The potential of urban nature-based solutions has yet to be fully realized in India. There is still limited awareness, experience...
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Walking Along the Mithi River: Five Opportunities To Improve Flood Resilience
The potential of urban nature-based solutions has yet to be fully realized in India. There is still limited awareness, experience...
Walking Along the Mithi River: Exploring a 17 KM Long Trained River and Urban Settlements on Its “Banks”
This three-part blog series examines one of the many systems Mumbai relies on during the monsoons. The second photo essay,...
Walking Along the Mithi River: Exploring a 17 KM Long Trained River and Its Riverine Ecosystem
This three-part blog series examines one of the many systems Mumbai relies on during the monsoons. The first photo essay,...
Mumbai Climate Action Plan 2022
The Mumbai Climate Action Plan (MCAP) is a comprehensive strategy to tackle the challenges of climate change by adopting inclusive...
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...