The Necessity of Strong Climate Resilient Infrastructure Policy

By Alokya Kanungo
No country be it developing or developed is spared from the brunt of disasters. During the month of May, Indian states including Odisha, Andra Pradesh, West Bengal


Transferring Climate Induced Disaster Risks: policy, practices and readiness of Bangladesh

Download Here The report summarizes nearly three decades of UNFCCC negotiation on L&D, analyses insurance and other risk transfer mechanisms, provides an overview on the disaster risk financing and risk transfer practices of Bangladesh, and finally summarizes a study findings on the readiness of Bangladesh’s insurance sector in transferring climate/disaster induced risk losses. This report […]


SLYCAN Trust: Research Paper on NDC on Renewable Energy in Sri Lanka

Download Here Energy sector plays a key role in a country’s development. In a region like South Asia where development is key, the resources for energy is vital to be utilized in a sustainable manner, while the countries play a role in cooperation for technology and resource sharing. Many initiatives have been taken at the […]


White Paper: Climate Mitigation and Adaptation with Eco-Village Development Solutions in South Asia

Download Here This White Paper “Climate Mitigation and Adaptation with Eco-Village Development (EVD) Solutions in South Asia” analyses and presents climate-effects of EVD solutions, using existing cases from villages in South Asia. EVD combines village-level developmental planning with local sustainable solutions to give villagers climate-resilient supplies of energy, water, agricultural products, and other necessities and […]


Climate Case Studies: Community Managed Nutrition Gardens

Report by Shailendra Yashwant
One of the most worrying insights from UNFCCC 23rd Conference of Parties (COP23) in November 2017 is that despite the efforts to date, the window to avoid large-scale climate change has closed.


Carbon Neutral Meenangadi – Assessment and Recommendations

Download Here The purpose of this project is to propose sector-wise adaptation and mitigation strategies to develop Meenangadi Panchayat of Wayanad district in Kerala as a ‘Carbon Neutral Panchayat’ by carrying out a carbon emission and sequestration analysis in the sectors of Transportation, Energy, Waste, Livestock and AFOLU (Agriculture, Forests and Other Land Use). The […]


State of Climate Action in Nepal

Download Here Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA) held its annual general assembly on July 2017 in Nagarkot, Kathmandu. One of the concerns expressed at the meeting was that, while there were plenty of climate change related activities and projects, there was a relative weakness in climate activism – which is the primary driver capable […]


Climate Case Studies: Women Led Climate Resilient Farming

Report by Shailendra Yashwant
One of the most worrying insights from UNFCCC 23rd Conference of Parties (COP23) in November 2017 is that despite the efforts to date, the window to avoid large-scale climate change has closed.


Eco-Village Development Practices in South Asia: Stories and Case Studies

Download Here Impacts of climate change is a great leveler as even advanced countries such as United States, Europe, Japan and emerging economies like India are reeling under rising coastal flooding, large precipitation events and heat wave that resulted in loss of lives and livelihoods. However it is Small island developing countries that face existential […]


Eco-Village Development in South Asia as Community Based Adaptation Practices

Download Here Addressing climate change and eradicating poverty are the most gruesome challenges of human development. Challenges emerge in the form of rising impacts of climate change and heightening consumption oriented of GHG emission while rural areas in South Asia remain unserved of basic life services. In order to tackle these multiple challenges, Eco-Village Development […]


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