The population of the #SAARC region out of the global population is about 23.7% of which many are poor and vulnerable and mostly living in rural area, directly depending on agricultural. With 23.7% share in global population, the region has only share 2.62% share in global income. Adding to this, 60% of the South Asian […]

By Vositha Wijenayake
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report has expressed that  majority of climate change has been created by human induced causes, that impacts are already felt, and if we do not take actions fast, we are heading for a bleak future.

[Dhaka] November 09, 2014: Today six right group networks and two journalist fora on climate change, in a joint press conference held at National Press Club, criticised the present Environment Minister’s approach to climate change issues and appealed for the Prime Minister’s intervention in respect to the preparation for UNFCCC (United Nation Frame work for […]

By Latha Jishnu
IN September, as a stunned India watched Jammu & Kashmir grapple with unprecedented floods, the worst in living memory as its chief minister described it, there was a call from an acquaintance, a retired professor.

The 20th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and CMP 10 (Conference of Parties serving as Meeting of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol) will take place during 1st to 12th December in Lima.

The 18th SAARC Summit will be held in Kathmandu on the 26-27 November 2014. The overall theme for the Summit is identified as “Deeper Integration for Peace, Progress and Prosperity,” and is expected to to address many important regional concerns

By Harjeet Singh
After five long years I’m back in Copenhagen. Wait a minute! Should I call the city ‘Hopenhagen,’ as the Danish government named it in the run-up to the climate conference (COP15) held here, back in 2009?

By Sudhir Sharma 
India, along with other Parties at Warsaw agreed to work towards submitting their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) in the first quarter of the 2015.

By Senashia Ekanayake
Hundred thousands of people have taken to the streets and 122 Heads of States or representatives have spoken on behalf of their countries, but two days after the end of a “landmark” Climate Summit organised by the United Nations Secretary General, what have we learnt?

By Vositha Wijenayake 
Thousands of people took to the streets in cities and towns around South Asia this weekend to demand action on climate change on the days leading up to the Climate Summit that will take place on September 23, at the United Nations Head Quarters in New York.