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Panaji, Pune, and Rajkot are the three Indian cities which have been selected as national finalists in 2017-2018 edition of WWF’s One Planet City Challenge (OPCC).
OPCC, earlier known as the Earth Hour City Challenge, invites cities from the participating countries to report innovative climate actions and plans in the areas of energy, transport, housing and waste on the international carbon.
Currently, Pune and Panaji are working on climate-related challenges and taking action towards improvement in waste management respectively.
On the other hand, Rajkot has taken various steps to improve uptake of renewable energy and expand the city’s sustainable mobility infrastructure including public transportation.
The cities are amongst the 40 finalists out of the 118 cities across 23 countries which took part in the global challenge this year.
Smart City Mission
The selected cities are also part of government’s Smart City Mission. These short-listed cities have now entered the next phase and will compete for the title of National and Global Winner.
TS Panwar, Director, Climate Change and Energy Programme, WWF India said, “Platforms such as OPCC bring together multiple stakeholders as well as common citizens to inspire and support cities to become climate-smart and sustainable solution hotspots in areas such as energy efficiency, renewable energy, sustainable transport and overall low carbon development.”
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