Context
Current trends indicate that by 2050, more than half of India’s population will live in cities. The influx of people into cities will strain already limited resources and infrastructure, making it difficult to meet the basic needs of all citizens, especially women and girls. Women and girls often lack the resources and support systems to effectively prepare for and recover from such events, making them even more vulnerable.
The Government of India has introduced various reforms, programmes, and missions to promote climate-sensitive, inclusive urban development and disaster risk management and make cities more climate resilient.
Objective
Institutions in India are applying gender-responsive approaches for resilient and climate-friendly urban development to ensure access to public services that consider disaster risk management and the leave no one behind principle of the Agenda 2030.
Approach
The project aims at providing advisory support on:
1. Policy Support: implementing regulatory planning frameworks for inclusive and climate-resilient urban development that considers disaster risk management and the ‘Leave No One Behind’ principle of the Agenda 2030.
2. Capacity development measures: improving the capacities of relevant actors and institutions on gender-responsive and climate-friendly urban development.
3. Innovative, data-based projects: introducing open innovation and data-driven decision-making in resilient urban development projects that consider disaster risk management and the leave no one behind principle of the Agenda 2030.
4. Knowledge exchange: fostering peer-to-peer expert network platforms and communities of practice for mutual learning and exchange.