India

Region: India

India:

Projects
32
Resources
89
Stories
165
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Peri-urban ecosystems for urban climate change resilience in India

This project aims to establish and build an understanding of the crucial role of peri-urban ecosystems and mainstream ecosystem-resilience into capacity development programmes.

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28th February 2020
India's grandmothers harvest new social status from climate-smart farming As they learn techniques to help them get a harvest even in the face of climate pressures, rural women are winning new respect and clout. Training in climate-smart agriculture is empowering women. Roli Srivastava reports.
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Urban health and climate resilience in India

This project is working with Urban Local Bodies to address the two major challenges facing Indian cities, urban air pollution and heat stress, through the development of planning toolkits.

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23rd January 2020
RURBAN solution might be the answer for India's water management A new platform and set of tools developed by ICLEI-South Asia called ‘RURBAN Platform’ seeks to help city managers work in a more collaborative and ‘climate-smart’ way.
News
15th November 2019
New CDKN guide unpacks IPCC's Special Report on Climate Change and Land for South Asian decision-makers CDKN has launched a new publication which unpacks the IPCC's Special Report on Climate Change and Land for decision-makers in South Asia - with all the headline findings they need to know about the interaction of climate change and land and the impact on societies and ecosystems.
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27th October 2019
Towards sustainable waste management: Experience from Udaipur, India Poor solid waste management can drive up greenhouse gas emissions such as methane; while poor waste disposal practices can clog waterways, which worsens flooding during periods of intense rain. ICLEI is helping Indian municipalities to manage waste better. – together with creating cleaner, healthier, more liveable cities. Ritu Thakur reports.
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10th October 2019
Submerging economies - What rising seas and melting ice mean for India Indian policy-makers should rather consider 'submerging economies' as well as 'emerging economies' - by recognising the very significant risks posed to the country's growth and human development by climate change, says CDKN's Geeta Sandal.
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9th August 2019
Multilayer farming -Towards household food and nutrition security in times of climate risks The IPCC’s latest Special Report stresses food and nutritional security in the context of land and climate change. Here, Prithviraj Gaikwad and Shreya Banerjee of Watershed Organisation Trust describe ‘multi-layer farming’ – a method for increasing food and nutrition security in the face of climate risks.
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9th May 2019
Human threat to nature can be reversed In response to the newly released Global Assessment of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), CDKN's Shehnaaz Moosa and Mairi Dupar call for decision-makers the world over to seize the momentum provided by IPBES' startling science.
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4th March 2019
Blended finance for climate and food security: The potential of the farm sector CDKN's Aditi Paul explores how blended finance approaches in the agriculture sector could provide small producers with the much-needed livelihood security they need, as well as climate resilience and food security.
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The Low Emission Development Strategies Global Partnership (LEDS GP)

The Low Emission Development Strategies Global Partnership (LEDS GP) facilitates peer learning, technical cooperation and information exchange to support the formation and implementation of low emission development strategies.

News
19th November 2018
Climate and Development Knowledge Network launches new initiative in Bangladesh and India The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) is launching its new phase in Bangladesh on 19th November 2018 at the Institute of Architects Bangladesh Centre and in India on 20th November 2018 at the India Habitat Centre.