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.
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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.
Operationalising Nature-based Solutions: innovative approaches to financing ecosystem restoration
Climate related disasters and inequities may push more than 100 million people in developing countries below the poverty line by 2030.
Nature based Solutions for healthy, resilient cities
Till early March, most global reports indicated that the number of cities in India with a population of more than 1 million, will grow from 42 to 68 by 2030.
Living with water: integrating blue, green and grey infrastructure to manage urban floods
Rampant urbanization and climate change are twin triggers causing severe and frequent urban flooding across India. Traditional grey stormwater infrastructure such as...