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 overall climate resilience of the city. This publication provides a summary of the full version of the MCAP, prepared essentially for quick reading for policy makers. Know More The post Mumbai Climate Action Pl ..read more

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 diminished, increasing the risks faced by urban dwellers. For the Indian context there has been limited study of the interlinked impacts of urbanization on natural infrastructure. In th ..read more

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 citizens. WRI India developed this summary note from the workshop discussions which includes highlights from panels on technical considerations, climate vulnerability, citize ..read more

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, urban flooding, water pollution and storm surges. Along with mitigating the impact of climate change, NbS also helps in providing multiple ecosystem benefits along with addressing various societal challenges including building resilience ..read more

This press release was originally published by Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs through the Press Information Bureau The National Institute of Urban Affairs’ (NIUA) Climate Centre for Cities (NIUA C-Cube), World Resources Institute India (WRI India) and their partners today launched India’s first national coalition platform for urban nature-based solutions (NbS) at the 11th World Urban Forum in Poland. Ecosystem-based services and Nature-Based Solutions are fast emerging as cost-effective and sustainable ways to address climate change induced challenges such as heat ..read more

This blog originally appeared on C-Cube NIUA 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. India is the seventh-most vulnerable country with respect to climate extremes. As per a recent CEEW report, 27 of 35 states and union territories are highly vulnerable to extreme hydro-met disasters and their compounded impacts which include increasing heat waves and droughts and frequent events of waterlogging and floods. These issues disproportionately affect the urban poor who ..read more

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 overall climate resilience of the city. This publication provides a summary of the full version of the MCAP, prepared essentially for quick reading for policy makers. Know More The post Mumbai Climate Action Pl ..read more

This paper discusses a roadmap for growing more trees outside forests across India. It analyzes the main public policies that incentivize landholders to embrace agroforestry and other approaches to growing trees on farmland, in urban areas, and across other landscapes. It ends with concrete recommendations for policymakers that want to improve the implementation of these policies. Know More The post Roadmap for Scaling Trees Outside Forests in India: Learnings from Select States on Policy Incentives, Enabling Conditions, and Barriers appeared first on Nature-Based Solutions ..read more

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. Know More The post Connect Karo 2021 | Operationalising Nature Based Solutions (NBS) in Indian cities appeared first on Nature-Based Solutions ..read more

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 benefits to the city to demonstrate an alternate path in city development, where water resources are protected and restored not just for aesthetic purposes, but to serve as critical climate adaptation and mitigation solutions. Know More T ..read more