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| Implementing Reforms Achieving Improved Urban Environment |
German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)-Advisory Services in Environmental Management
(ASEM) on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ),
ICLEI-South Asia and United States – Department of State in partnership with National Institute
of Urban Affairs (NIUA) jointly organized one and half day international workshop on “Including
Clean Technology and Efficiency Measures while Developing Infrastructure Projects for
Improved Urban Environment” at Coimbatore on 13-14 March 2009.
The workshop included:
- Present the Assessment of the Urban Environment Accords supported by the GTZ India;
- Inauguration of the Renewable Energy andEnergy Efficiency Resource Center for Coimbatore under the Local Renewable Model Communities Project;
- Launch of Urban Climate Project: Building Clean and Efficient Cities funded under the Asia Pacific Partnership program by the US department of State;
- Discussions & deliberations on energy status, Kyoto protocol, CDM and post 2012 climate negotiations under the Climate Roadmap project supported by British High Commission.
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The urban environment accords (UEAs) look at implementing reforms/projects to achieve
improvements at the city level in seven areas including energy, waste reduction, urban design,
urban nature, transportation, environmental health and water.
In 2008, GTZ-ASEM together with
ASEM Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2009
ICLEI-South Asia had undertaken the first ever review of the status of UEA implementation
covering all 16 Indian cities. GTZ-ASEM together with ICLEI-South Asia awarded three cities for
their performance on environmental and sustainability issues under the Urban Environmental
Accords (UEA) for Improved Urban Environment. The Municipal Corporation of Ahmedabad
received the first prize, Hyderabad was second prize winner and Bhopal was the third winner
among the top performing cities according to the review conducted last year as part of this
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