By Zahrah Rizwan
Climate change is one of the key challenges that the world is facing today. Sri Lanka is already feeling its impacts. When discussing about climate change, mitigation becomes a key component, given that it is the primary form to reduce impacts of climate change.

By Sudhir Sharma
The last session of ADP prior to Paris came to an end prior to the last lap in Paris, and dramatic session it was. Session was about developing countries coming together to demand their fair share, figuratively speaking, in a text that becomes a negotiating text.

Download Here India’s goals for economic growth are ambitious; the Indian Government is aiming to achieve human development on a par with EU countries. There is also an intention to deliver ‘access to electricity for all’ in India during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first term in office. At the same time, India is a country […]

[New Delhi, 2 October 2015]: With their national climate action commitment, lodged today, the Indian government has committed to reduce #GreenHouseGas emissions intensity – the ratio between gross emissions and a country’s GDP  – by 33-35% of its 2005 levels by 2030. To achieve this target  India will ensure that about 40% of its electricity […]

The urgency of #ClimateChange, demonstrated by events such as Typhoon Hiyan, did not get addressed by the Warsaw climate talks sufficiently which failed to rise to the occasion to make decisive decisions to address the concerns of the vulnerable population of the world, especially in developing countries. It failed to provide immediately needed climate finance to […]

Download Here The paper titled “Understanding the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action: Developing Country Mitigation Framework under the Convention” aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) framework and enhance the understanding on NAMAs by explaining the Conference of the Parties (COP) decisions in layman’s terms. The paper is intended to […]

Download Here As per a report prepared by Climate Action Network South Asia, Christian Aid and  heinrich böll Foundation (HBF) India titled “Low Carbon Development in South Asia: Leapfrogging to a Green Future”, a ‘leapfrog fund’ should be established from global mitigation finance to support South Asia in moving towards a low-carbon economy. The report […]

Download Here Millions in South Asia, who depend on natural resources for their livelihoods, are affected and stand to be further affected by the impacts of climate change. This holds true whether the impact is due to rapid onset events like cyclones or slow onset events like sea level rise, increasing temperatures, ocean acidification, glacial […]

[Dhaka] September 29, 2015: CANSA (Climate Action Network South Asia), a network of over 120 civil society organisations in South Asia, commended Bangladesh government for being the first country in South Asia to put forward its climate targets aka (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions) ahead of October 01, deadline set by the Secretariat of the United Nations […]

[New Delhi, India] Tuesday September 22, 2015 – India stands to reap more green jobs, slash deaths from air pollution and save money from avoided fuel imports should the country embrace an ambitious climate action plan. India’s contribution towards the global Paris climate agreement, known as an Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), could be revealed […]