By Anju Sharma
India has a new government. Narendra Modi, leader of the centre-right National Democratic Alliance (NDA), took oath as Prime Minster this week following a landslide election victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). What will this mean for India’s poor,
CANSA Director Sanjay Vashist, expresses his view on the on the new step in Indian politics and analyses the potential impacts of India PM Designated Narendra Modi’s from BJP… ‘NaMo’ India Dawn of May 16, 2014, #India woke up anticipating election results that were to be announced after six weeks of election campaigning and eight […]
By Navam Niles
The most underrated phenomenon of our lifetimes is climate change, which is without precedent and affects every species on the planet in varying degrees. In its simplest form, according to the UNFCCC, climate change refers to a change of climate that is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity,
By Senashia Ekanayake
The scorching sun, followed by abrupt rain to disturb the peace of a warm and sweaty weekday afternoon. The weather has become the topic of discussion at the workplace, in classrooms and with your tuk-tuk drivers while waiting for the traffic light to turn green.
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. […]
There is an unchallenged contention that there is a causal and direct link between increased #Population and #ClimateChange . Population is linked to climate change only through the intermediate stage or process of consumption. This fact may be illustrated by the GHG equivalent population distribution curves. The major focus of this research project will be […]
Extended discussions on different aspects of the scientific issues concluded that so far, almost all major scientific initiatives, research and data output had been from the developed countries, even when they pertain to developing countries. It was strongly felt that developing countries must undertake some relevant scientific studies of their own. It was, therefore, decided […]
By Nilima Choudhury India’s vulnerability to extreme weather was exposed this week when floods killed at least 130 people with thousands reported missing. The monsoon arrived early in the northern state of #Uttarakhand , bringing with it 375% more rain than in previous years. The sheer weight of water that hit an area known as India’s […]
While the world is waking up to the news of the horrific scale of the recent flood disaster in the #Mahakali basin of Nepal and #Uttarakhand in India, several questions are being asked: what kind of climatic events led to this disaster? Could anything have been done to reduce the loss of life and property? […]