A new initiative will use state-of-the-art science to help Asian and African societies to understand the role of climate change in extreme weather events and prepare for future ones. The ‘Raising Risk Awareness’ initiative brings together scientists from ‘World Weather Attribution’ (WWA) initiative – an effort led by Climate Central with the Red Cross Red […]
The Paris Agreement created an ambitious mandate for the global community. Does it change the national conversation in Pakistan about action on climate change? If so, how? The Paris agreement has indeed changed both political and technical discourse in Pakistan. Newspaper articles and TV programmes have covered the climate change issue more frequently than previously. […]
Water availability, scarcity and management are among the top global risks. LEAD Pakistan’s water programme aims to incorporate social, economic and environmental aspects of water discourse, policies and programmes, at national and international levels. Our focus areas of #TransboundaryWaters, #GroundWater and #Hydrodisasters, seek guidance from the crosscutting themes of Access, Equity and Hazards, for sustainable […]
Women constitute almost 49 percent of the population of Pakistan. According to the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2012-2013, there are 102 males for 100 females, thus urging the need to empower women when it comes to education, employment and political and social life. However, when women’s empowerment is denied, it makes them weak and […]
By Thoriq Ibrahim in Malé The United Nations climate change agreement reached in Paris last year marked the culmination of over 20 years of contentious negotiations to limit greenhouse gas emissions. In so doing it shifted the talks from focusing primarily on who is responsible for taking up the burden to finding ways to […]
Sea level rise and other associated impacts of rising global temperatures such as coastal erosion and flooding have long been forecast as some of the most serious challenges that humanity will face due to climate change, but for most of the world those are challenges to be dealt with in the future. For the Solomon […]
On 22 April 2016 in New York City, Ministers from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Uganda, India and France jointly announced under the aegis of the International Solar Alliance the launch of a Programme “Scaling solar applications for agricultural use,” to bring reliable, affordable and tailored-to-needs solar applications within the reach of all farmers in […]
[Odisha, India] – April 23, 2016 – Utkal University, Odisha in partnership with Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA) will conduct a two-day consultation towards implementation roadmap required to build a #ClimateResilient Odisha. The consultation will reflect on the way forward for second phase drafting of Odisha State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) in […]
By Zahrah Rizwan
The specialty of the 22nd of April 2016 lies not simply in the fact that it is the Earth Day, but also because leaders from over 170 countries will officially sign the Paris Climate Agreement today.
[22 April 2016, New Delhi/Colombo]: Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA), a coalition of over 140 civil society organizations of south Asia, welcomed the ceremonial signing of the #ParisClimateAgreement at the #UnitedNations in New York today by more than 160 countries as a welcome first step confirming commitments made by these countries at the 21st […]
