By Vositha Wijenayake  Maldives was appointed the Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) on December 11, 2014. Speaking to CANSA, Head of Delegation for the country Ambassador Ahmed […]

By Senashia Ekanayake  Things to look forward to: -Climate Summit that takes place in September in New York, hosted by the United Nation’s Secretary General -For South Asians, the SAARC […]

By Vositha Wijenayake  Climate Change has become one of the key issues, which the countries of the world are facing today. It has impacts on a global sense, which is […]

By Vositha Wijenayake  As the SB40 and the negotiations of the Ad-hoc Working Group on Durban Platform reaches its second week, the Chair of the Least Developed Country (LDC) block […]

By Navam Niles Keynote presentation Ms Ellysar Baroudy, Lead Carbon Finance Specialist, World Bank: Overview of the state of financing, technology transfer and capacity-building, including the role of partnerships, and major opportunities […]

By Navam Niles The COP at its nineteenth session decided to accelerate activities under the workplan on enhancing mitigation ambition, including by: Facilitating the sharing among Parties Of experiences and […]

By Navam Niles Note: Presentations are available under the title ADP 2.5 – contact group on Bonn 3 Adaptation. Find here. Bangladesh Bangladesh noted that adaptation and mitigation are interconnected but […]

By Navam Niles and Senashia Ekanayake The high level ministerial dialogue was mandated through decision 1/CP.19, which calls upon Parties to intensify their high level engagement on the Durban Platform […]

By Navam Niles The second day of the Bonn climate change negotiations outlined on pre-2020 ambition, Intended Nationally Determined Commitments and the 2015-agreement. Country statements from the first day can […]

By Navam Niles The Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) is a subsidiary body that was established by decision 1/CP.17 in December 2011. The […]