CDKN Asia Discusses Phase 3 Opportunities with Nepal Stakeholders
An ICLEI South Asia team visited Kathmandu to explore opportunities for engagement with the Ministry of Forest and Environment (MoFE), Government of Nepal, the Municipal Association of Nepal (MuAN) and other organisations for strengthening climate resilience, gender equality and social inclusion (GESI), and ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in the country. The team held detailed discussions with […]
CapaCITIES Session at World Urban Forum Brings Project Impact, Rajkot’s Climate Actions into Focus
A session on “Transforming Our Cities for a Climate Resilient Future” was organised by the National Institute for Urban Affairs and the CapaCITIES project at the 11th edition of the World Urban Forum (WUF11) in Katowice, Poland, on June 30, 2022. Under the CapaCITIES project, being funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation […]
CDKN Policy Brief: Climate Resilience Planning in Nepal
Climate Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) Asia has released a policy brief titled ‘Climate Resilience Planning in Mountainous Regions in Nepal’, which has been jointly developed by ICLEI South Asia and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development under CDKN’s Knowledge Accelerator project. The policy brief assesses the challenges in undertaking local climate mitigation and adaptation […]
CDKN Workshop Highlights Importance of Social Inclusion in Climate Resilience Planning
ICLEI South Asia, under the Climate Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) programme, organised a virtual session on ‘Social Inclusion in Climate Resilience Planning’ at the ICLEI World Congress in Malmo, Sweden on the 12th of May 2022. The CDKN programme is supported by International Development Research Centre, Canada and the Royal Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]
Urban LEDS-II: Narayanganj Adopts Climate Resilient City Action Plan
Narayanganj recently ratified and approved its first-ever Climate Action Plan, signaling its collective commitment to take climate action locally and contribute to Bangladesh’s climate and sustainable development goals. The Climate Resilient City Action Plan (CRCAP) was formally adopted at the first general meeting of the city’s recently elected council, held on March 14, 2022, and […]
Urban-LEDSII: Closure Webinar Highlights Capacity Building, Mainstreaming of Climate Action in City Planning
UN-Habitat and ICLEI jointly organized a virtual webinar on the 26thof January 2022 to mark the closing of the successful ‘Accelerating climate action through the promotion of Urban Low Emission Development Strategies’ project or Urban-LEDS II (2017-2021). Senior officials, representing project cities in several countries, discussed the key impacts and outcomes of Urban-LEDS and reflected […]
CDKN Asia Develops New Knowledge Products for Enhancing Climate Resilience
Several publications are being finalised and readied for launch under the Climate and Development Knowledge Network -Knowledge Accelerator(CDKN-KA) program. ICLEI South Asia and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) have jointly developed a training manual on “Planning for Climate Resilience” for the benefit of local governments in Nepal. The process followed in the […]
Successful Sustainability Solutions Emerge from KASpaces Regional Forum
The “KASpaces Regional Webinar on Sustainable Cities and Resilient Communities”, held virtually from the 16th to the 18th of November 2021, illuminated key learnings from the 10 KASpaces country-level webinars on sustainable cities, held across South and Southeast Asia between July and September 2021. The event was jointly organised by ICLEI South Asia, ICLEI South East Asia and Konrad […]
Six Bangladesh Cities Learn Climate Resilience Planning in CDKN Training Sessions
ICLEI South Asia organised an in-person training programme for city corporations and municipalities in Bangladesh on “Planning of Climate Resilient Strategy” on the 14th and 15th of November 2021, under the Climate and Development Knowledge Network- Knowledge Accelerator (CDKN-KA) project. The training was attended by representatives of the city corporations of Narayanganj, Rajshahi, and Gazipur […]
KASpaces 10-Nation Webinar Series Puts Focus on Sustainable Solutions for Urban Development
The South Asia and South-East Asia offices of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, with support from Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), Singapore, are jointly organising national-level KASpaces webinars in 10 countries in July and August 2021. The webinars – organised in Sri Lanka, India, Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh, as well as the Philippines, Indonesia, Laos, […]