Meet Umesha Handapangoda: Inspiring Youth Climate Activist at the CANSA Annual Regional Meeting in Colombo

By Divyanshi Yadav
The CANSA Annual Regional Meeting 2024, held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, was a pivotal moment for climate action in South Asia, with over 40 delegates, including an inspiring number of youth leaders from across the region, gathering to address key issues like loss and damage, urban resilience, and climate finance.


Joint Meeting on Upcoming NDC Transparency Initiative’s Capacity Development Webinars

Join us for an insightful online webinar series aimed at equipping civil society in advancing ambitious climate action through the Paris Ambition Cycle, by influencing the upcoming submission process and implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), that is, the national climate commitments. This 5-webinar series is part of the CIDSE NDC Transparency Initiative (CIDSE, Misereor, Fastenaktion, BUND) in collaboration with CANSA, Caritas Internationalis and Alliance2015. We will explore how we can strengthen national engagement […]


CAN South Asia Quarterly Newsletter for July – September 2024

Dear Friends, We are thrilled to share some exciting updates this quarter! At our regional meeting in Colombo (10-11 September), we focused on youth engagement, preparing for COP29, and reviewing CANSA’s 2023-2030 strategy. Key discussions addressed climate finance, loss and damage, and urban resilience, with case studies from Nepal and India showcasing practical solutions to […]


Meet Achintya Ghosal: Inspiring Youth Climate Activist at the CANSA Annual Regional Meeting in Colombo

By Divyanshi Yadav
The CANSA Annual Regional Meeting 2024, held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, was a pivotal moment for climate action in South Asia, with over 40 delegates, including an inspiring number of youth leaders from across the region, gathering to address key issues like loss and damage, urban resilience, and climate finance.


Meet Prakash Lama: Inspiring Youth Climate Activist at the CANSA Annual Regional Meeting in Colombo

By Divyanshi Yadav
The CANSA Annual Regional Meeting 2024, held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, was a pivotal moment for climate action in South Asia, with over 40 delegates, including an inspiring number of youth leaders from across the region, gathering to address key issues like loss and damage, urban resilience, and climate finance.


CANSA Annual Regional Meeting 2024: Empowering Youth Voices in Climate Action

By Divyanshi Yadav
The CANSA Annual Regional Meeting, held this year 10-11 September 2024 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, was a defining moment for climate action in South Asia.


The Fight for Clean Air in South Asia: A Health Crisis on the Rise

By Purnima Joshi
As we mark the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies on September 7th, the urgency to address the growing air pollution crisis in South Asia has never been clearer…


CAN South Asia Quarterly Newsletter for April – June 2024

Dear Friends, A new climate finance goal aka New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG)  needs to be set by the end of this year that will set the course for the transformational change required to mobilise and deliver finance in a way that addresses the needs and priorities of developing countries.  South Asia, reeling from extreme heatwaves, deadly floods, […]


Strengthen the capacity of 3 state governments and CSOs in the states of Kerala, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh in building the resilience of women and children 

Develop training and capacity-building modules for state officials in Education, WASH, and Nutrition sectors, relevant to these sectors’ role in building the resilience of women and children Climate Vulnerable India & Poverty Impacts on Children India is highly vulnerable to climate change due to a variety of factors including high dependence on rain-fed agriculture, long […]


Mainstreaming gender and child rights in climate actions

In South Asia, a changing climate could diminish living conditions for up to 800 million people in a region that already has some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable populations. Women and children experience disproportionate impacts of climate change as a result of structural barriers and cultural norms, which hinder access for these vulnerable […]


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