By Vositha Wijenayake and Vidya Nathaniel
Despite both mitigation and adaptation efforts, it is now widely recognised that residual negative climate change impacts, or loss and damage, cannot be fully avoided[1]  increasing the need to focus on addressing climate change.

By Sudhir Sharma and Rixa Schwarz
The recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit of 10 -12November 2014 in China, held a surprise for the climate scene: The USA and China announcement on their intentions for their INDCs. President Obama announced a GHG emission reduction of 26 to 28% by 2025 below 2005 levels.

By Anju Sharma
The “post-2015 sustainable development agenda” involves two separate processes – development and climate change – under the UN aegis. No wonder then, that both processes share similar obstacles. A particularly contentious, is the Common But Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR) principle.

By Anam Zeb
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s fifth assessment report (AR5) produced a powerful warning to the world: “If we continue to emit CO2 at the rate at which we are doing, mean global surface temperatures are likely to exceed 2⁰ Celsius.

By Raman Mehta and Sudhir Sharma
South Asia, which is the most densely populated region in the world, is home to 1.7 billion people, or around 23% of the global population.  The region contributes around 6% of the GHG emissions, the bulk of which emanate from India, which is home to 1.2 billion people.

By Rixa Schwarz
Who does how much on domestic emission reduction and international support? This is becoming an omnipresent question in the preparations to Lima and Paris. Some countries have started preparing their initial Nationally Determined Contributions (iNDCs) while some wait to see what others offer.  

By Vositha Wijenayake and Vidya Nathaniel 
Edited by Navam Niles

The 21st Session of Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), scheduled for December 2015, should set the stage for a new climate change agreement. Ideally, this COP will create a binding universal agreement on climate change with tangible targets affecting all the parties.

South Asian people are more vulnerable because of severe impacts of Climate Change, Disaster and Food Security. Bundle of declarations have been prepared at previous #SAARC summits to fight climate change and natural disasters and to ensure food security, but proper implementation of commitment does not seem to be effective. The street drama will be […]

The population of the #SAARC region out of the global population is about 23.7% of which many are poor and vulnerable and mostly living in rural area, directly depending on agricultural. With 23.7% share in global population, the region has only share 2.62% share in global income. Adding to this, 60% of the South Asian […]

By Vositha Wijenayake
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report has expressed that  majority of climate change has been created by human induced causes, that impacts are already felt, and if we do not take actions fast, we are heading for a bleak future.