{"id":367495,"date":"2026-07-15T18:03:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=367495"},"modified":"2026-07-15T18:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:33:55","slug":"capacities-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/capacities-project\/","title":{"rendered":"CapaCITIES Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>\u00a0The event \u201cScaling Urban Climate Resilience: The CapaCITIES Legacy and Way Forward\u201d celebrated a decade of the CapaCITIES programme in New Delhi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About CapaCITIES Project<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_367503\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367503\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-367503\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-CapaCITIES.jpg?resize=300%2C293&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"CapaCITIES Project\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-CapaCITIES.jpg?resize=300%2C293&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-CapaCITIES.jpg?w=518&amp;ssl=1 518w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-367503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; CapaCITIES India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Capacity Building Project on Low Carbon and Climate Resilient City Development in India (CapaCITIES)<\/strong>\u00a0is a programme that strengthens the capacity of Indian cities to <strong>promote low-carbon and climate-resilient urban development.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Launched in:<\/strong> The programme was <strong>launched in 2016.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Funder:<\/strong> The programme is funded by the <strong>Embassy of Switzerland to India and Bhutan.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Implementing Agencies:<\/strong> The programme is <strong>implemented by ICLEI South Asia, South Pole and econcept.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Knowledge Partner:<\/strong> The <strong>National Institute of Urban Affairs<\/strong> serves as the knowledge partner.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective:<\/strong>\u00a0The programme aims <strong>to build knowledge, tools and institutional capacity<\/strong> for <strong>integrating low-carbon and climate-resilient development<\/strong> into urban governance <strong>while supporting India\u2019s 2070 net-zero objective.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Features :<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Capacity Building:<\/strong> The programme has <strong>equipped Indian cities with knowledge, tools and institutional capacities<\/strong> to integrate low-carbon and climate-resilient development into urban governance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>City Support:<\/strong> The initiative has <strong>supported Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Vadodara, Udaipur and Siliguri,<\/strong> along with the <strong>governments of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Institutional Development:<\/strong> The programme <strong>established permanent Net-Zero and Climate Action Cells in six project cities<\/strong> for long-term implementation, monitoring and climate budgeting.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Regional Expansion:<\/strong> The capacity-building framework has <strong>expanded beyond India to Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Malaysia.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:\u00a0The event \u201cScaling Urban Climate Resilience: The CapaCITIES Legacy and Way Forward\u201d celebrated a decade of the CapaCITIES programme in New Delhi. About CapaCITIES Project Capacity Building Project on Low Carbon and Climate Resilient City Development in India (CapaCITIES)\u00a0is a programme that strengthens the capacity of Indian cities to promote low-carbon and climate-resilient urban development.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/capacities-project\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CapaCITIES Project<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,956,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-367495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-schemes-and-programs","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}