By Vositha Wijeynayake
Negotiations continue at the UNFCCC, as the ADP Moves to its 2nd Day The negotiations of the ADP continued on Day Two with the Workshop on domestic preparations for intended nationally determined contributions. Speaking at the plenary,

By Vositha Wijeynayake
This year’s UN climate change negotiations commenced in Bonn, with the first session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP)  on March 10,  2014. This marks the beginning of an intense year of conferences and summits designed to lead to a meaningful, universal agreement in Paris in late 2015.

Thank you Co-Chairs I am speaking on behalf of #ClimateActionNetwork . The #ADP has three crucial tasks this week. First: Ambition, ambition, ambition within finance and mitigation is key.  The focus on renewable energy and energy efficiency under Workstream 2 is a positive start. Combined together, these areas have potential to decrease 5 Gt of […]

By Sudhir Sharma
The First session after the Warsaw discussions on Adhoc Durban Platform (ADP) is around the corner and the time has come for us to look what we as responsible citizens of India expect from our country in the negotiations.

By Anju Sharma
On my way to the sixth meeting of the Green Climate Fund Board (GCFB) this month, I grabbed the opportunity for an unplanned visit to Nagarahole National Park in Karnataka, south India. The significance of this journey struck me only as I entered the park, when I remembered the last time I was there.

By Senashia Ekanayake
With nearly 91% of the country electrified (CBSL 2012 Annual Report), Sri Lanka definitely has one of the most reliable power supplies and is definitely steps ahead of its South Asian neighbours. Predictions state that the whole country is to be electrified by the end of this year.

By Senashia Ekanayake
It’s ironic how the world’s poorest countries are those severely affected by climate change. With the Himalayas in place and the countries’ proximity to the equator, climate change is an issue we are to deal with right here, right now.

Bangladesh: The Big Picture Reckoned as one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change according to different study reports, #Bangladesh will be one of the most exposed nations to the impacts of climate change in the coming decades as climate variability will result into more frequent and intense disasters causing human and economic loss. […]

By Saleemul Huq
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which was signed and ratified almost two decades ago to tackle the threat of human induced interference in the global atmosphere, has gone through several paradigm shifts over the last two decades.

By Thishya Weragoda
“Nice, you’ve got a Pink Badge… so you can go and follow all the negotiations” she said.
He replied, “What’s the point … they spend hours talking about the same stuff.. sometimes they spend days talking about changing one word”.