CANSA and DA to Strengthen Linkages to Combat Climate Change

[Orchha, Madhya Pradesh] – March 24, 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 Summit is devised to envisage […]

CANSA and SLPI Conduct Second Workshop on Climate Change and Development Journalism

[Colombo, Sri Lanka] – March 21, 2014 – Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA) in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Press Institute conducted the second Workshop on #ClimateChange and Development Journalism for local journalists yesterday, Thursday March 20, 2014 at the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI), Colombo 05. The Workshop focused on the Intergovernmental Panel on […]

Strengthen Linkages between EU-South Asia Networks on Addressing Climate Impacts: EU-South Summit

As an organisation that lobbies for climate action, CANSA has identified and constantly spoken of the grave threat to the South Asian region. Comprising few of the world’s poorest countries, nearly 40% of South Asian live with less than USD 1.25 a day. With the region’s heavy dependency on agriculture and 70% of its population […]

CANSA and SLPI Conduct Workshop on Climate Change and Development Journalism

[Colombo, Sri Lanka] – February 10, 2014 – Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA) in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Press Institute conducted a Workshop on Climate Change and Development Journalism for local journalists yesterday, Monday February 10, 2014 at the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI), Colombo 05. The Workshop highlighted the energy situation in […]

CANSA and SLPI Conduct Second Workshop on Climate Change and Development Journalism

Climate Action Network South Asia in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Press Institute will conduct a Workshop on Climate Change and Development Journalism for local journalists on Monday February 10, 2014 at the Sri Lanka Press Institute, Colombo 05. The speakers for the event will include Energy Forum Director and Ministry of Technology and Research […]

Wrap up of Day 2 South Asian Parliamentarians and Policymakers at Work: Putting Climate Adaptation, Food Security, Population Dynamics Back in the Agenda

The second day of the “South Asian Parliamentarians and Policymakers at Work: Putting Climate Adaptation, Food Security, Population Dynamics Back in the Agenda” sub-regional conference, witnessed spirited debates and productive discussions on a variety of critical climate related issues. The primary focus was on issues concerning agriculture and food security, water security, and migration and […]

Summary of Day 3 : South Asian Parliamentarians and Policymakers at Work: Putting Climate Adaptation, Food Security, Population Dynamics back in the Agenda

Pakistan, Islamabad, December 18, 2013 – Members of Parliaments of South Asian states and representatives of national and regionalCivil Society Organisations (CSOs) of South Asia, attending the sub-regional conference‘South AsianParliamentarians and Policy Makers at Work: Putting Climate Adaptation, Food Security andPopulation Dynamics back in the Agenda’ organised in Islamabad, Pakistan on 16-18 December2013, concerned about […]

Summary of Day 3: South Asian Parliamentarians and Policymakers at Work: Putting Climate Adaptation, Food Security, Population Dynamics Back in the Agenda

[Pakistan, Islamabad] – December 18, 2013 – Members of Parliaments of South Asian states and representatives of national and regional Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) of South Asia, attending the sub-regional conference ‘South Asian Parliamentarians and Policy Makers at Work: Putting #ClimateAdaptation , Food Security and Population Dynamics back in the Agenda’ organised in Islamabad, Pakistan […]

South Asian Parliamentarians And Policymakers At Work: Putting Climate Adaptation, Food Security, Population Dynamics Back In The Agenda

[Islamabad, Pakistan] – December 17, 2013 Policy makers and experts from across South Asia reinforced the need for cooperation to jointly address mounting climate change effects in the region. The frequency of natural catastrophes and disasters in South Asia has increased over the years, putting one of the most populated regions in the world at […]

South Asian Policymakers and Experts to Gear Up for New Climate Challenges

NEWS HIGLIGHTS: [PAKISTAN, Islamabad] – December 16, 2013 – The Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) and the Climate Action Network of South Asia (CANSA), Oxfam, along with Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development , will gather together more than 60 policymakers and experts in Islamabad, Pakistan, to design strategies for greater collaboration on […]