The Mumbai Climate Action Plan (MCAP) is a comprehensive strategy to tackle the challenges of climate change by adopting inclusive and robust mitigation and adaptation strategies. The Plan has identified vulnerable communities that are most impacted by the effects of climate change and has introduced sector specific strategies for mitigation and adaptation, to enhance and...
Urban development in all forms impacts the natural landscape, changing vegetation cover, infiltration rates and hydrological (surface and sub-surface) flows. With increasing urbanization urban areas lose a host of natural infrastructure and ecosystem services as ecosystems are modified, degraded and/ or shrunk. Benefits such as flood control, aquifer replenishment, microclimate control, improved air quality are...
The National Institute of Urban Affairs’ Climate Centre for Cities (NIUA C-Cube) and WRI India launched the ‘India Forum for Nature-based Solutions’ on 29th June 2022 at the 11th World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland. Nature-based solutions (NbS) are fast emerging as cost-effective and sustainable ways to address climate change induced challenges such as heat,...
The Mumbai Climate Action Plan (MCAP) is a comprehensive strategy to tackle the challenges of climate change by adopting inclusive and robust mitigation and adaptation strategies. The Plan has identified vulnerable communities that are most impacted by the effects of climate change and has introduced sector-specific strategies for mitigation and adaptation, to enhance and strengthen...
The growing impact of climate change has made it critical to include nature-based solutions (NBS) in urban planning. The session looked at the current barriers in operationalising NBS and the potential opportunities for NBS.
The session presented data and analytics on the changes to urban water ecosystems due to expanding city footprints and highlight the potential of nature-based solutions and blue-green infrastructure to serve as assets for climate proofing cities to water risks and stresses. The speakers also explained cases on restoring the city’s wetlands and lakes and their...
The session introduced various Nature-based Solutions (NbS) that have been adopted by cities to address climate related challenges. The effective implementation of NbS that involves inter-departmental coordination along with other stakeholder participation was also discussed. Tools available to compare the costs and benefits for making informed decisions on where NbS is appropriate were highlighted.
