A new high-level coalition for clean energy was announced today at the Glasgow climate summit, involving major governments, international organizations, legislators, business leaders, researchers and citizen groups […]

20 OCTOBER 2021 – A phase out of fossil fuels and accelerated uptake of renewable energy is critical to meet Paris goals and ensure both clean energy and energy security across South Asia […]

Kathmandu – The small town of Dhulikhel, located on the Eastern rim of Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, endorsed the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty today, becoming the first city in Global South and South Asia to do so […]

Vaccine inequity, unaffordable accommodation, travel challenges and new surges in the Covid19 pandemic will lock out huge numbers of developing country delegates from the UN climate talks set to take place in November[..]

7 September 2021, New Delhi/Dhaka/Islamabad/Kathmandu : Doctors and medical practitioners representing some of the largest associations and networks of public health professionals today called upon South Asian Governments to phase out fossil fuels – oil, gas and coal – to avert the twin crisis of #AirPollution and climate change. They also endorsed the Fossil Fuel […]

New Delhi/Dhaka/Kathmandu/Thimphu 21 April 2021 – 101 Nobel laureates, including Kailash Satyarthi, Muhammad Yunus and HH Dalai Lama have called upon world leaders gathering at the US-led Leaders Summit on Climate to foster international cooperation to end the expansion of fossil fuels and accelerate the transition to clean energy with no one left behind. In […]

#FossilFuel Exit Strategy finds that existing coal, oil and gas production puts the world on course to overshoot Paris climate targets. The report analyses global renewable energy potential, and finds that every region on Earth can replace fossil fuels with renewable energy to keep warming below 1.5ºC and provide reliable energy access to all. 10 […]

First-ever document designed to prepare healthcare workers for various conversations around climate change and subsequent health impacts 15 June 2021, New Delhi: Healthy Energy Initiative India in partnership with health organizations has launched a first of its kind guidance document – “No Vaccine for #ClimateChange – A Communication Guide on Climate and Health for the […]

Countries must come to COP24 in 2018 with a signal to step up and enhance their climate targets by 2020 17 November 2017, Bonn: As countries wrapped up discussions at the climate talks here in Bonn, one fact remains undisputed: #ClimateChange is happening, and #ClimateAction cannot wait. In a year marked by devastating losses from climate […]

[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 […]