BLOG: Where are we headed this Diwali
By Tikender Panwar I remember attending a workshop on water, in Gurgaon, where the mere collection of clouds in the sky scared the residents of water clogging. As we all know, rains in our country become an actual disaster. Akin to that the nearing of Diwali shivers the residents of Delhi, and the national capital […]
Preparation of the nomination dossier of Majuli River Island as a World Heritage Site
Majuli Island is a district located mid-stream in the Brahmaputra River in the state of Assam. Separated from the mainland by 2.5 km the island of Majuli today houses a total of 243 small and large villages. Majuli was recently declared as Assam’s first biodiversity Heritage site and first carbon neutral district. Majuli has remained […]
Kick-Starting of Investment Grade Energy Audits on Two RMC Buildings in Rajkot under Building Efficiency Accelerator Project
SE4ALL Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) assists sub-national governments to improve the energy efficiency of buildings in their jurisdictions to reduce energy costs, create new market opportunities and reduce pollution. ICLEI South Asia is one of the key partners in the SE4ALL Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) in South Asia region. ICLEI South Asia Rajkot office is […]
Udaipur shares its Low Carbon Strategies at Climate Change and City Transformation Forum
Mr. Chandra Singh Kothari – Udaipur mayor – presented the various ongoing low carbon initiatives in Udaipur city at the 2017 Climate Change and City Transformation Forum on the 29th and 30th of September, 2017. The event was organised in collaboration between the New Taipei City Government and ICLEI South Asia. The Forum was guided […]
Kick-off meeting – Energy interventions in Kochi as part of their Smart City Plan
A kick-off meeting was organised on the 28th of September, 2017 at the Grand Hotel in Kochi for the project entitled “Energy interventions in Kochi as part of their Smart City Plan”. The meeting was chaired by the mayor of Kochi Municipal Corporation and was attended by a diverse set of stakeholders including Kochi Municipal […]
Civil Society and Government representatives applaud the second series of India's independent GHG Emission Estimates
The GHG Platform India launched its second series of independent estimates and analysis of India’s GHG emissions, covering the period 2005-2013, at an event held on the 28th of September, 2017 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The estimates launched include national-level GHG emissions as well as emissions for the states in India across […]
Akshay Urja Website Launch in Rajkot by Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani
With an aim to make Rajkot a smart and sustainable city, the Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Vijay Rupani launched Akshay Urja Rajkot/Rajkot SMART Energy Lab website on the 22nd of September, 2017. The SMART Energy Lab is developed in partnership with ICLEI South Asia under the project Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA). Akshay Urja Rajkot/SMART […]
BLOG: Ghazipur, a reminder of the state in which we are
By Tikender Panwar If this picture (below) of Ghazipur seems like an isolated gory tale then hey, caution it is not! This is a reality with many such cities in India who are screaming at various levels to meet their solid waste management demands. Just a cursory look at the CPCB data reveals that over 150000 […]
ICLEI South Asia Gets Awarded for its IUWM Project
ICLEI South Asia has been awarded the third prize at the World Water Challenge 2017 for ‘Integrated Urban Water Management: Tradition to Solution for Cities’ (IUWM) project, which is supported by the European Union, for its ‘outstanding solution’. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Korea launched a ‘World Water Challenge 2017’ which is the […]
BLOG: Cities and Resilience Strategies
By Tikender Panwar Today, while travelling in a cab in Delhi, ‘Surender Rawat’ the driver of the taxi made an interesting comment that ‘Delhi’ has not just changed but the city shows many surprises with respect to the changes in climate and weather, which affects the poor more but still there is something in the […]