The Hindu 02.03.2011
GVMC signs MoU with global agency
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), South
Asia, a global agency funded by the Ministry of Environment of the
Government of Germany, on Tuesday entered into a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with the GVMC on ‘strategic planning of adaptation
to the impact of climate changes in the city.’
ICLEI Executive Director Emani Kumar, while making a
presentation, said the MoU was meant to establish an operational
understanding between the GVMC and the ICLEI for collaboration to reduce
risks of climate change impacts faced by the cities through an
integrated and cyclic management approach. The project is for a period
of three and a half years beginning the current year.
The ICLEI will support the GVMC in various aspects of
data collection relating to impact of climate change such as carbon
emission, coastal erosion, forest environmental effect etc and prepare a
master plan for effective implementation process. The entire project
will be financed by the ICLEI, without any financial commitment from the
GVMC.
Core group
Municipal Commissioner V.N. Vishnu constituted a core
group of officials comprising Additional Commissioner (projects) K.
Ramesh, Chief Medical Officer (health) D. Abbulu, Chief City Planner D.
Venkataratnam, Environmental Engineer (public health) Praveena and HRD
consultant A. Rajendrakrishna for the ICLEI project.
The project is aimed at reducing the impact of climate change
