Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri is Executive Director, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Pakistan’s premier policy research think-tank. Till 2022, he served as a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council/National Economic Advisory Council for three terms, and the National Advisory Council of the Planning Commission of Pakistan. Currently, he serves as a member of […]
Dr Md. Golam Rabbani is Head of the Climate Bridge Fund Secretariat at BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He was a key team member involved in preparing Bangladesh’s National Adaptation Programme of Action (2005), the Second National Communication to the UNFCCC (2012), as well as the Adaptation Chapter for the Third National Communication […]
Mujtaba Bashari is Board Member of the Afghanistan Environmental Experts Association, and was GEF Program Manager at the World Conservation Society, Afghanistan program. He was also with the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of Small Grant Programme (UNDP) and member of Global Youth Biodiversity Network. He is presently pursuing a PhD at the Department of Environmental […]
Sarath Ekanayake is Secretary, CABRE (Center for Applied Biodiversity Research and Education) – a partner organisation of CANSA. Concurrently, he serves as a consultant plant ecologist of IUCN – The World Conservation Union, Sri Lanka, and a member of the species expert committee of the Ministry of Environment, Sri Lanka. He has worked with the […]
#FossilFuel Exit Strategy finds that existing coal, oil and gas production puts the world on course to overshoot Paris climate targets. The report analyses global renewable energy potential, and finds that every region on Earth can replace fossil fuels with renewable energy to keep warming below 1.5ºC and provide reliable energy access to all. 10 […]
CANSA urges all countries to submit ambitious climate action plans, as UN deadline for Paris Agreement submissions approaches 25 December 2020, Dhaka/New Delhi: Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA), a coalition of about 300 non-governmental organisations and networks, made an urgent appeal today to all countries to submit ambitious climate action plans as per their […]
De-risking International Investments in Indian Solar Energy Sector A Multi-stakeholder Workshop titled ”De-risking International Investments in Indian Solar Energy Sector” was organised in Intersolar, Bengaluru on 13th December, 2018 by TERI, Germanwatch, CANSA and Vasudha Foundation. The event was attended by solar industry representatives, Civil Society organisations and Ex-Chairman, Karnataka State Electricity Regulatory Commission. Highlights […]
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CANSA in partnership with Germanwatch hosted a day long workshop on ‘Sustainable Lifestyles’ on 23rd March 2018 at Conference of Vasudha Foundation in Delhi. The event was an opportunity to present the draft background paper, which the team drafted as ‘living document’ that gained knowledge from various best practices. Sustainable lifestyles can be defined differently in […]
CANSA member GEAG co-hosts ‘Consultation workshop for children-centric and climate-resilient WASH, Nutrition and Education in Uttar Pradesh’ 28 December, 2017 Uttar Pradesh GEAG co-organised a one-day workshop on Dec 28, 2017 titled ‘Consultation workshop for children-centric and climate-resilient WASH, Nutrition and Education in Uttar Pradesh’, in collaboration with Climate Action Network South Asia, UNICEF India […]
