Stakeholders come together at ICLEI South Asia event to share experiences and challenges under Smart City Mission
A knowledge sharing round table on Supporting Sustainable Urban Transport and Built Environment in Indian Smart Cities was held on January 17, 2017, at India Habitat Centre, in New Delhi. The roundtable (on invitation only) was attended by about 30 participants, including a range of stakeholders – architects, planners, consultants, government stakeholders, and individuals involved […]
ACCCRN: 20 City Resilience Strategies developed for cities in India and Bangladesh
City resilience strategies have been developed for 20 cities in India and Bangladesh using the ICLEI ACCCRN Process (IAP) under the ACCCRN – Translation and Scaling Up Project supported by Rockefeller Foundation. In India, the CRS has been prepared for the cities of Dharamshala, Mandi, Dehradun, Nainital, Keylong, Shillong, Gangtok, Kurseong, Siliguri, Patna, Nashik, Panaji, […]
Bangladesh cities learn more about ICLEI ACCCRN Process as tool to strengthen urban resilience
The “First National Annual Conference on Urban Resilience” was organised by International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB), and Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN), Bangladesh, in Dhaka from December 17-19, 2016. The Conference highlighted the sustainable urban development goals and ways to make cities resilient. At the […]
Efforts to bring resilience to urban informalities in Asia conclude
With support from Misereor, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability South Asia undertook a project on climate resilience in the informal settlements in four cities of three countries (two in India, one each in the Philippines and Indonesia). The project methodology comprised of a mix of research work to understand the present situation and develop […]
Meet Kavita Khatri – Mayor of Jaisalmer city
Jaisalmer is a tourist city in the desert state of Rajasthan in India and faces scarcity of water. Through AdoptIUWM project, ICLEI South Asia – along with the city government – has been trying to revive and conserve traditional ponds and rain water harvesting structures and to manage waste that has been held responsible for […]
Development of Sustainable Urban Development Framework (SUDF) for IMT-GT Region
ICLEI South Asia, with support from the Centre for IMT-GT Cooperation (CIMT), is developing a Sustainable Urban Development (SUD) Framework for the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) region. The IMT-GT is a sub-regional cooperation initiative by the Governments of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, to accelerate economic transformation in the region. The SUD Framework is envisaged as […]
Meet Ankit Makvana, a sustainability champion and project officer at ICLEI South Asia
Mr Ankit Makwana is a project city officer with ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability, based in Gujarat. In a candid conversation, Mr Makwana talks about the challenges he has faced in implementation of pilot projects with the city and how the journey with ICLEI has groomed him both personally and professionally. Edited excerpts: Your work is […]
Meet Amrapali Kata: a young, inspiring District Collector of Warangal city, Telangana
What is the perspective of sustainability for Warangal City? Warangal is a 1,100-year-old city which has rich cultural tradition. Spread across the radius of 400 sq.km., the city has about 100 water bodies, and a dense forest cover. The challenge is to develop the city in a sustainable way for all defining priorities of today, […]
Disaster Risk Reduction: Towards Disaster Resilience in cities
ICLEI South Asia analysed the disaster loss and damage database for three countries (Indonesia, Cambodia and Sri Lanka), with an aim to correlate trends in loss and damage from disasters reported at the national and subnational levels (in the database), with disasters and damage recorded at the city level. City level data collection on climate […]
Meet Tejas P Shinde, sustainability champion at ICLEI South Asia
Tejas P Shinde, Senior Engineer, Energy and Climate tells us why he thinks cities have many opportunities to address climate change and how climate is everyone’s concern How do you think your area of work and skills have helped ICLEI in its goal of achieving better, sustainable cities? There are many opportunities wherein cities can […]