“Loss and Damage” has been one of the deeply contested issues by the COP at its 20th session in Lima.  In the end Parties adopted a decision establishing the Warsaw international mechanism. In the video researchers talk about genesis and progress of Loss and Damage as an issue for negotiations including in Lima.

UNITED NATIONS: UN chief Ban Ki-moon has voiced appreciation for US President Barack Obama’s “personal engagement” with India, China and Brazil on climate change, saying he counts on his strong leadership to reach an agreement on the issue in Paris in December. “I really appreciate your personal engagement starting with China and Brazil and India, […]

Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan is merely one of the ways that will help it fulfill an existing pledge to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28% by 2025 from 2005 levels. “The biggest, most important step we have ever taken to combat climate change”. That is how President Barack Obama described the Clean Power […]

July 25, 2015, New Delhi :  India needs to follow a development path that avoids both unnecessary greenhouse gas emissions and ensures that it is on track to achieve sustainable development goals. India’s Intended nationally designated contributions (INDCs) for adaptation to #ClimateChange must focus on empowering the poorest and vulnerable people with viable #LocalAdaptation strategies. […]

By Senashia Ekanayake 
The second day of the Eighth Instalment of the International Conference on Community Based Adaptation in Kathmandu, Nepal entailed a series of sessions including those that emphasised the importance of engaging the private sector for financing for local adaptation

The scientific evidence as articulated in 5th Assessment report by IPCC indicates the mounting stress of climate change on the ecosystem in South Asia and its peoples is unparalleled. Thus, the urgent question to be addressed is how these vulnerable countries would cope-up with the impacts of climate change while keeping up with their development […]

By Navam Niles The second day of the workshop continued on the broad theme detailing the objectives of low carbon development, including: creating awareness on local carbon development, sharing country and sectorial case studies and developing a long-term regional low-carbon development strategy. The goals emphasised the need to associate the low carbon development strategy with […]

[Colombo] February 24, 2015, : Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA) a coalition of 125 civil society organisations called upon the heads of governments of developing countries to collaborate and coordinate their efforts on climate change #Adaptation plans and ensure that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) reflect the urgency to address climate impacts at the […]

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) is tasked with preparing the negotiating text for the COP 21 scheduled to be held in Paris.  Parties gathered in Geneva from 8th to 13 February for the 8th part of the 2nd session to start from where they left off the draft […]

By Basanta Paudel
As science becomes increasingly clear about the abrupt impacts of climate change, the governments and practitioners across the world are implementing climate change interventions. Such interventions are aimed at building capacity and enhancing the livelihood of communities.