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.

By Santosh Patnaik
During the recently concluded Paris summit, blueprint to deal with climate change in the coming decade has been prepared. During the negotiations, India was portrayed in the Western media as a stumbling block to an ambitious climate deal.

[Dhaka/New Delhi] December 16, 2014: Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA) a coalition of over 120 civil society organisations have expressed their disappointment and dissatisfaction on the lack of progress on crucial issues at the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP20) that concluded in Lima on Sunday. CANSA members attending the summit in Peru have […]

South Asia, one of the most vulnerable regions in the world is constantly grappling to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change. In such vulnerable regions, climate change threatens to affect food security, water security and energy access, all of which are crucial for enhancing lives of the marginalised subject to extreme poverty and […]

[Dhaka/Kathmandu/Islamabad/New Delhi] December 03, 2014: Over 120 civil society organisations affiliated to Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA) called upon governments gathering in Lima, Peru for the UN climate talks this week to harness the growing momentum for climate action and use it to make progress on a comprehensive international climate agreement due at the […]