By Santosh Patnaik
In 1971, a cyclone strikes Bagapatia, a village close to Bay of Bengal in Kendrapada district in Odisha. The residents, mostly farmers were caught unaware of its ferocity and intensity.

Download Here PDF Migration has always taken place in South Asia, for long before climate change became an issue. Several push factors and pull factors drive migration in the region. However, it remained invisible for various region. The countries in South Asia has been slow to recognise and respond to climate migration. Three international organisations […]

By Priya Chawla
It’s a pretty existential question to ask sitting in this pavilion today, after having come all the way from India to Marrakech in Morocco (emitting much CO2) to attend this year’s Conference of the Parties (COP)

[18 November, Marrakech]: Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA) members welcome the progress made on technical front at the #COP22 but expressed their disappointment on lack of urgency shown by developed countries on delivering their promise of providing necessary funding to developing countries to cope with the incessant impacts of climate change. “The agreement on […]

By Chandra Bhushan
I have been in Marrakech for over two days now to attend the UN climate conference (COP 22), and have heard nothing other than the word “Trump”. The discussions at Bab Ighli—the venue of the conference—are all about the Trump presidency and the chances of American withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.

By Priya Chawla
A real challenge is knowing roughly what’s going on in the big game at the COP negotiations proper. There are about four games going on here. First, the formal U.N.-style negotiations in vast rooms with thousands of credentialed delegates.

By Santosh Patnaik
Based on geographic location, socio-economic composition and resource endowments, climate change has profound impact on rural areas of developing countries in South Asia.

“Amidst the looming threat of USA pulling out of #ParisAgreement, following the election of President- elect Mr. Donald Trump, we would like to remind the world that USA cannot hold climate action to ransom anymore. Climate action is no more just dependent on USA alone, already India, China and other #G20 countries are playing a […]

By Senashia Ekanayake
This “enforcement” is a result following the “adoption” that took place at the 21st session of the Conference of Parties (COP21) by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Paris last year.

[South Asia] – November 04, 2016 – The coming into force of the #ParisAgreement, the most significant global treaty to combat climate change is an open acknowledgement by world governments that climate change is indeed the most urgent crisis facing the planet today. At the 22nd Conference of Parties (COP22) of the United Nations Framework Convention on […]