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Urban Blue-Green Conundrum: A 10-city Study on the Impacts of Urbanization on Natural Infrastructure in India
Urban development in all forms impacts the natural landscape, changing vegetation cover, infiltration rates and hydrological (surface and sub-surface) flows....
Flood Risk in Mumbai – Consultative Stakeholder Workshop
BMC in collaboration with WRI India as knowledge partner conducted a two-day consultative workshop on Flood Risk in Mumbai in...
India’s First National Coalition Platform for Urban Nature-based Solutions
The National Institute of Urban Affairs’ Climate Centre for Cities (NIUA C-Cube) and WRI India launched the ‘India Forum for...
NIUA’s C-Cube and WRI India launch the India Forum for Nature-Based Solutions
This press release was originally published by Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs through the Press Information Bureau The National...
TheCityFix Labs India – Accelerating Nature-based Solutions in Indian Cities
India is grappling with a dual conundrum. While the country is going through a phase of rapid unplanned urbanization, it is also facing escalating risks of climate change.
Mumbai Climate Action Plan 2022: Summary for Policy Makers
The Mumbai Climate Action Plan (MCAP) is a comprehensive strategy to tackle the challenges of climate change by adopting inclusive...
Roadmap for Scaling Trees Outside Forests in India: Learnings from Select States on Policy Incentives, Enabling Conditions, and Barriers
This paper discusses a roadmap for growing more trees outside forests across India. It analyzes the main public policies that...
Connect Karo 2021 | Operationalising Nature Based Solutions (NBS) in Indian cities
The growing impact of climate change has made it critical to include nature-based solutions (NBS) in urban planning. The session...
Climate Change and Cities: Learning Series | Session: Urban Freshwater Ecosystems
The session presented data and analytics on the changes to urban water ecosystems due to expanding city footprints and highlight...
Climate Change and Cities: Learning Series | Session: Nature-based Solutions
The session introduced various Nature-based Solutions (NbS) that have been adopted by cities to address climate related challenges. The effective...
Creating a flood resilient Indian ‘Sheher’ through Water Sensitive Urban Design
In the last few years many Indian cities have started working on interventions aimed at flood-proofing and stormwater management at various scales.