Climate Change as an Opportunity to ensure Food and Energy Security

[Colombo, Sri Lanka] – May 22, 2014 – A first of its kind, Local Government representatives met members of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) today to discuss #ClimateChange negotiations. Organised by the Climate Change Secretariat of the Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy in association with Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA), the Workshop on Climate […]

CANSA and Ministry of Environment in Sri Lanka to Conduct Workshop for Negotiators

[Colombo, Sri Lanka] – May 21, 2014 – The Climate Change Secretariat of the Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy in association with Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA) will conduct a Workshop on Climate Change Negotiationson May 22-23, 2014 at Renuka Hotel, Colombo 03. This event is organised with the Climate Change Secretariat of […]

Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation to National Planning

By Senashia Ekanayake
The first day of the Eighth Instalment of the International Conference on Community Based Adaptation drew to a close with the participation of both nearly 400 State and non-State actors from 63 countries. The Chief Guest for the Opening Plenary was Government of Nepal Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Sushil Koirala.

LDC Chair: Least Developed and Small Islands States to be First and Worst Hit

[South Asia] – April 15, 2014: Climate Action Network South Asia welcomes the launch of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) latest report in Berlin today which shows that avoiding catastrophic climate change is still possible, but only with rapid and sustained cuts to #CarbonPollution. The report points to the benefits of increasing the […]

Bangladesh to Combat Poverty and Climate Change for Sustainable Future

[South Asia] – April 13, 2014: Climate Action Network South Asia welcomes the launch of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) latest report in Berlin today which shows that avoiding catastrophic climate change is still possible, but only with rapid and sustained cuts to #CarbonPollution. The report points to the benefits of increasing the […]

A Shift towards Renewables and a Greener Economy for a Sustainable Sri Lanka

[Colombo, Sri Lanka] – April 13, 2014: Climate Action Network South Asia welcomes the launch of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) latest report in Berlin today which shows that avoiding catastrophic climate change is still possible, but only with rapid and sustained cuts to carbon pollution. The report points to the benefits of […]

Pakistan: Development Must Take Place with a Sense of Sustainability

[South Asia] – April 13, 2014: Climate Action Network South Asia welcomes the launch of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (#IPCC) latest report in Berlin today which shows that avoiding catastrophic climate change is still possible, but only with rapid and sustained cuts to #CarbonPollution. The report points to the benefits of increasing the […]

South Asian Leaders and Civil Society Must to Act Now and Together

[South Asia] – March 31, 2014 – South Asia has been warned. The launch of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of Working Group (WG) II by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (IPCC) entitled Climate Change 2014: Impacts, #Adaptation, and Vulnerability provided impacts of climate change to date, the future risks from a changing climate […]

Sri Lanka Calls for integration of Climate Change in Development Planning

[Orchha, Madhya Pradesh] – March 25, 2014 – Climate Action Network South Asia in partnership with Climate Action Network Europe and hosted by Development Alternatives together will conduct a four-day Summit entitled Strengthen Linkages between EU-South Asia Networks on Addressing Climate Impacts from March 24-27, 2014 in Orchha, India. The sessions for the day included […]

EU and South Asia Urge Negotiations Conforming to the Reality of Climate Change

[Orchha, Madhya Pradesh] – March 25, 2014 – Climate Action Network South Asia in partnership with Climate Action Network Europe and hosted by Development Alternatives together conducted the first of a four-day Summit entitled Strengthen Linkages between EU-South Asia Networks on Addressing Climate Impacts on March 24, 2014 in Orchha, India. The sessions for the […]