By Senashia Ekanayake
Climate change decision-making can be manoeuvred by policymakers no doubt, however, in a world where everything and all disciplines becomes linked to one another, it is not only important, but also imperative that all stakeholders are brought in to and made a part of this decision-making process.

G77 and China and other countries expressed their discontent on the content of the text that was prepared by the Co-Chairs. The countries have indicated that text did not include content suggested by them. There were extended discussions on the way forward. Countries were requested to add suggested text as options keeping the text provided […]

By Anam Zeb
At the APAN 2016 conference in Colombo, speakers from Asia and throughout the world highlighted the costs of climate change globally, and then specifically for Asia. In particular, experts from the UNEP have suggested previous estimates may have been inaccurate, and up to 500 billion USD per year will be the cost of adaptation globally.

By Anam Zeb and Farshad Usyan
There has been a shift in the way women are considered in climate change discussions. We are being urged to stop thinking of women as victims of climate change, but as a valuable resource, capable of contributing to local, national, regional and global efforts to counter climate change.

Taragram Yatra is an annual flagship event of Development Alternatives Group and is a journey of cross learning and knowledge sharing among development practitioners. It engages leading minds and creates a narrative to change the status quo and aims to attain sustainability in policy and practice. For 2016, the selected theme for the Yatra was […]

Pakistan’s energy sector is in crisis. Inadequate electricity supplies cost the country US$14 bn annually and some 11,000 small and medium enterprises operate at just 60% of capacity. In 2015, Pakistan’s Ministry of Climate Change and the Punjab Power Development Board asked the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) to assess whether a Nationally Appropriate […]

By Anam Zeb
As the 22nd Conference of Parties (COP) gear up to meet in Morocco this November to chart out the rules of play for the Paris Climate Agreement, agreed at COP 21 last year, it is disturbing to note that the conference itself has been funded by corporate institutions responsible for more than 200 million tonnes of greenhouse gases.

Inspiring personal responsibility and active involvement of people of Bhutan in conservation of the Kingdom’s environment since 1987 Two Days GPP Sensitization and Awareness Raising among Cottage, Small and Medium Enterprises (CSMEs) and other Suppliers Green Public Procurement (GPP) Bhutan Project team conducted two one-day GPP sensitization and awareness events for 46 participants that included […]

Inspiring personal responsibility and active involvement of people of Bhutan in conservation of the Kingdom’s environment since 1987 Two Days GPP Sensitization and Awareness Raising among Cottage, Small and Medium Enterprises (CSMEs) and other Suppliers Green Public Procurement (GPP) Bhutan Project team conducted two one-day GPP sensitization and awareness events for 46 participants that included […]

[27 September 2016, Thiruvananthapuram]:  “Environment and #ClimateChange must be imbibed and imbued in every development program and project of the state. The Haritha Keralam program announced last week is driven by interventions in three key sectors,  sanitation, #Agriculture and water conservations. Decentralization is central to the success of any such programs as it is the panchayats […]