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About the project
The grant will support C-Cube to undertake the following set of activities: 1. Support for implementation of CSCAF 2021 and 2022 Cycles through - Deployment of on-ground staff to provide technical and administrative support to cities and also facilitate C-Cube in orienting nodal officers on CSCAF. The on resolving technical queries and documenting good practices from the process. - Resource personnel, stationed at C-Cube, to provide strategic and technical support for the overall implementation of CSCAF 2021 and 2022 cycles including validation, evaluation, documentation and publication of the assessment outcomes. - Support in the development of the City Preparedness Report for the assessment years 2021 and 2022 2. Support in implementation of Data Wall at C-Cube - Provide technical and IT support in customizing the data wall - Improvement of User Interface and User Interaction of data wall including development of use cases 3. Training and Capacity Building on Energy & Green Buildings and Urban Air Quality Management - Design and development of minimum 2 training modules in alignment with the CSCAF indicators and National Urban Learning Platform - Develop a calendar of training events for the year 2021 and 2022 - Deliver training on thematic areas and indicators to city officials, partners and regional training institutions 4. Strategic and network support to CIFF - Support city connect, hosting information webinars and handholding cities to join Race to Zero (R2Z) - Help in structuring a challenge for the cities to apply for TA with the precondition of R2Z pledge, and identifying cities for program implementation - Organizing an Investor Round Table for facilitating subsequent support for project implementation in cities - Partnership and support to events including webinars, conferences and workshops
Status: On-going
Funded by: Children Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
Location:
Partners: CIFF,
Contact: sarathbabu@niua.org
Highlights
As urbanization in India continues to occur at unprecedented rates, cities must build resilience to adapt and thrive despite the pressures on urban systems. This requires more effective urban governance and policy so cities can maximize the opportunities that accompany urban growth.
City managers and development professionals need to start taking informed decisions. This will require rethinking in data collection, collation and visualization system to support evidence based policy making both at the national level and state level. There are many reasons why urban data is not currently being used to aid decision making. Firstly, policy makers do not have the access to data that they need. Urban data is collected by different departments across city, state and national government agencies. This data is often not shared, leading to a fragmented data landscape that exacerbates information gaps. The data is also collected in formats that are not functional for analytical purposes.
Further, there are limited tools available to assist decision makers with visualization of data. Without visualizations, policy makers may not be able to recognize spatial and temporal trends, resulting in inaction or delayed action. The fragmented data landscape and lack of adequate analytical tools also makes it even more challenging to identify cross sectoral linkages. To assist policy makers in developing actionable and effective strategies, we propose that cities institutionalize urban data observatories. An urban data wall is an interface which can serve as a repository for accurate and frequently updated city specific, state specific and national level spatial and non-spatial data that could be used for decision making in the area of climate change.
The platform would include visualization and analytical tools that would assist stakeholders in prioritizing issues that need to be addressed as well as assist in evidence based decision making.
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Our Team
Sarath Babu M G
Lead, Climate Centre for Cities
Anshul Abbasi
Lead (Policy and Planning)
