The City Climate Alliance is a collaborative initiative that harnesses the diverse skills, strengths, and resources of numerous organizations working with Indian cities. Its mission is to enhance and expand efforts in advocating for climate action, sharing knowledge, building capacity, fostering innovation, and mobilizing resources to tackle climate risks.
Urban Planning, Green Cover and Biodiversity
Energy and Green Buildings
Mobility and Air Quality
Water Management
Waste Management
Initially formed with 26 organizations in 2019 that actively contributed to the creation of the ClimateSmart Cities Assessment Framework (now aligned with the National Mission for Sustainable Habitat), the alliance has now grown to include over 70 organizations *. The City Climate Alliance initiated by the Ministry and Housing Affairs, Government of India continues to play a pivotal role in advancing the climate dialogue and action within cities.
* December 2023
Build a partner community for climate action forums and networks
Hosted the first U20 conference to present the six themes of Urban20 to all partner organisations. Collected 100+ pledges from over 90 experts and organisations towards their support of U20 through the City Climate Alliance
Support the forum on its secretariat, collective building task force, capacity building and knowledge task force.
read moreSynergize efforts for advocacy and policy outreach to mainstream climate change in urban development
Curate essential dialogues in emerging cross-cutting domains shaping the urban landscape
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#ClimateSimplified is a series to break down climate jargon, one word a week!
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A framework to inform sustained engagement between city administration and youth for collaborative climate actions.
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A framework for bringing the gender lens into climate actions
Create new innovative research projects, and develop new training modules and knowledge products
A first-of-its-kind graphical report presenting the current state of electricity consumption, GHG emissions, and energy emissions of 15 Indian cities with their climate interventions and plans.
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Develop targeted and crisp virtual training modules aligned to the five themes of the ClimateSmart Cities Assessment Framework
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A compendium of 58 completed climate action projects on the ground collected from 45 partner organisations
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Six consultations with 60 thought leaders on gender-responsive entry points across the six themes of Urban20. The book was released at U-20 Mayoral Summit in Ahmedabad.
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In June 2020, the Climate Centre for Cities (C-Cube) was given the mandate to manage the Alliance Secretariat and further strengthen the Alliance as a national-level multi-stakeholder partnership to facilitate and build urban climate action in India.
The Secretariat uses the instruments of CONNECT, COLLABORATE and CO-CREATE to aid climate actions in the cities.
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Send us a message to cityclimatealliance@niua.org
