Rapid IUWM: Rapid Integrated Urban Water Management Planning and Implementation
Scaling up initiatives implemented under the AdoptIUWM project in Kishangarh city, ICLEI South Asia initiated the Integrated Urban Water Management Planning and Implementation Project. The project is supported by Global Water Partnership (GWP) in association with India Water Partnership (IWP) and aims to strengthen the Integrated Urban Water Management Approach in the city focussing on […]
Meet Mr. Anwar Ali, Mayor of Kushtia city, Bangladesh
What are the major challenges faced in Kushtia City in the context of heavy rainfall? Kushtia city experiences different challenges during heavy rainfall. Some roads remain submerged for hours as the drainage system is overwhelmed by the large amount of water received. This causes traffic congestion. In some cases, water enters into houses hampering the […]
Smart City Mission: Jaipur’s journey led by integration and innovation
Sandesh Nayak, IAS, is the Chief Executive Officer of Jaipur Smart City Limited that is a special purpose vehicle (SPV) created under the Smart City Mission, as directed by the Government of India. In this conversation with ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability South Asia, he talks about the Pink City’s plans for the Smart City […]
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 […]
ICLEI South Asia's efforts to bring District Energy Systems to cities gather pace
In a move that signals significant progress in getting District Energy Systems to cities of India, stakeholder discussions were initiated in Bhopal and Thane to share information on the project and build interest of local real estate developers on district cooling. The meetings are a part of ‘Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Buildings & […]
Nagpur and Rajkot from India are project cities for Urban Nexus
The Sixth Regional Workshop under the project “Integrated Resource Management in Asian Cities: the Urban Nexus” was organized in Santa Rosa, Philippines from June 22 to 23, 2016. The two-day workshop was conducted as a part of the project, Integrated Resource Management in Asian Cities: the Urban Nexus (thereafter called “Urban Nexus”), financed by the […]
Interview: How Gangtok is moving towards development that is sustainable
How do you think Gangtok is moving towards achieving development that is sustainable for the city? Upgrading current water supply line, creating new storage tanks, improving distribution systems, and moving to 24-hour water supply by and managing our water resources with help from Asian Development Bank are a few measures that Gangtok has been adopting […]
Towards building resilience: vulnerability assessment and ground-truthing in Kurseong and Gangtok
ICLEI South Asia in collaboration with the Kurseong Municipality (KM) and Gangtok Municipal Corporation (GMC), in April this year, organised the 2nd Shared Learning Dialogue (SLD) workshops under Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) project supported by Rockefeller Foundation, in the respective cities. ICLEI South Asia team facilitated the workshop to undertake the vulnerability […]
IUWM: Water use training for students in two cities of Rajasthan
Under Adopt Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) project, ICLEI organized a sensitization training for students in Kishangarh and Jaisalmer cities of Rajasthan, in collaboration with local authorities. For the purpose of workshop, information, education and communication tools were used. The activities were taken up under pilot projects on closed loop water management to encourage recycling, […]
Meet ICLEI's new sustainability champions
If you dream of a sustainable, resilient and better world and wish to contribute to the cause, ICLEI could be the place for you. Meet our colleagues who have joined us in the past few months and bring with them a pool of talent and experience. We welcome them and wish them good luck in […]