ICLEI South Asia in collaboration with ICLEI European Secretariat has taken the project 'AsianCitiesAdapt' to reduce the impact of of climate change in target cities in India and Philippines for local area adaptation strategies. The project is being funded by the German Ministry for Environment, Natural Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Berlin.

Overall project goal
The overall goal is to reduce the risks of climate change impacts faced by cities in the target countries through an integrated and cyclical management approach, thereby increasing their local economic, social and economic resilience. 


Other project goals
Other project goals are to better manage the impacts of climate change; to strengthen the awareness and the knowledge about potential risks at local level; and to promote the exchange of knowledge between cities in the target countries.


Target group
'Clusters' of 4 cities from the northern Phillippines and 4 cities from southern and eastern India.


Target indicators
With support of the participating partners, each of the cities will develop its own local indicators for climate change adaptation. This will happen as part of an integrated and cyclical management process and cannot be pre-defined from outside.
However, before these processes are initiated at local level, the project team will also develop a range of more general climate impact indicators. These will also refer to the aspects of climate protection and sustainable development even though the main focus will be on adaptation and the reduction of risks.