Welcome back to the CANSA Roundup.
We are doing things a bit differently this time. We will use our roundup platform to send news snippets and details and activities of member organisations and the Secretariat to our lists.
What's more, you too can submit your story below!
PS - Thanks to everyone who submitted their stories.
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HIGHLIGHT: THE CAN Intervention on the Talanoa Dialogue
"CAN endorses the open, collaborative, non-finger-pointing nature of the Dialogue in line with the approach decided at COP 23. However, that doesn’t mean we can avoid difficult questions on equity, differentiated responsibility and capacity, lack of adequate finance and a track record of low mitigation ambition. We must find ways to tackle questions like “How did we get here?” without falling into finger-pointing exercises."
Read the full intervention here.
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Unnati Global Forum 2018: Women Lead Change
Our Director, Sanjay Vashist will be a speaker at the Unnati Global Forum 2018 to be held at The Hotel Orchid, Pune on May 25, 2018.
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EVD Website
One of our long-standing projects: Eco Village Development now has its own website. If you want to learn more do click on the website below or drop a mail to our Project Focal Point Santosh Patnaik on santosh@cansouthasia.net
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LEAD Pakistan: Methods for Assessing L&D at Local Level
LEAD Pakistan, with funding from the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) and implementing partner the United Nations University-Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), developed a methods toolbox for local-level assessment of loss and damage from climate-related stressors. The toolbox can be considered a prototype for future assessments of loss and damage by researchers and organizations across the world, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.
You can read more about it in detail over here.
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Dust storm season is in full throttle in India—and it’s turned deadly. At least 71 people, including at least five children, died over the weekend as a result of the wind-whipped dust and accompanying thunderstorms.
And the terror has spread far and wide, reports the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Dust has been blowing—at speeds of up to 67 miles per hour—from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh to the eastern state of West Bengal. In New Delhi, falling trees claimed the lives of five people. These deadly storms also resulted in downed power lines, delayed flights and trains, and displacement as homes collapsed.
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Cut the carbon
Nepal is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change. Only 16 other nations in the world are considered to be more vulnerable. In many aspects, this is unfair to Nepal as it contributes little to the warming of the planet. This is a problem created by the developed countries. However, this does not mean that Nepal can’t be part of the solution. The government has made commendable plans, but more needs to be done.
(Via Kathmandu Post)
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The world’s 47 LDCs comprise about 880 million people – or 12 percent of the world population – but account for less than 2 percent of world GDP and around 1 percent of world trade. The UN decides membership of this category by looking at a country’s average gross national income, its human assets (for example proportion of undernourished population, under-five mortality rate and adult literacy rate etc.); and economic vulnerability (such as population, remoteness, natural disasters, instability of agriculture production and services exports among other factors).
Bhutan could be the first Asian country to graduate to developing country status since the category was established in 1971. Bhutan has largely achieved this by exporting hydropower as electricity to India, which contributes 20 percent of its GDP. This has in turn led to better quality of life for people, including access to basic services, improved health and education, and more industry and business opportunities.
Dawa Gyelmo sat down with the secretary of the Gross National Happiness Commission, Thinley Namgyel, to discuss what passing this development milestone means for the future of Bhutan’s environment.
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Sinking cities
Climate change adaptation in urban areas is a growing concern - climate change is predicted to increase the number of people living in extreme poverty by 100 million by 2030 and cities in Bangladesh are particularly vulnerable. According to data from the World Bank, the urban population in Bangladesh has grown from five million people in 1970 to 55 million in 2015.
(Via Dhaka Tribune)
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For years, the valleys and mountain slopes of Chapqulak Qabrizaghak village in Afghanistan’s Bamyan Province stood bare and exposed, at the mercy of the forces of nature – floods, avalanches, strong winds, dust storms.
Today, rows of willow and poplar trees adorn the landscape – the fruits of an ongoing tree-planting initiative launched three years ago. This has been a welcome sight for the members of the local community.
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Worsening security in Afghanistan threatens health gains
Deteriorating security is forcing Afghanistan to spend more money on trauma care, rather than investing in women and children's health, its health minister said on Thursday.
The government has come under increasing pressure over rising violence, with a string of attacks this year causing hundreds of casualties in the capital, Kabul, alone.
"The concern is that nowadays, suicide bombings and armed conflict is the third (highest) cause of deaths and disability in Afghanistan," Ferozuddin Feroz told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an interview in London.
(Via Reuters)
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CBA 12 in Lilongwe, Malawi from 11-14 June 2018
CBA12 offers two days of hands-on workshops focused around three workstreams followed by two days of interactive dialogue with investors, donors and government representatives.
Workstreams:
- Transforming ‘lived experience’ and local knowledge into better policies and investments
- Building a shared understanding of effective devolved climate finance
- Innovating in applying adaptation technology
Over the two days you'll find: a marketplace to share innovation and learning through showcasing case studies and examples; skills clinics to exchange knowledge and build expertise; open space sessions to discuss burning issues; and gain skills to pitch to investors.
Day three will bring in decision-makers and investors. You'll be able to pitch your ideas to them in a 'Dragon's Den' and an open space session will further discussions.
Day four we'll be joined by the UNFCCC, the LDC Expert Group and government representatives at the Regional National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Expo.
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