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 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...
BMC in collaboration with WRI India as knowledge partner conducted a two-day consultative workshop on Flood Risk in Mumbai in April 2022. Government representatives from various departments: hydrological, engineering, and stormwater management discussed the complexities of managing monsoon floods in Mumbai, with flood modelling experts, social scientists, urban planners and designers, community organizations, and impacted...
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.
