The Sri Lankan National Steering Committee (NSC) of CANSA unanimously appointed Navam Niles of SLYCAN and Sarath Ekanayake of CABRE as the new Co-Chairs of the NSC at its third meeting for the year at the Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA), on July 01, 2014. The participants included members of the NSC: Bandula Chandrasena (Energy […]

By Mohon Kumar Mondal
The South West coastal region of Bangladesh is most vulnerable to both sudden and slow onset impacts of climate change. It is one of the main hotspot in country even in the world, in terms of climate vulnerability.

By Anju Sharma
One of the most critical elements for successful adaptation by poor and vulnerable communities – if not the most critical element – will be their ability to identify local climate-related threats and respond quickly where response is possible, with locally appropriate solutions.

By Anju Sharma
The Indian Ministry for Environment and Forests (MOEF)  has been renamedthe Ministry for Environment, Forests and Climate Change by the new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is meant to indicate the climate change will be a priority for the Modi administration, with MOEF in the lead.

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 […]