National Dialogue on “Evidence-based Advocacy for Low-carbon, Pro-poor, Sustainable “Eco Village Development” (EVD) in India on 28th June, 2016, at Dehradun”. The dialogue will bring together implementers with policy-makers, and other catalyst stakeholders to reflect on the way forward for EVD. The recent global agreements such as of Paris Agreement, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk […]

By Vositha Wijenayake
Sri Lanka and its people are feeling impacts of climate change. With changes in rain intensity, floods and with slow onset impacts of climate change such as droughts, as well as increased temperature levels

Rising sea levels and river dynamics such as strong tidal surges put together are causing the breach of embankments, which leads to coastal flooding and destruction of lives and livelihood of the community. Flooding of about 40% of the island area occurs during April to September each year, creating a hapless condition for the islander dwellers. The river embankments in […]

By Vositha Wijenayake
With the world facing daily adverse impacts of climate change, financing for addressing climate change has become a dire need.

CAN South Asia organises a South Asia Regional Workshop on “Knowledge Sharing and Way Forward towards Pro-Poor Low Carbon Development” on March 31st, 2016 at The Ramada Hotel, No. 30, Sir Mohamed Macan, Colombo 00300, Sri Lanka. The event will bring together policy makers and practitioners from South Asia to share their knowledge on low-carbon […]

By Senashia Ekanayake
Sri Lanka does not have one too many disasters. There are those that pass by, but for most of the part, we are on the safe side of things and probably have one colossal calamity once a decade.

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 […]