Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA), Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) and Oxfam, in partnership with organisations Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) and LEAD Pakistan as National Implementing Partner in collaboration with European Commission,  Ministry of Environment Japan, Global Water Partnership, and Asia Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD)  are organising  South Asian […]

Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA), in partnership with SDPI, LEAD will be organising a workshop for, on 16th – 18th December 2013 at Hotel Marriott, Islamabad to deliberate on the various cross cutting issues that should form the core of regional climate policies. The multi-disciplinary gathering will have a forward looking agenda where the experts […]

[Warsaw, Poland] – November 20, 2013 – During early hours of November 20, G77 and China expressed strong opposition to the stance taken by the developed countries at the negotiations on Loss and Damage. This was due to developed countries blocking any progress on setting up International Mechanism for Loss and Damage. In response these […]

[Warsaw, Poland] — November 15, 2013 – Japan announced its new 2020 emissions reduction target today at the UN climate negotiations in Poland. While parties are negotiating to raise the level of ambition during this year’s meeting, Japan has now abandoned their 25% reduction target from 1990, and proposed 3.1% increase compared to 1990 levels. […]

CAN South Asia is organising a conference call for journalists with the participation of three panellists, Professor Mohan Munasinghe, Chairman of MIND, Ms Suruchi Bwaswal, Associate Director, Earth Sciences and Climate Change Division of TERI and Mr. Sanjay Vashis, Director of CANSA. The call will start at 3.30pm IST on the 27th of September 2013, and […]

The Regional Workshop on Options for an Innovative Climate Finance Regime for South Asia was held at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on the 19th and 20th August 2013. The event organised by CANSA, APAN, ADAPT Asia-Pacific, LEAD brought together a group of participants which included government officials, members of civil society as […]

Advocacy is a key tool for linking grass-root action to policy makers, and CANSA and Southern Voices project have understood this. In order to highlight the key elements that lead to efficient and productive advocacy, CANSA in partnership with Inforse is organising the first regional workshop with the aim of providing partner organisations to share […]

Like every year CANSA will be organising its annual knowledge sharing workshop, and this year it will be held on the 22-23rd August, 2013 at Agra, India. During the two days there will be specific thematic discussions on issues identified by members. The objective is to bring forth the technical details of the issues and […]

By Vositha Wijenayake Sanjay Vashist, Director of Climate Action Network South Asia speaking at the South Asia Regional Consultation on Climate Change Adaptation Managing Risk for Resilience held on the 24th of June 2013 in Delhi, said that South Asian countries are working on adaptation, mitigation and the difficulties we are facing. “Since South Asia […]

By Vositha Wijenayake In a side event organized by Bread for the World, on the 7th of June 2013, at the Bonn sessions of UNFCCC, Mr. Sudheer Sharma presented his views on behalf of CAN South Asia. He said, “No one could be more aware of what climate change impacts could do than those living […]