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ICLEI South Asia E-News January 2021

Emani Kumar Deputy Secretary

General, ICLEI andExecutive Director,ICLEI South Asia

Dear Friends,

We got o� to a �ying start in January, with an agreement being signedwith the Gujarat government to formalise cooperation for the secondphase of the CapaCITIES project, which is being supported by theSwiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. The project willprovide technical support for the development of innovative �nancingmodels for large-scale deployment of climate-resilient infrastructureand the preparation of relevant policies.

Among other key developments, three Reverse Vending Machineswere inaugurated in Hyderabad, under the “Enhancing CircularEconomy Perspectives - Plastic Waste Management Strategy andAction Plan for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation” project,supported by the IGES Centre Collaborating with United NationsEnvironment Programme (UNEP) International EnvironmentalTechnology Centre (IETC), Japan, with ICLEI South Asia as theimplementation partner. It is hoped that the installation of thesemachines will improve public awareness on the need for creating acircular economy for plastics.

We also released a policy brief on “Local Urban Resilience Plans UsingClimate Adaptation Indicators: Development and Integration inNational Planning Processes” in Bangladesh at an online sessionduring the Gobeshona Global Conference. The policy brief has beendeveloped under the CDKN programme. Additionally, we launched aninitiative jointly with Dhulikhel Municipality in Nepal, under which ICLEISouth Asia will help to conduct a voluntary local review of theSustainable Development Goals as per the strategies set out by thecity. There are also reports on the review and documentation ofUrban95 programme activities and on the launch of Gangtok’s CityBiodiversity Index, Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan and theIllustrated Natural Asset Map of Gangtok in this edition.

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CapaCITIES Project Consortium Signs MoU withGujarat for Phase II Implementation

The Government of Gujarat has signed a Memorandumof Understanding (MoU) with the Implementing Agency(IA) of the CapaCITIES project to formalise cooperationwith the urban development and climate changedepartments of the state. Ahmedabad, Rajkot andVadodara have also entered into an MoU with theproject’s IA and the above-mentioned Gujaratgovernment departments, to formalise the project’sexecution in these cities.

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Urban Resilience Planning in Bangladesh: CDKNAsia Unveils Policy Brief at GobeshonaConference

CDKN Asia released a policy brief “Local UrbanResilience Plans Using Climate Adaptation Indicators:Development and Integration in National PlanningProcesses” during an online session at the GobeshonaGlobal Conference. The policy brief presents a snapshotof the policies on climate change and resilience buildingmeasures in Bangladesh, and assesses the role of localgovernments in achieving the national targets andinternational commitments with local climate resilienceaction plans and monitoring of adaptive capacity.

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Urban95 Children’s Fest, Anganwadi Training inUdaipur: Review Shows Positive Reception

ICLEI South Asia organised a two-day festival forchildren in the 0-5 age group as part of the tacticalinterventions under the Urban95 programme inUdaipur in early 2020. The festival was organised tobuild con�dence among the care-givers of the childrenabout the plans of the Udaipur Municipal Corporation toprovide better urban infrastructure for small children,and to demonstrate that neglected parks could betransformed into ITC-responsive zones.

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Hyderabad Unveils Reverse Vending Machines toTackle Plastic Waste, Promote Circular Economy

Three reverse vending machines (RVMs) have beeninaugurated in Hyderabad, marking the launch ofseveral initiatives to ensure systematic collection andtransport of PET bottles to authorised plastic recyclingfacilities in the city. The RVMs have been set up underthe “Enhancing Circular Economy Perspectives - PlasticWaste Management Strategy and Action Plan forGreater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation” project,supported by the IGES Centre Collaborating with UnitedNations Environment Programme (UNEP) InternationalEnvironmental Technology Centre (IETC), Japan, withICLEI South Asia as the implementation partner.

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Taru Engages with Schools, Experts to BuildUrban Resilience to Heat Stress under CDKNProgramme

Taru Leading Edge Pvt. Ltd. organised a webinar underthe CDKN Knowledge Accelerator Programme with afocus on building urban resilience to heat stress. Thewebinar is part of a project ‘Urban Health and ClimateResilience,’ conducted in Surat and Ahmedabad, whichhelped to prepare a heat resilience toolkit to supportcities in making heat action plans and undertook severalcapacity building initiatives, particularly focusing onengaging schoolchildren in monitoring heat in cities.

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CDKN Asia Partners Release Knowledge Productson Climate-Smart Solutions

CDKN KBP partners in Nepal and Bangladesh havebrought out knowledge products for local governments,extension workers and policy makers. The SouthasiaInstitute of Advanced Studies, Nepal, has released aguide to help facilitate collaborative water forums, whileLI-BIRD has brought out a Compendium of Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies and Practices. BUET has�nalised an issue brief that has applied an adaptationmodel in Bangladesh’s coastal zone to compute theadaptation de�ciency in 20 hotspots that face a risk ofstorm surges.

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Dhulikhel Municipality Launches Voluntary LocalReview of SDGs

Dhulikhel Municipality in Nepal has launched theVoluntary Local Review (VLR) of the SustainableDevelopment Goals (SDGs) based on the strategies setout by the city in its vision document. ICLEI South Asia,which is supporting Dhulikhel under its CDKN-Knowledge Accelerator programme to conduct the VLRand prepare a report, held an orientation meeting forthe stakeholders from the municipality.

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Gangtok Gets New Tools, Illustrated NaturalAsset Map to Mainstream BiodiversityConservation

The Gangtok Municipal Corporation has approved theCity Biodiversity Index, Local Biodiversity Strategy andAction Plan and the Illustrated Natural Asset Map ofGangtok, developed by ICLEI South Asia as part of theINTERACT-Bio project. Mr. Arun Upreti, Hon'ble Ministerfor Urban Development, Government of Sikkim, recentlyreleased the tools and map, which will help tomainstream biodiversity conservation into urbanplanning. The project is funded by the Federal Ministryfor the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building andNuclear Safety, Germany, through the InternationalClimate Initiative.

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