Within the Indo-German Partnership, the “Land Use Planning and Management Project” by GIZ, the Ministry of Rural Development and the two State Governments of Tamil Nadu and Odisha aims to improve the general culture of spatial planning in India. It wants to contribute to a better spatial governance that helps to avoid conflicts of land uses and spatial disorder. It aims to clarify the responsibilities for a spatial planning within the public administrations.
One core aspect of the project is to revive the constitutional provision of a spatial District Planning. This scale offers a great chance to introduce a consistent, normative and systematic spatial planning that covers the full country with a unique toolkit of instruments and guidelines. District Planning furthermore can help to introduce spatial and land use planning to the rural areas. It can continuously describe the use of land for both, urban and rural areas, and thus can become a great tool for avoiding the urban sprawl with its negative side effects on climate and environment. The project is in line with the general idea to promote the “compact city” that strengthens as well the urban, the rural and the nature.
Highlight Activities include:
Selection of pilot states (Tamil Nadu and Odisha)
Selection of Pilot Area within the both states for showcasing a spatial district planning
Field of intervention
Policy dialogue related to UNFCCC negotiations
Peer-to-peer exchange on NDC implementation and transparency
Capacity building for on NDC implementation and transparency
Knowledge management related to on NDC implementation and transparency
Networking
Policy advice for BMUB
Targeted beneficiaries
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India
Line Ministries and Departments (forestry division MoEFCC, state forest departments, Ministry of Urban Development)
Municipalities
NGOs, think tanks
Achievements
Developed the India-specific ‘National Climate Change Mitigation Action (NAMA) Manual’, including a definition and a framework for the development and management of NAMAs in India
Finalised the NAMA feasibility studies for the sectors waste and forestry as preparation for the NAMA concepts, incl. numerous stakeholder consultations
Prepared outlines for NAMA Support Projects (NSP) under the 4th Call of the NAMA Facility for both sectors waste and forestry
Explored the ‘role of the private sector to scale up climate finance in India’
Proposed roles and capacities of a NAMA coordination cell
To support the local water departments in the Huay Sai Bat , Lum Pachi and Tha Di basin in planning ecosystem-based adaptation measures against the effects of extreme events
To facilitate in implementing ecosystem-based adaptation measures for the prevention of flooding and drought in the Huay Sai Bat, Lum Pachi and Tha Di catchment to reflect experiences into the national adaptation strategy for the water sector
To support staff of the relevant water authorities to be able to design and evaluate ecosystem-based adaptation measures
Description
The project’s approach starts out in three pilot watersheds threatened by the impacts of climate change. To increase the adaptive capacity of the three watersheds, relevant professionals (from government, universities, etc.) will be advised to combine their expertise, activities and sources of information in order to exploit synergies and therewith improve the efficiency of the water management in the corresponding catchment area on the base of a common information management.
Inclusion of population is ensured by their involvement in stakeholder platforms. These platforms are based on the existing “River Basin Committee”.
Innovative ecosystem-based adaptation approaches will be implemented for demonstration purposes of adaptation measures in catchment areas. This is supported by training courses for relevant stakeholders in ecosystem-based adaptation.
Based on the experiences gained from the intervention in the pilot watersheds, ecosystem-based adaptation approaches for the development of adaptive capacities are fed into the national level. At the same time ecosystem-based adaptation education and training formats are anchored in the target region as well as at the national level.
Field of intervention
Vulnerability & Risk Assessment study and Economic Evaluation method in collaboration with international, national experts and key partners to identify and rank the potential and suitable EbA measures in the pilot areas.
Planning, designing and implementing EbA measures
Adaptive Capacity Building in EbA approach at the local, national and international level.
Riverscape Monitoring with UAV-based Imagery
Strengthening the River Basin Committees and fostering cooperation of relevant stakeholders
Targeted beneficiaries
River Basin Committees
Provincial Authorization Offices
Communities and Civil Society Organizations
Universities (Khon Kaen University -KKU and Walailuk University-WU)
Department of Water Resources (DWR) and Royal Irrigation Department (RID)’s responsible officials at National level
Achievements
The two most relevant governmental water organizations, the Department for Water Resources and the Royal Irrigation Department, are officially prioritizing the EbA concept and measures.
Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) training was developed together with German Research Institutes and practitioners, adapted to the Thai needs and translated into Thai language. Almost 600 Thais and 20 Internationals in English (i.e. Vietnam) were trained
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV-Drones) were integrated into the planning process. The School of Engineering and Resources at Walailak University developed a curriculum out of the application and conducted training.
A tool (carbon sequestration, water use and water production) for assessing and evaluating the ecological impact of measures was developed and presented during the 17th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation – Smart instrument mixes in a greening economy in Groningen, Netherlands.
7 conference or scientific papers were published or presented in international publications and conferences.
Integrated Resource Management in Asian cities: the Urban Nexus
Objective
Sustainable improvement of the environment and resource situation in the vicinities of the cities
Strengthening of the relevant actors in the nexus partner cities in cross-sectoral planning competencies through concrete measures (communal nexus management)
Promoting the nexus approach from national to local level through a multi-level dialogue, widening the current sectoral perspective
Utilising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the “United Nations Human Settlements Programme” (HABITAT III to mainstream the nexus approach into an international reference system
Promoting peer-to-peer learning formats to strengthen the South-South cooperation
Reduction of greenhouse gases and the adaption to climate change through resilient housing and redevelopment programmes, the reduction of pollutants through wastewater treatment and peri-urban agricultural production
Description
Within the sectors energy, water and food security (agriculture) the nexus approach aims to plan and manage in an integrated manner utilising synergy effects contributing to a better resource efficiency.
The module objective is as follows: “Nexus concepts are being increasingly taken into account in selected Asian cities and by relevant stakeholders.”
The TC measure operates in up to twelve selected Asian cities in seven countries following a multi-level approach. At communal level the follow-up measure aims to further institutionalise the nexus approach. Regional dialogue formats (workshops, peer-to-peer events) serve as platforms for the partner cities in order to exchange their experiences with the nexus pilot projects and their best practices.
The exchange between the various stakeholders of the measure is being ensured through multi-level dialogue events. These events serve as exchange fora for the local and national level as well as for civil society and science representatives. At regional level, the lead executing agency “United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific” (UN-ESCAP) integrates the nexus approach into the debate with the nexus partner countries in order to promote the national implementation of the SDG and/or Habitat III agendas. At implementation level both sections of the “International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives for South East Asia and South Asia” (ICLEI SEA and ICLEI SA) will feed the nexus approach into the debate within their established city networks.
The cooperation with the private sector within the framework of pilot measures and trainings is a key element of the TC measure.
Field of intervention
waste water to energy, reuse of water, nutrients for agriculture
waste-to-energy
reduction of water leakages in water supply system
energy efficiency of buildings
climate resilient low cost housing
Targeted beneficiaries
City government and citizens in South and South East Asia, National entities in the field of energy, water/waste water, solid waste management, natural resource management, housing, provincial governments, private enterprises
Achievements
28 cross sectoral & innovative nexus infrastructure projects in the Nexus partner cities elaborated amounting to an estimated investment volume of EUR 300 million.
12 infrastructure projects have reached implementation level or are already being implemented. 3 of them have already been implemented (Naga City/2 Low cost Housing Projects, Korat/Energy efficient water pumps).
Vacuum sewer waste water collection, decentralized treatment facilities as well as Maximum Yield Technology (MYT) for solid waste management considering the recovery and reuse of valuables & land-use dimension introduced.
The projects, elaborated jointly with the stakeholders such as the local governments as well as the civil society and the private sector, moreover promote the empowerment of the local governments and have increased their knowledge how to handle their infrastructure problems.
Cross-sectorial composed Nexus Task Forces in the Nexus Partner Cities accompany pro-actively the elaboration of the infrastructure projects.
In national-subnational-local dialogue forums in the different Nexus countries questions of mandates, technology solutions and decentralization approaches of the Municipalities are discussed regularly and have led to improved mutual understanding and vertical integration.
Horizontal integration promoting inter-communal cooperation in particular with regards to infrastructure projects requiring economies of scale are increasingly emerging in the area of solid waste management.
Peer-to-peer learning led to a better mutual understanding of shared problems and solutions.
