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The Integrated Climate Action Plan aims to chart the county’s responsibility to reduce climate change.

Cities produce over 60% of global emissions. But through energy-efficient buildings, electric transportation and nature-based solutions, they can be at the center of climate change mitigation.

India’s Grand Challenge is a nationally led initiative to deploy more electric buses in more cities. Designed to enable mass production of transit buses for any operator in the nation, the Challenge has led to deployment of 5,000 e-buses across five cities. Photo: Pradeep Gaurs/Shutterstock We now have less than seven years to cut emissions in half in order…

Cities are among the most powerful levers we have to drive decarbonization and build resilience fast enough to meet the Paris goals. Photo by SO Photography Without getting cities right, we cannot solve the climate crisis. Contributing to 75% of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, it is impossible to overstate their central role. Cities’ choices influence and…

Here are five ways governments and cities can better leverage the potential of cities in climate action plans and beyond.