In a notable move towards a sustainable future, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) launched Bengaluru’s first climate action plan – Bengaluru Climate Action and Resilience Plan (BCAP) with WRI India as the knowledge partner. The BCAP focuses on Bengaluru’s climate resilience with targets to reduce GHG emissions . The climate actions proposed in BCAP are...
The potential of urban nature-based solutions has yet to be fully realized in India. There is still limited awareness, experience and documented evidence with NbS in Indian cities and available knowledge on NbS models, impact measurement framework, and operations and maintenance methodologies are yet to be tailored or adapted to the Indian experience. To address...
The potential of urban nature-based solutions has yet to be fully realized in India. There is still limited awareness, experience and documented evidence with NbS in Indian cities and available knowledge on NbS models, impact measurement framework, and operations and maintenance methodologies are yet to be tailored or adapted to the Indian experience. The third...
This three-part blog series examines one of the many systems Mumbai relies on during the monsoons. The second photo essay, in the series, focuses on the urban settlements along the Mithi river. The “symptoms” observed call for a systemic approach in improving the health and flood resilience of the river. You can read the first...
This three-part blog series examines one of the many systems Mumbai relies on during the monsoons. The first photo essay, in the series, is a description of a walk along the Mithi river, illustrating the condition of riverbanks and challenges in maintaining the river as a flood mitigation measure. Mumbai’s perennial struggle with routine waterlogging...
This press release was originally published by Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs through the Press Information Bureau The National Institute of Urban Affairs’ (NIUA) Climate Centre for Cities (NIUA C-Cube), World Resources Institute India (WRI India) and their partners today launched India’s first national coalition platform for urban nature-based solutions (NbS) at the 11th World Urban...
