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Lack of time for planning for city officials

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Lack of time for planning for city officials

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Spend a lot of time implementing state schemes

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Develop relationship with political persons

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Develop relationship with political persons

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Political leadership can change the fate of the city by voicing city's representation at the state level

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Multiple entities planning and implementing separate projects without coordination

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Multiple entities planning and implementing separate projects without coordination

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Policy change - city authorities should be able to plan for their cities. Mayoral positions need to be given power.

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Policy change - city authorities should be able to plan for their cities. Mayoral positions need to be given power.

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Build capacity of local media in communicating to the general public about opportunities in energy transition

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Build capacity of local media in communicating to the general public about opportunities in energy transition

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The topic needs to be simplified and demystified to engage general public

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Engaging with academia and expert persons

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Engaging with academia and expert persons

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Centralized schemes don't work. Cities should draw up their own schemes and programs. 

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Centralized schemes don't work. Cities should draw up their own schemes and programs. 

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Cities must have their own plan customized to their needs and priorities

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Poor technical capacity of planners and authorities. Cities depend too much on private consultants and poorly funded NGOs to provide technical support for a long term. Results in poor convergence of projects.

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Poor technical capacity of planners and authorities. Cities depend too much on private consultants and poorly funded NGOs to provide technical support for a long term. Results in poor convergence of projects.

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By the time funds reach cities and implementing agencies, the amount leaves no room for the cities to fully achieve its target, spend on resources and hire manpower.

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Building technical capacity and adding more human resources in city planning teams

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Building technical capacity and adding more human resources in city planning teams

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National Level Target or centralized scheme 

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National Level Target or centralized scheme 

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The national level target goes down to cities of state like smart cities project. A city must have its own plan for achieving urban energy transition  customized to current city infrastructure. How city must look like  must t be priority apart from cleanliness .

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Electric vehicles for meeting public transport needs

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Electric vehicles for meeting public transport needs

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WRI can bridge the gap between city officials, state and national stakeholders by providing networking opportunities, develop a forum, and encourage national stakeholders to take interest in city developments.

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National targets that trickle down to provincial and city level. It is too top-down.

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No regulations that support/mandate sustainable building design and material procurement.

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No regulations that support/mandate sustainable building design and material procurement.

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Encourage peer to peer learning between cities and let states and national level bring in further case studies from other states.

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Roadmaps and action plans for achieving carbon neutrality 

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Roadmaps and action plans for achieving carbon neutrality 

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State politics are of more interest- city politics doesn’t interest citizens in general (for e.g. lack of knowledge in people about their mayor)

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State politics are of more interest- city politics doesn’t interest citizens in general (for e.g. lack of knowledge in people about their mayor)

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public participation is limited in decision making- this becomes a challenge since there is no accountability

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Convening- WRI can bring stakeholders together and sensitize national stakeholders to city issues

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Convening- WRI can bring stakeholders together and sensitize national stakeholders to city issues