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ICLEI South Asia E-News December 2019

Emani Kumar Deputy Secretary

General, ICLEI andExecutive Director,ICLEI South Asia

Greetings readers!

As the annual UN Climate Conference or COP25 winds down inMadrid, I am happy to say that we took this window of opportunityand hosted several side events to showcase best practices in urbandevelopment from across the world. The side events highlighted keysuccesses in climate-resilient actions in cities worldwide, the role ofwomen and marginalised communities in climate action; andadvancing climate change goals through multi-level governance andgreen cities. ICLEI also actively participated in several key sessions thatcovered issues such as de-carbonisation and SustainableDevelopment Goals localisation, and the role of local governments inNationally Determined Contributions implementation. We promise toprovide detailed information about our COP25 activities in our nextedition.

In November too, ICLEI South Asia was humming with energy as itproved to be a month of workshops and trainings. We successfullyorganised a workshop under the International Development ResearchCentre-supported Integrated Rural Urban Water Management forClimate based Adaptations in Indian cities (IAdapt) project.Stakeholders and experts shared their experiences on implementingthe project, and spoke about innovative methods of raising funds andthe way forward.

In addition, a two-day regional workshop under the ClimateDevelopment and Knowledge Network (CDKN) programme providedtraining to representatives from local governments, training institutesand organisations in areas like climate resilience planning and genderand social inclusion. We also participated in a roundtable dialogue onclimate-resilient cities in India under the Swiss Agency forDevelopment and Cooperation-supported CapaCITIES project.Representatives from several cities and states expressed their viewsand expectations on implementing climate actions and the challengesin securing funding support.

Classroom sessions and �eld visits were the highlights of a NationalOutreach Event in Dehradun, which focused on urban biodiversity,laws and legislations and nature-based solutions, as part of theINTERACT-Bio project supported by Germany's Federal Ministry for theEnvironment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.

I hope you enjoy reading these updates.

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CDKN Workshop Underlines Importance ofKnowledge Brokering on Climate

The Climate and Development Knowledge Network(CDKN), Asia conducted a two-day regional trainingworkshop in New Delhi, India. The objective was toengage with and provide training to local governments,training institutes and organisations on the conceptsand processes of climate resilience planning, circulareconomy, gender and social inclusion, and climate�nance based on training modules developed by CDKNand ICLEI South Asia. It also helped to encouragerequests for further similar trainings from Nepal,Bangladesh and India.

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Regional Conference Highlights IAdapt ProjectTakeaways

An international conference was organised under theIntegrated Rural Urban Water Management for Climate-Based Adaptations in Indian Cities (IAdapt) project –supported by the International Development andResearch Centre (IDRC) in New Delhi. The purpose of theevent was to share valuable learning experiences fromthe two project cities – Solapur in Maharashtra andVijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, and to showcase thesuccess achieved under the project.

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Singra E-Mobility Project Sets the Pace for ClimateAction in Bangladesh

Singra Municipality, a small city in Bangladesh, has setan example in climate action for the country and theglobe to follow. It has successfully implemented aproject on Promoting E-Rickshaw as a Public Transportand Emergency Health Supporting Services, supportedby the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation andDevelopment (BMZ), Germany, and in collaboration withGIZ and ICLEI South Asia. As part of the project, eight e-rickshaws and two e-ambulances were launched inSingra.

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Roundtable Calls for Systems Approach toPromote Climate Action

The National Institute of Urban A�airs (NIUA) organisedand hosted a Roundtable Dialogue on Climate ResilientCities in India, under the Swiss Agency for Developmentand Cooperation-supported CapaCITIES project in NewDelhi. ICLEI South Asia is part of the implementingconsortium of the project, along with  SouthPole and econcept. The purpose of the meeting was toidentify partnerships and actionable outcomes towardsclimate¬-resilient urban development.

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Expert Meeting Identi�es Focus Areas for Kochi’sLBSAP

ICLEI South Asia is developing the Local BiodiversityStrategy and Action Plan (LBSAP) for Kochi under theINTERACT-Bio: Integrated Sub-national Action forBiodiversity project supported by Germany's FederalMinistry for the Environment, Nature Conservation andNuclear Safety (BMU). In this regard, a meeting of thetechnical working group, comprising experts, was heldin Kochi to identify the health of the ecosystems in thecity, formulate the vision statement and prioritise theNational Biodiversity Targets for the LBSAP.

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National Meeting Analyses Low-Carbon UrbanFreight Initiatives, Strategies

A national meeting for EcoLogistics - Low Carbon Freightfor Sustainable Cities was organised in New Delhi. Thepurpose of the meeting was to discuss Low CarbonUrban Freight Action Plans for Indian cities,acknowledge the good initiatives in the sector, exploreopportunities for collaboration between stakeholders(national and city governments, and privatestakeholders) and to decide the future course of actionto promote sustainable urban freight in Indian cities.

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INTERACT-Bio Event Spotlights Urban BiodiversityIssues

A two-day National Outreach Event on UrbanBiodiversity was organised in collaboration with theWildlife Institute of India in Dehradun, as part of theINTERACT-Bio project, which is supported by BMU. Theevent was attended by leaders and o�cials from 25cities and three state biodiversity boards, and arepresentative from the National Biodiversity Authority.

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Workshop Discusses Study of Urban Food Systemsin Asia

ICLEI South Asia and Pune Municipal Corporation jointlyorganised a workshop on a study of Urban FoodSystems, supported by the Food and AgricultureOrganisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) andWorld Bank (WB) in Pune. The UN’s FAO and WB areconducting an urban food study across 300 selectedcities in the Asia-Paci�c region, in which they wish toreceive responses from government o�cials, institutes,NGOs, food markets and consumers on urban policiesand regulations that e�ect food provisions and otherinterventions. ICLEI South Asia is the implementingpartner and is conducting this survey across 30 cities in

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Plastic Waste Reduction and Recycling: A Cross-Sector Challenge in Hyderabad

The second Stakeholder Consultation Workshop fordeveloping the Holistic Strategy and Action Plan forPlastic Waste Management in Greater HyderabadMunicipal Corporation was held in Hyderabad. Thediscussions focused on reducing plastic consumption bypromoting commercially available and a�ordablealternatives to single-use plastics.

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European Conference on Sustainable Cities andTowns

Hosted by the City of Mannheim, and ICLEI Europe, theEuropean Conference on Sustainable Cities and Townswill be held for the ninth time from the 30th ofSeptember to the 2nd of October 2020 in Mannheim,Germany. The conference will demonstrate the urgentneed for local governments to assume responsibility forurban transformation and lead the way in guidingEurope towards a secure and sustainable future.

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