Multi-stakeholder Initiatives towards a Resilient and Low Carbon South Asia
South Asia, one of the most vulnerable regions in the world is constantly grappling to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change. In such vulnerable regions, climate change threatens to affect...
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“We need a legally binding agreement, and nothing short of it” – Maldives,...
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...
View ArticleResearchers talk Loss and Damage at COP 20
“Loss and Damage” has been one of the deeply contested issues by the COP at its 20th session in Lima. In the end Parties adopted a decision establishing the Warsaw international mechanism. In the...
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Country Statements from Day One – Bonn Intersessions
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 mandate of the ADP is to...
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Summary from Day Two – Bonn Intersessions
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...
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High Level Ministerial Dialogue on ADP – Bonn Intersessions
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...
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ADP Contact Group – Focus: Adaptation – Bonn Intersessions
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...
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Forum on Experiences and Best Practices of Cities and Subnational Authorities...
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...
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Session 2: Implementing Actions: Finance, Technology and Capacity-Building –...
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...
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LDC Chair on ADP Negotiations and South Asian Climate Action
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 spoke to Climate...
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Climate Negotiations: Addressing Climate Change, Locally as well as...
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 spread out the world based on the...
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After Bonn
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 Summit to be...
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Understanding Nationally Determined Contributions
By Vositha Wijeynayake The first session of the last day of the ADP negotiations commenced with the consultation on Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The Parties in this session attempted to...
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ADP Draws to a Close with Hope for Formal Talks in June
By Vositha Wijeynayake The UNFCCC intersession held in Bonn, of the Ad hoc Working Group on Durban Platform (ADP) came to a close the evening of 14 March 2014. A few things that were highlighted...
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