WRI India was recently empanelled as a national training institution for Urban Planning by the Ministry of Urban Development, and has been leading capacity building initiatives under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) programme in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. Through a series of intensive residential workshops, our trainings strengthen the skills of Urban Local Bodies and introduce them to best practices in urban development solutions.
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August 03, 2016
- Ola introduces one-of-its-kind ‘Billboard’ to track real time carbon emission levels saved in the city
- The 15 day campaign powered by WRI, aims at encouraging sustainable mobility
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July 22, 2016
The Madhya Pradesh Forest Department and other government officials, NABARD, WRI India and participants from the private sector convene to discuss the potential of landscape restoration and its multiple environment and development benefits, including the improvement of rural livelihoods. Landscape restoration is an integrated approach that seeks to regain ecological functionality and enhance human well-being through interventions such as forest regeneration, agroforestry, soil and moisture conservation.
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July 09, 2016
Hon’able Minister K. J. George, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Jamshyd Godrej, Madhav Pai, Aniruddha Dasgupta and V Ravichandar lead discourse at the Unlock Bengaluru (#UnlockBLR) conference in the city of Bengaluru on 9 July 2016. WRI India started participating in the Bengaluru dialogue in 2007, when Chief Secretary Mr. P.B. Mahishi invited WRI India’s EMBARQ experts to review the Comprehensive Traffic and Transport Plan.
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April 26, 2016
WRI India and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) have entered into a partnership aimed at having an integrated, systematic effort to address sustainable management of resources by jointly defining evidence-based economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable solutions to issues faced in rural and peri-urban India.
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November 30, 2015
Negotiators from nearly 200 countries will convene to likely agree on the first-ever universal climate agreement. Editor’s Note: Data resources, photos, research, expert comments and other materials will be available.
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November 05, 2015
Indian private sector hopes to usher in a new era of corporate climate action
Mumbai, INDIA (5 November, 2015) – Leading businesses in India participated in the first public consultation on the draft of the Science-based Target Setting Manual, a guidance on setting corporate emissions reduction targets that align with climate science. Science Based Targets (SBT) is a joint initiative by World Resources Institute (WRI), Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), the UN Global Compact (UNGC), and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) intended to increase corporate ambition on climate action.
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October 02, 2015
Today India formally submitted its national climate plan (INDC) to the UNFCCC. The plan includes a commitment to reduce emissions intensity of its GDP by 33 to 35 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels, achieve about 40 percent cumulative electric power from non-fossil fuel based energy resources by 2030, and create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide through additional forest and tree cover by 2030.
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September 03, 2015
WRI hosts international Clean Energy and Regulators Forum in the city of Bengaluru, India
Over thirty experts from 11 countries met in Bengaluru, India, to further clean energy access through renewable sources. The experts – both international regulators and members of civil society – exchanged valuable experiences in promoting clean energy through the regulatory process.
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July 23, 2015
Guide for urban planners and policymakers details specific design elements with examples from Tokyo, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Istanbul, New York, Paris and more.