The Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) on Wednesday announced its vision to make Panaji a well advanced developed climate resilient city.
“The administration of the CCP has initiated steps to address various problems of the city. May it be the problem of streamlining of garbage problem, vulnerability assessment of the city, green house emission, converting of streetlights, designing of building to create alternate source of energy,” said Commissioner of CCP Rodrigues at the inaugural of a three-day workshop on “Towards a Climate Resilient Panaji” held in the city today.
The workshop was organized by International Council for Environmental Initiatives, (ICLEI) in association with UN Habitat and The Rockefeller Foundation. The objective of the workshop was to discuss on climate resilience and low carbon initiatives in Panaji, present to all local stakeholders the objectives and expected outcomes of the project and also the future action to be taken in the city and role of stakeholders in the project.
Deputy Secretary General ICLEI Emani Kumar has said that Panaji is to be developed as a city that is environmentally and economically sustainable, a city with a mixture of heritage and modernity, a city that cares for its citizen, for its tourists, maintains its culture, a city that provide high quality infrastructure services and facilities, a well managed clean, green, and safe city that provides and better present and bright future to its people.
Panaji, capital of Goa, is an internationally renowned coastal tourism destination.
