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A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the World Economic Forum and the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) to work in collaboration towards making the cities sustainable.

About the Initiative:

• The aim is to create an environment for cities to generate decarbonisation solutions involving efficiency in energy and transport, building an environment for a low carbon future.
• This will boost India’s futuristic targets to mitigate the issues of climate change with the active participation of cities that will set upon an transformative journey towards sustainable solutions.
• It will involve a city sprint process and a toolbox of solutions for the decarbonisation in five to seven cities for a period of two years.
• The city sprint process is a series of multisectoral, multi-stakeholder workshops that engages businesses, government and civil society to join the initiative of reducing the carbon footprint through clean electrification and circularity. It will provide a roadmap for net zero emissions through planning and action.
• This is a welcoming initiative which will facilitate India to achieve its net zero emissions targets by 2070.