The Department for International Development (DFID) is the UK Ministry that manages Britain's aid to poor countries and works to alleviate world poverty. DFID is working to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the international targets agreed by the United Nations (UN) to halve world poverty by 2015. KMC is committed to play a leading role in mainstreaming the low carbon and climate change resilient interventions ...

The Department for International Development (DFID) is the UK Ministry that manages Britain's aid to poor countries and works to alleviate world poverty. DFID is working to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the international targets agreed by the United Nations (UN) to halve world poverty by 2015. KMC is committed to play a leading role in mainstreaming the low carbon and climate change resilient interventions in the city as it has the widest interface with the citizens and constitutional mandates to ensure a better place of living for them. The joint plan of action under this programme has identified a range of activities within the following broad themes.I. Preparation of a Roadmap for low carbon and climate resilient development of Kolkata, which includes a wide range of interventions at policy and implementation levels;II. Sensitisation programme for Councillors and Members of Mayor-in-Council on climate change and green growth of Kolkata;III. Strategies to strengthen institutional capacity of KMC to implement the Roadmap and improve overall governance in response to the challenges and opportunities of climate change.

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