When climate agreement was reached in Paris in last December with an aim to limit climate change, at ground level it necessitated enhanced action. National action plan and state action plan prepared at sub-national level have never been so relevant than now to build resilient society. Concrete planning and follow up action is paramount to […]

By Anoop Poonia
The World Trade Organization (WTO) recently ruled against India’s “buy-local” provisions for large solar projects, which are entitled to subsidy and assured government procurement if the equipment is manufactured locally

[Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh] Tuesday  March 1st, 2016] –-  Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA), a coalition of over 143 civil society groups from South Asia has called for collective action in order to build climate resilience and disaster risk reduction at 2 days’ workshop on “Building Climate Resilience and Mainstreaming DRR in the State of […]

CANSA along with Poorvanchal Gramin Vikas Sansthan (PGVS) in collaboration with Directorate of Environment, Uttar Pradesh is organising a two days’ workshop on “Building Climate Resilience & Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in the state of Uttar Pradesh”. The workshop will be held on 29th February and 1st March in Hotel Vivanta by Taj, Gomti Nagar, […]

NEW DELHI: Renaming the Clean Energy Cess as Clean Environment Cess, the government today proposed to raise the cess on coal, lignite and peat from the current Rs 200 a tonne to Rs 400 per tonne. “I propose to rename the Clean Energy Cess levied on coal, lignite and peat as Clean Environment Cess and […]

Washington: In a setback to India, a World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute settlement panel has ruled in favour of the US in its challenge to New Delhi’s alleged discrimination against US solar exports, according to the US Trade Representative (USTR). The panel agreed with the US that India’s “localisation” rules discriminated against imported solar cells […]

[New Delhi, India] – 25 February 2016 : Climate Action Network South Asia, a coalition of over 143 civil society organizations, collectively condemned the  World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling against India’s ambitious solar program, that requires power companies to use locally manufactured #SolarCells and modules in order to benefit from a government-subsidized program, to achieve […]

By Anoop Poonia
When the Green Climate Fund (GCF) was announced at COP16 in 2010, the intention was to give small, developing countries direct access to finance to protect themselves from climate change. Yet many of the smallest and most at-risk countries in the world now claim that they do not have the means to access these funds directly.

Download Here PDF This submission fulfils a request made by the Secretariat for public input on elements for the development of the GCF ESMS in response to Board decision B.07/02, paragraph (n) and an approved outline for the Fund’s ESMS. The input below is provided on behalf of the organizations listed below. This submission should […]

By Charlotte Middlehurst and Ramesh Bhushal On 18 April 2014, an avalanche ripped through the base camp of Mount Everest killing 16 Nepalese Sherpa guides. The accident, the most deadly in the mountain’s history, triggered an unprecedented boycott among the Sherpas, who refused to return to the mountain for the rest of the climbing season. […]