The second day of the “South Asian Parliamentarians and Policymakers at Work: Putting Climate Adaptation, Food Security, Population Dynamics Back in the Agenda” sub-regional conference, witnessed spirited debates and productive discussions on a variety of critical climate related issues. The primary focus was on issues concerning agriculture and food security, water security, and migration and […]

Pakistan, Islamabad, December 18, 2013 – Members of Parliaments of South Asian states and representatives of national and regionalCivil Society Organisations (CSOs) of South Asia, attending the sub-regional conference‘South AsianParliamentarians and Policy Makers at Work: Putting Climate Adaptation, Food Security andPopulation Dynamics back in the Agenda’ organised in Islamabad, Pakistan on 16-18 December2013, concerned about […]

Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA), Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) and Oxfam, in partnership with organisations Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) and LEAD Pakistan as National Implementing Partner in collaboration with European Commission,  Ministry of Environment Japan, Global Water Partnership, and Asia Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD)  are organising  South Asian […]

Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA), in partnership with SDPI, LEAD will be organising a workshop for, on 16th – 18th December 2013 at Hotel Marriott, Islamabad to deliberate on the various cross cutting issues that should form the core of regional climate policies. The multi-disciplinary gathering will have a forward looking agenda where the experts […]

CAN South Asia is organising a conference call for journalists with the participation of three panellists, Professor Mohan Munasinghe, Chairman of MIND, Ms Suruchi Bwaswal, Associate Director, Earth Sciences and Climate Change Division of TERI and Mr. Sanjay Vashis, Director of CANSA. The call will start at 3.30pm IST on the 27th of September 2013, and […]

The Regional Workshop on Options for an Innovative Climate Finance Regime for South Asia was held at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on the 19th and 20th August 2013. The event organised by CANSA, APAN, ADAPT Asia-Pacific, LEAD brought together a group of participants which included government officials, members of civil society as […]

Advocacy is a key tool for linking grass-root action to policy makers, and CANSA and Southern Voices project have understood this. In order to highlight the key elements that lead to efficient and productive advocacy, CANSA in partnership with Inforse is organising the first regional workshop with the aim of providing partner organisations to share […]

Like every year CANSA will be organising its annual knowledge sharing workshop, and this year it will be held on the 22-23rd August, 2013 at Agra, India. During the two days there will be specific thematic discussions on issues identified by members. The objective is to bring forth the technical details of the issues and […]

By Vositha Wijenayake Sanjay Vashist, Director of Climate Action Network South Asia speaking at the South Asia Regional Consultation on Climate Change Adaptation Managing Risk for Resilience held on the 24th of June 2013 in Delhi, said that South Asian countries are working on adaptation, mitigation and the difficulties we are facing. “Since South Asia […]

By Vositha Wijenayake In a side event organized by Bread for the World, on the 7th of June 2013, at the Bonn sessions of UNFCCC, Mr. Sudheer Sharma presented his views on behalf of CAN South Asia. He said, “No one could be more aware of what climate change impacts could do than those living […]