Archive · 8 Oct 2026
Telangana and UN-Habitat Partner on Climate-Resilient Urban Development
Telangana and UN-Habitat have agreed to work together on improving cities.
They want cities to be more sustainable and better able to handle climate challenges.
The agreement includes work on water, waste, nature-based solutions and digital planning.
The National Institute of Urban Management will help share knowledge and build skills.
Local city governments can get technical help and learn from practices used elsewhere.
Smaller and newer cities will receive special attention.
Some cities may try out new ideas for issues such as heat and rainwater.
If those ideas work, they could be used in other places too.
Telangana’s government and UN-Habitat signed a framework of cooperation to advance sustainable, inclusive and climate-resilient urban development.
The agreement covers sustainable infrastructure, including water, wastewater and solid waste management, nature-based solutions, digital transformation and urban financing.
The National Institute of Urban Management will serve as a platform for urban innovation, knowledge and capacity development.
The partnership will support urban local bodies with technical expertise, project preparation, training and access to international good practices, with special attention to smaller and emerging cities.
Selected cities may test new approaches to climate resilience, heat mitigation, rainwater management, urban services and digital planning, with successful models considered for wider use.
- Who
- The Telangana state government and UN-Habitat.
- What
- They signed a framework of cooperation for sustainable, inclusive and climate-resilient urban development.
- When
- Monday; the article does not specify a date.
- Where
- Telangana.
- Why
- To strengthen urban institutions and help cities respond to future growth and urbanisation through technical support, innovation and sustainable infrastructure.
- Agreement
- Framework of Cooperation between the Telangana government and UN-Habitat
- Focus
- Sustainable, inclusive, resilient and future-ready urban development
- Implementation platform
- National Institute of Urban Management (NIUM)
- Priority recipients
- Urban local bodies, with special focus on smaller and emerging cities
- Potential pilot areas
- Climate resilience, heat mitigation, rainwater management, urban services and digital planning
- Signing representatives
- Dr T.K. Sreedevi and Patrick Canagasingham
- State vision
- Telangana Rising 2047