Sustainable Cities programs/ curricula from India 24 th April 2013 Emani Kumar ICLEI South Asia

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GoI Initiative Share of Urban population – from 28% in 2001, it is projected to rise to 38% by Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) It envisages development of slums, accessibility to drinking water, sewerage, solid waste management, roads, and street lights to all  The first phase (2005 to 2012) saw 559 projects approval for worth Rs 67,000 crore in 65 mission cities out of which 127 projects were completed.  Investment in the first phase was Rs 1,20,000 crore which will be raised to Rs 2,00,000 crore in the second phase. Service Level Benchmarking (SLB) 1.Identifies minimum set of standard performance parameters for the water and sanitation sector. 2.Defines common minimum framework for monitoring and reporting on these indicators, and 3.Set out guidelines on how to operationalize this framework in a phased manner. The principle of benchmarking has been further endorsed by the 13th Finance Commission which has included Service Level Benchmarking as one of the conditionalities for allocation of performance based grants to ULBs, which amount to approx. Rs.8000 crores over the period

ICLEI Projects/Initiatives SUNYA- Towards Zero Waste in South Asia (36 Months) Promotion of zero-waste concept as sustainable waste management practice in urban areas of South Asia Creation of an inclusive society and contribution to poverty alleviation through integrating the informal waste collection Capacity building on waste management for officials and NGOs VA of Delhi City as part of “Delhi State Action Plan for Climate Change”- SAPCC Development of Climate Change scenarios, i.e. projection of possible climate changes at relevant temporal scales Assessment of the physical and social impacts of and vulnerability to climate change in the most vulnerable sectors Assessment of impact of and vulnerability to climate change on vulnerable groups ACCCRN Distil the critical successful elements of original ACCCRN processes and supplement it with other relevant and proven approaches Develop a Guide and Toolkit to help cities develop local climate change resilience strategies Test the toolkit in three project cities – Shimla, Bhubaneswar, Mysore Integrating Urban Climate Guidelines through Clean Technologies (RE & EE) at the State and City level to build Sustainable Low Carbon Cities State Level Guidelines on Low Carbon Actions Report on Financial Opportunities for urban low carbon actions Online knowledge portal for cities Indian GHG protocol for local governments MRV System for annually reporting emission reductions Capacity building of City Staff on GHG inventory & proposal writing for funds generation Information dissemination and learning for other cities from project cities

ICLEI Projects/Initiatives AsianCitiesAdapt Reduce the risks of climate change impacts faced by the cities by addressing their key vulnerabilities Strengthen the awareness and the knowledge about potential risks at local level Carry out city specific climatic projections Develop local climate change adaptation strategy for the cities Promote the exchange of knowledge between cities in the target countries Adopting Integrated Urban Water Management in Indian Cities (Adopt IUWM) Customizing an existing Integrated Urban Water Management framework, to meet the requirements of Indian local authorities. Testing the Indian IUWM framework through its application in 4 cities - 2 each from Rajasthan and Maharashtra Implementation of eight service delivery pilot projects in socio- economically weak Wards of the cities– two in each city – identified through the IUWM planning process Advocating the integration of the Indian IUWM tool-kit as an appropriate planning tool in relevant schemes/programmes of the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), Government of India (GoI)

ICLEI Sustainability Tools and Services ICLEI provides a broad range of concrete and globally accessible tools to help cities transit to more sustainable urban management, covering the areas of urban design, eco-budgeting, urbanization, sustainability management and eco-procurement.  ecoBUDGET® ecoBUDGET® An environmental management system developed by ICLEI Europe based on the logic of municipal budgets to help local governments manage natural resources.  HEAT+ HEAT+ ICLEI’s online GHG emissions inventory tool, HEAT+ helps local governments account for GHG emissions, Common Air Pollutants (CAP) and other Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC).  cCCR The cCCR enables cities and local governments to publicly register their greenhouse gas reduction commitments, report performance and showcase actions. As of March 2013, 302 cities from 42 countries, controlling a community GHG emissions of around 1.5 GtCO2e annually, reported 561 energy and climate commitments, 578 GHG inventories and 2471 mitigation/adaptation actions/action plans at the cCCR. cCCR  Local Authorities Self Assessment of Local Agenda 21 (LASALA) Local Authorities Self Assessment of Local Agenda 21 (LASALA) A free, online self-assessment tool developed by ICLEI Europe to help local governments evaluate processes and progress towards sustainable development.  Sustainability Cycle Sustainability Cycle A cyclical, integrated sustainability management tool developed by ICLEI Europe to lead local governments advance their sustainability level and implement the Aalborg Commitments.  Triple Bottom Line (TBL) An integrated decision-making toolkit that assists policymakers to embed sustainability priorities in their planning process and to take social, economic and environmental concerns into account. Triple Bottom Line (TBL)

Urban Infrastructure Interventions for reducing GHG Bus Rapid Transit System Opertaional: Pune, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Jaipur, Rajkot Under construction: Surat, Indore, PCMC, Vishakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Bhopal, Hubli darwad Planned: Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Nagpur,Kolkata Metro System Operational: Kolkata, Delhi, Bangalore(Partly, 8km stretch in under operation) Under construction: Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Mumbai Planned: Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar (MEGA), Bhopal, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Indore, Kanpur, Nagpur, Pune, Ludhiana, Surat, Patna The National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) Formulated by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY) and Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG). Comprising of 27 Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) and 10 components. The NeGP aims at improving delivery of Government services to citizens and businesses with the following vision:

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