Gender and Climate Change – The India Pavilion at COP21 Highlights What Needs to be Done

By Aditi Kapoor 
Gender and climate change are often seen as two disconnected areas. Even when the connections are recognized, gender remains on the margins of climate change solutions. World leaders at the recently concluded global climate talks at the Conference of Parties (COP) 21 meeting at Paris in December 2015


A ‘Wake-up’ Call at Paris But Real Work Is Pending

By Aditi Kapoor
Despite 196 nations giving their ‘aye’ to the global climate agreement adopted in Paris on Saturday, the agreement does not really spell a win-win situation for all.


Resolution Compiled by Sabuj Mancha on The Backdrop of COP21 in Paris

Sabuj Mancha, roughly translated means a green platform, is a forum of individuals and organizations being conscious to the cause of environment. The platform has been born in 2009 and since then has been raising concern against various forms of environmental and climatic degradations. Presently it is the biggest platform of its kind in state of West Bengal in India


Gender Concerns Take Centre-stage at India Pavilion Amidst Global Climate Talks in Paris

By Aditi Kapoor
The need to incorporate gender concerns and women’s rights in climate change was discussed at a side-event organized by Alternative Futures and TERRE Policy Centre at the India Pavilion on Tuesday, 8th December, 2015, even as the climate negotiators in adjoining rooms gave scant importance to gender in their draft negotiating texts.


The Importance Of Youth In A Country’s Development

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.


Letter from People of India to COP21 and Friends in the Developed World

Dear Friends, You don’t know us. You may not even have heard of us. We speak a different language but we are sure you will understand us. We can’t write; we are illiterate. We are poor. We live in far off places. There’s no light in our village. We use firewood to cook. We have […]


Scaling up Adaptation Strategies for Climate Resilient Agriculture in India

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.


Paris Agreement Should Ensure Compliance

By Vositha Wijenayake
Success of the Paris outcome of the climate negotiations will not be only through the strict commitments that countries will be making, but also their participation to the Agreement, as well as complying with the commitments made.


Country Leaders Stances at COP21

By Senashia Ekanayake
The twenty-first session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP21) kicked off Monday November 30, 2015 with the highest number of country leaders attending a COP.


Chennai Floods : Why India Must Support 1.5°C goal at Paris Climate Summit

By Sanjay Vashist
Chennai, India’s fourth-largest city is being battered by record-breaking rainfall that continues to pound the city. The weather and subsequent flooding have already claimed 270 lives, disrupted electricity and phone service in many areas, and forced the city’s airport to shutdown.


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