Tamil Nadu Accelerates District-Level Climate Action: ICLEI South Asia Drives Technical Leadership
ICLEI South Asia advanced Tamil Nadu’s growing climate action agenda through active participation in two key events in Chennai: the seminar on “Climate Change: Science, Impacts and Adaptation Strategies” on 1 November 2025 and the workshop on “Standardization of District Climate Action Plan (DCAP)” on 5 November 2025. Across both platforms, ICLEI South Asia showcased […]
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), […]
ICLEI Showcases City-Led Climate-Health Solutions at NAM Workshop
Emani Kumar, Deputy Secretary General of ICLEI and Executive Director, ICLEI South Asia, was invited by the U.S. National Academy of Medicine (NAM) to speak at its global workshop titled “The ‘What’ of Systems Transformation: Anchoring Climate Action in Health,” held virtually on 29 and 30 April 2025. The workshop was the first of a […]
ICC Annual Conclave 2025: ICLEI South Asia Honours Urban Cooling and Youth Leadership
As a founding member of the India Cooling Coalition (ICC), a multi-stakeholder group working to promote climate-smart, inclusive, and sustainable cooling strategies in India, ICLEI South Asia participated in the second edition of the ICC Annual Conclave at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on 16-17 April 2025. A premier forum for leaders and […]
CDKN Asia Presents a Session on Gender and Social Inclusion at a Workshop on Building Climate Resilient Cities in Visakhapatnam, India
On 20 November 2024, CDKN was invited by the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation to present a session on Mainstreaming Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) in Climate Action’ at the “Workshop on Building Climate Resilient Cities: From Planning to Implementation in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. In an insightful technical session on implementing climate action in Indian cities, […]
Collaborative Climate Action Takes the Center Stage at the GCAP 2024 Workshop
At the GCAP Global Workshop 2024, the Asia LEDS Partnership built on the success of ALP Forum 2024 in Bangkok which focused on advancing decarbonization in the Asia-Pacific region through enhanced NDCs and Long-Term Low-Emission Development Strategies (LT-LEDS). The Global Workshop was a 3-day event with Day 1 and 2 focusing on Asia. Day 1 […]
National Level Workshop on Multi-Level Action for Climate Resilient Cities
Workshop Summary DAY 1 The workshop was inaugurated by Mr. Emani Kumar, Executive Director, ICLEI South Asia with opening remarks from Mr. Hans Peter Egler, Senior Director of Public Affairs and Head of the Cities Practice, South Pole, Ms. Ridhima Sud, Sr. Thematic Advisor for Climate Change, (SDC) and Smt. Naynaben Pedhadiya, Hon. Mayor, Rajkot […]
Kakinada to Receive CDKN Support for Disaster Resilience Action Plan
An ICLEI South Asia team met senior officials of Kakinada Municipal Corporation (KMC) on May 22, 2024, to brief them about the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN): Accelerating Inclusive Action programme. The objectives of the CDKN programme and its activity plan were shared with the municipal commissioner, superintendent engineer and medical health officer of […]
Kakinada CRCAP: City Officials Discuss Findings of Emissions Inventory, Climate Risk Analysis
ICLEI South Asia organised a consultation meeting with Kakinada Municipal Corporation (KMC) on May 21, 2024, under the C40-supported project, Mainstreaming Climate Action in Three Cities in Andhra Pradesh. The project aims to integrate and mainstream climate considerations in the planning, implementation and delivery of municipal services in the city, while supporting the reporting of […]