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CapaCITIES Programme
July 22 , 2026
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- The ‘Scaling Urban Climate Resilience: The CapaCITIES Legacy and Way Forward’ event was held in New Delhi, where three CapaCITIES Knowledge Products were launched.
- Capacity Building Project on Low Carbon and Climate Resilient City Development in India (CapaCITIES) was launched in 2016.
- It was funded by the Embassy of Switzerland in India and Bhutan to promote climate-resilient urban development.
- The programme supports India’s 2070 Net-Zero Emission target by strengthening climate planning in cities.
- It has supported 8 cities, including Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Vadodara, Udaipur and Siliguri.
- It developed Net-Zero Climate Resilient City Action Plans (CRCAPs), established climate action cells in cities, trained 1,000+ people, and supported 35+ cities through climate planning frameworks.
- The programme implemented urban solutions such as floating solar plants, solar e-bus charging stations, flood warning systems, lake restoration, green mobility zones and urban forestry projects.
- Three knowledge products launched were the Net-Zero Climate Resilient Cities Methodology Toolkit, Energy Transition for Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) Guidebook, and a Low-Carbon Finance White Paper to support sustainable urban development.
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