By Navam Niles The second day of the workshop continued on the broad theme detailing the objectives of low carbon development, including: creating awareness on local carbon development, sharing country and sectorial case studies and developing a long-term regional low-carbon development strategy. The goals emphasised the need to associate the low carbon development strategy with […]
Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) is tasked with preparing the negotiating text for the COP 21 scheduled to be held in Paris. Parties gathered in Geneva from 8th to 13 February for the 8th part of the 2nd session to start from where they left off the draft […]
South Asia, one of the most vulnerable regions in the world is constantly grappling to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change. In such vulnerable regions, climate change threatens to affect food security, water security and energy access, all of which are crucial for enhancing lives of the marginalised subject to extreme poverty and […]
Date: December 02, 2014 Time: 1830 – 2000h (GMT-5) Venue: COP 20, Lima, PERU @ Room Maranga CANSA event in partnership with Development Alternatives, SDPI, APAN, IYCN and Oxfam aims to share the approaches underplayed in region to implement a climate agenda that is complex and diverse considering the fact that countries have high vulnerability and energy security as […]
By Vositha Wijenayake Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA), with partner networks of Southern Voices on Adaptation organised the Regional Workshop for Southern Voices on Adaptation, on October 04, 2014 at the Seri Pacific Hotel in Malaysia. The event was organised as a back to back event of the Asia Pacific Adaptation Forum held in Malaysia. […]
Energy plays a pivotal role in poverty reduction efforts. It is central to various aspects of development such as health, population, agriculture productivity, education, livelihoods etc. The correlation of energy with Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is such that none of the MDGs will be met without improvement in quality and quantity of energy services in […]
Originally designed for Least Developed Countries to facilitate adaptation planning, the National Adaptation Plans or NAPs was designed with the intention of meeting two objectives, first, to reduce vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, by building adaptive capacity and resilience and second, to facilitate the integration of climate change adaptation, in a coherent manner, […]
Shifting from National Adaptation Programme for Action, many LDCs are in the process of developing National Adaptation Plan processes. A two-day workshop on this process, titled NAP Expo, was held on August 08-09, 2014, in Bonn, organised by the UNFCCC and the Least Developed Country Expert Group (LEG). The objectives of this event were to: Serve as a […]
As an organisation that lobbies for climate action, CANSA has identified and constantly spoken of the grave threat to the South Asian region. Comprising few of the world’s poorest countries, nearly 40% of South Asian live with less than USD 1.25 a day. With the region’s heavy dependency on agriculture and 70% of its population […]
Climate Action Network South Asia in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Press Institute will conduct a Workshop on Climate Change and Development Journalism for local journalists on Monday February 10, 2014 at the Sri Lanka Press Institute, Colombo 05. The speakers for the event will include Energy Forum Director and Ministry of Technology and Research […]