Under Flood Resilient Environmentally Enhanced #DisasterManagement (FREEDM) project, supported by Lutheran world relief, Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) focused its intervention in Eastern state of India. Climate change is already wreaking havoc on ecosystems, economies and communities in this region. The marginalised communities are trapped in the vicious circuit of poverty. Besides monetary resources, […]

By Senashia Ekanayake
A lot of us want to do something about the terrible state of the environment that we live in but truth be told, most of the time, we don’t really know where to start.

By Zahrah Rizwan
The world population of youth, within the ages of 10-24 amounts to1.8 billion in a world population of 7 billion people, as documented by the UNFPA state of world population 2014.

By Rowena Mathew
In order to showcase India’s adaptation efforts and achievement in climate resilient development of agriculture sector, a side event “Scaling up Adaptation Strategies for Climate Resilient Agriculture in India” was scheduled on 5th December, 2015 at the India Pavilion.

By Basanta Paudel
As science becomes increasingly clear about the abrupt impacts of climate change, the governments and practitioners across the world are implementing climate change interventions. Such interventions are aimed at building capacity and enhancing the livelihood of communities.

By Zahrah Rizwan
The young population in the world (between the age of 10 to 24yrs) amounts to 1.8 billion representing 18% of the total world population, according to the UNFPA State of World Population 2014 report.

By Bhagya Wickramsinghe
Climate change is one of the key challenges that has united the countries around the globe. With impacts that affect everyone in the world, it is not a question for one group of society, but all living on the planet. 

By Vositha Wijenayake
As the impacts of climate change increase in severity, and are felt on a daily basis, adapting to climate change has become one of the main aspects of addressing the adverse effects of climate change.

LEAD #Pakistan launched a research study on Mainstreaming Community Based Climate Change Adaptation in Pakistan. As part of its research series on vulnerability and resilience, which, as the name suggests, comprises prime studies that examine the vulnerability to a host of climate induced hazards; and also suggests measures to build resilience against them. Each individual […]

As a part of the regular climate discussion, Clean Energy Nepal (CEN) organised a special interaction programme on Environment and Climate Change on the National Budget on July 21, 2014 in Kathmandu, #Nepal. Various representatives from civil society, development agencies and media participated at this event. Mr Raju P Chettri from CEN who facilitated the […]