Adapting to the Edge: Urban and Coastal Climate Resilience

The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), India hosted the workshop “Adapting to the Edge: Urban and Coastal Climate Resilience” as a part of the Climate Action Workshop Series in New Delhi. The workshop brought together experts, practitioners, government bodies and corporate social responsibility (CSR) leaders to initiate dialogue on fostering nature-based solutions for a climate-resilient future. AKAH, India and the National Institute of Urban Affairs signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build climate resilience. Through this partnership, both organisations, with their shared vision, will focus on action-based research, organising discussions, and forming coalition groups to build climate adaptation, urban habitat management, disaster risk resilience, and promote nature-based solutions and biodiversity. Onno Ruhl, General Manager, AKAH said, "India has the potential to champion climate action, leveraging its innovative and cost-effective jugaad strategy, and developing engineering solutions to achieve more while using fewer resources."