A unique set of training modules to promote rural, climate-compatible construction are launched by CDKN and Development Alternatives. The modules are for the use of policy-makers, building professionals and artisans and are specific to different climatic zones of India.
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Kriti Nagrath from Development Alternatives in outlines the key policy recommendations that have emerged from a partnership with CDKN and three Indian State Governments on ‘green’ construction.
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Kriti Nagrath from Development Alternatives in India reflects on what it will take to get alternative technologies in the construction sector into the mainstream.
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Public housing and infrastructure developments across rural and semi-urbanised India are rarely designed to be ‘climate compatible’. Climate-compatible development addresses the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, use fewer resources and make buildings that can withstand weather-related disasters.
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