Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs ‘Scaling Urban Climate Resilience: The CapaCITIES Legacy and Way Forward’ an event to celebrate the progress of CapaCITIES programme held in New Delhi today Three CapaCITIES Knowledge Products launched CapaCITIES creates a blueprint for urban climate resilience Posted On: 14 JUL 2026 6:28PM by PIB Delhi Celebrating the progress made over a decade of the CapaCITIES programme an event ‘Scaling Urban Climate Resilience: The CapaCITIES Legacy and Way Forward’, organized by ICLEI South Asia and National Institute of Urban Affairs, was held at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on 14 July 2026. CapaCITIES programme, has equipped Indian cities with the knowledge, tools, and institutional capacities to mainstream low-carbon, climate-resilient development into urban governance, About the CapaCITIES project Launched in 2016 and funded by the Embassy of Switzerland to India and Bhutan, the Capacity Building Project on Low Carbon and Climate Resilient City Development in India (CapaCITIES) programme has driven low-carbon, climate-resilient urban development. By directly strengthening local capabilities, the programme has supported India's 2070 net-zero emissions objective by aligning local action with national missions and state-level goals. The initiative was implemented through a collaborative partnership involving ICLEI South Asia, South Pole and econcept, with the National Institute of Urban Affairs as the knowledge partner.Cities of Coimbatore, Thiruchirappalli Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Vadodara, Udaipur and Siliguri and the state governments of Gujarat, Tamil Nadu received support from this project. About the Event The convening gathered senior government officials, mayors, commissioners and engineers from 30+ cities, representatives from 6 state governments, high-level representatives from financial institutions, and technical experts to review a decade of building local climate capabilities and chart the future of urban sustainability. The inaugural session was attended by Mr Gopal Prasad, Economic Adviser, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government