 to understand the existing public transportation infrastructure and on ground situation for a prefeasibility study of electrification of Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) corridor in Rajkot under the CapaCITIES project. A meeting was carried out with Mr. […]
Meeting held with the International and National transport experts
An introductory meeting was held at the ICLEI South Asia office in New Delhi on the 16th of November, 2017. Mr. Ashish Rao Ghorpade, Dr. Monalisa Sen and Ms. Bedoshruti Sadhukhan from ICLEI South Asia, Mr. Rohit Garg from the South Pole Group, Ms. Harshita Mehta from Sofies India, Mr. Nicholas Muehlich from SNZ Engineers […]
BLOG: South Asian and South East Asian Cities at crossroads: Role in International Climate Change Efforts
By Keshav Jha Rapid urbanisation brings new and substantial challenges, ranging from governance and citizenship to infrastructure, housing, and the environment. More than 54% of the world’s population resides in urban areas, which is expected to increase to 70% by 2050 (UN, 2015). It is important to note that there is significant role of cities […]
BLOG: Rising temperatures and social unrest
By Tikender Panwar Quite often disasters are linked with climate change and catastrophes relating to health. However, there is another domain that needs to be thoroughly looked into and that is the impact of climate change on social unrest. In his novel, the ‘Drowned World’, JG Ballard conjured up melting ice caps, English capital submerged under […]