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”.

By Saleem Khan
As governments and other agencies spend more money on adaptation to climate change they want to know that their investments are effective.-that adaptation will keep development on track, that there is a fair distribution of costs and benefits, and that climate resilience is being built.

By Dipesh Chapagain 
(Durban) “There is a need for a stronger political commitment beyond narrow short term interest, we should not let our people down”, Hon. Environment Minister Hemraj Tater, Government of Nepal stressed in his statement in high level segment of the UN climate change conference (COP 17/CMP 7) in Durban, South Africa on December 7, 2011.

By Dipesh Chapagain
The first half of the UN climate change conference (COP17) in Durban was about to end and parties were unsure about the outcomes from the conference. Meeting of both the subsidiary body (SBI and SBSTA) were in the closing stage and negotiation was about to enter into the high level segment.

The impacts of Global #ClimateChange include sea-level rise affecting coastal areas and #IslandStates greater intensity of cyclones and probably enhanced precipitation in monsoon areas. These have their reinforcing feed-back mechanisms.  A recent study (November 1991) published by Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies that : “The coastal areas of Bangladesh were devastated by a cyclone in […]

By Ranga Pallawala
The entire world is looking at how Climate Change negotiations will turn around during the second week of COP17/CMP7 at Durban, South Africa building on the agreements made at Cancun, Mexico last year.