The Bengaluru Sustainability Forum is an inter-institutional initiative to foster conversations, build bridges and encourage interdisciplinary collaborations working towards Bengaluru’s sustainable future.

Urban spaces around the world are exploding at a rapid rate. By 2030, 60% of the global population is likely to be living in cities. Bengaluru is projected to be at the forefront of this growth – with 8.5% increase in economic output. Such high growth, though economically beneficial, has negative repercussions on human health and diversity of non-human creatures that inhabit the city.
What must we do to allow all creatures a life in dignity with access to clean water, proper waste management, healthy air to breathe and move around freely? Along the lines of the 17 sustainable development goals formulated by the United Nations in September 2015, Bengaluru Sustainability Forum is a space for compelling discussions, fruitful knowledge exchange and budding collaborations with the idea to make Bengaluru a sustainable city.
THEMES
AIR
QUALITY
URBAN
BIODIVERSITY
URBAN
CLIMATE CHANGE
URBAN
WATER
URBAN WASTE
MANAGEMENT
URBAN
MOBILITY
Started in 2018, the Small Grants Programme has funded 36 projects which have helped connect science and research done in the city of Bengaluru with the actual situation on the ground, involving as many stakeholders and sections of the society as possible. Theplinko points on the map represent project locations or the offices of the grantees involved in case of projects where it is difficult to designate a specific location.
HIGHLIGHTS
OUTREACH
THE GREEN SCENE
A dialogue on charting low carbon pathways in Karnataka
Bangalore International Centre, 7, 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560071CSTEP is organising this event to lead a discussion on their Namma SAFARI model present decarbonisation pathways for key sectors, including agriculture, power, industry, transport, buildings, forestry, and land use.
Clean up drive on IPL match days
Chinnaswamy StadiumDignity – a core challenge of just sustainable futures
ATREE Auditorium BengaluruIn this talk the speaker will be sharing insights from his journey of working to end the inhuman practice of manual scavenging in India, his advocacy for human rights and his vision for a just, inclusive and sustainable future.
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