By Rushati Das
The rains in India usually end in August. However, in 2017 they continued and lasted till early October. The change in monsoons has dampened the festive mood and shaken the cultural aspects, costs of celebrations and adoption of unsustainable practices.

By Harjeet Singh, Sven Harmeling and Julie-Anne Richards
Harvey, Irma, Ophelia. This year’s devastating and record-breaking hurricane season reminds us that storms turbo-charged by human-caused climate change are not a distant future threat, but a reality faced by people around the world.

This publication highlights local solutions that improve livelihoods in villages and resilience to climate change, while also reducing environmental degradation and greenhouse gas emissions. It was produced by INFORSE, the International Network for Sustainable Energy,

More than half of the South Asian population of 1.7 billion people live in rural areas and many of the poverty problems of the region are in the villages. Sustainable development in the villages has the potential to enhance the living conditions and to reduce rural distress and poverty-induced migration to cities.

Download Here PDF A large body of research shows that people accept the challenge of climate change and become motivated to take action once they have understood it through the lens of their own values and culture. However, surveys show that climate communications have failed to speak well to values and cultures beyond a narrow […]

A large body of research shows that people need to understand climate change as a narrative*, containing their own language and shaped by their own values and experience. Most climate change language however is dry, technical or too based in the campaign culture of the Global North. To date, there has been very little research into effective climate change communications for any Southern country.

By SLYCAN Trust
Women, who constitute the majority of the world’s poor, are subject to greater vulnerabilities and risks in the face of climate change impacts, mainly due to gender-based inequalities existing in society.

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)