CapaCITIES Programme

CapaCITIES Programme Latest News

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

About CapaCITIES Programme

• It 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.
• Funding: It is funded by the Embassy of Switzerland to India and Bhutan.
• Implemented By: The initiative was implemented through a collaborative partnership involving ICLEI South Asia, South Pole and econcept.
• Knowledge Partner: the National Institute of Urban Affairs
• Phases:  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.
  • City Support: 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.
  • Institutional Governance: Established permanent Net-Zero and Climate Action Cells in six project cities to enable long-term implementation, monitoring, and climate budgeting.

Source: PIB

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