Scaling Climate Action Through Bundled Urban Projects: ICLEI South Asia’s Call at the CPPF Launch
ICLEI South Asia, as the technical partner of the Climate Projects Preparation Facility (CPPF), participated in the official launch of the Facility held on 24 November 2025 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Established by the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) with support from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and […]
Scaling Climate-Responsive Cities: Insights on DRR Integration from COP30
ICLEI- Local Governments for Sustainability, South Asia, convened the session “Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction into Climate Action: City Experiences” on 17 November 2025 at the Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (DRI) Pavilion during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil. The session, organised in partnership with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), […]
Training on Solid Waste Management and Planning for Selected Cities in Nepal
ICLEI South Asia conducted an in-person Training on Solid Waste Management (SWM) and Planning from 14–16 October 2025 in Sauraha, Chitwan, Nepal, as part of the ongoing capacity-building series under the Enhancing Local Capacities in Socially Inclusive Resilience in Asia (SIRA) project, funded by UK Aid through the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and […]
Building Bridges for a Net-Zero Asia: ALP Charts Pathways to Resilient Energy and Mobility
At the “2025 Exchange Forum on the Asia Low Emission Development Strategies Partnership,” in Chinese Taipei on 29 October 2025, the Asia Low Emission Development Strategies Partnership (Asia LEDS Partnership) Secretariat played a key role in highlighting the successes, challenges and support needed for Asia’s progress toward the 2050 net-zero goal. Established in September 2012, […]
ICLEI South Asia Champions People-Centred, Climate-Resilient Cities at the Low Carbon Cities Forum in Bangkok
ICLEI South Asia participated in the “5th International Forum on Low Carbon Cities & 2025 Regional Partners Forum on Sustainable Urban Development” held from 25-27 August 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. The event was organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), the secretariat of the North-East Asian Subregional […]
Strengthening South Asian Cities for Climate Resilience: CDKN Begins Year-long Training Initiative
ICLEI South Asia organised a two-day training and peer-exchange workshop on Climate Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in cities from 10–11 October 2025, in New Delhi, India. The event marked the formal launch of a year-long capacity-building programme for city officials under the third phase of the ‘Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) – […]
Upskilling for a Clean Mobility Future: Himachal Pradesh Conducts Training on Electric Vehicle Technologies
To strengthen technical capacity in the electric mobility sector, ICLEI South Asia, with the support of the Himachal Pradesh Transport Department, organised a week-long training programme on Electric Vehicles (EVs) from 15-23 September 2025. The programme, held at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, aimed to upskill Industrial Training Institute (ITI) instructors from across […]
Innovation in Municipal Finance: ICLEI South Asia leverages CSR fund to electrify Shimla’s SWM
In an innovative leap for urban services financing, Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) has inducted two electric solid waste collection vehicles, the first of their kind in Himachal Pradesh’s solid waste management (SWM) fleet, through a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funding with Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) Limited. This is structured in collaboration with ICLEI South […]
Vadodara Strengthens Climate Leadership with Launch of CapaCITIES Phase III
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Phase III of the “Capacity Building Project on Low Carbon and Climate Resilient City Development in India (CapaCITIES)” project, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), was exchanged between the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) and ICLEI South Asia on 13 September 2025 in Vadodara. ICLEI South […]
Ahmedabad leads the way in Net-Zero Climate Action: Highlights from National Urban Conclave and Mayoral Summit 2025
On the 150th birth anniversary of Shri Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Ahmedabad hosted the National Urban Conclave and Mayoral Summit 2025 on 15-16 October 2025. It brought together more than 80 Mayors, Commissioners, and city representatives from over 35 cities across India. The event celebrated Sardar Patel’s legacy of visionary civic governance, fostering dialogue on innovation, […]