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CapaCITIES Programme

Kumari Sonali

CapaCITIES Programme:

An event ‘Scaling Urban Climate Resilience: The CapaCITIES Legacy and Way Forward’, celebrated the progress made over a decade of the CapaCITIES programme.

  • CapaCITIES Programme was launched in 2016.
  • The Capacity Building Project on Low Carbon and Climate Resilient City Development in India (CapaCITIES) programme strengthens the capacities of Indian cities to promote low-carbon, climate-resilient urban development.
  • It is funded by the Embassy of Switzerland to India and Bhutan.
  • The initiative was implemented through a collaborative partnership involving ICLEI South Asia, South Pole and econcept.
  • First phase (2016-19) AND second phase (2019-23)
  • Key Features:
    • It has equipped Indian cities with the knowledge, tools, and institutional capacities to mainstream low-carbon, climate-resilient development into urban governance
    • It has supported cities like Coimbatore, Thiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Vadodara, Udaipur and Siliguri and the state governments of Gujarat, Tamil Nadu.
    • Established permanent Net-Zero and Climate Action Cells in six project cities to enable long-term implementation, monitoring, and climate budgeting.