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Oct 27, 202225 min read

Global Summit 2022 [Session 4]: Voices of youth for a cleaner, greener future

On 12 October 2022, Climate Governance Initiative (CGI) hosted the Global Summit 2022: Ambition to Action, a 24-hour virtual conference...

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Mar 19, 20224 min read

Asia-Pacific Climate Digest : Issue #47 Week 3, March 2022

Compiled by Ms. Purnima Joshi The continent of Asia, where more than half of the world's population resides, consumes over 40 per cent of...

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Mar 5, 20224 min read

Asia-Pacific Climate Digest: Issue #46 Week 1, March 2022

Compiled by Ms. Purnima Joshi The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published the second chapter of its most sweeping...

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Feb 12, 20225 min read

Asia-Pacific Climate Digest Issue #43: Week 2, Feb 2022

Compiled by Ms. Purnima Joshi As 2022 will see several interesting contests taking place in Southeast Asia’s democracies, it remains to...

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Jan 8, 20224 min read

Asia-Pacific Climate Digest: Issue #41 Week 2, Jan 2022

Compiled by Ms. Purnima Joshi As we ushered in the ‘new’ year, South-East Asia was witnessing extreme weather with Malaysia providing...

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Dec 4, 20214 min read

Asia-Pacific Climate Digest: Issue #38 Week 1, Dec. 2021

Compiled by Ms. Purnima Joshi Over the past week, The World Bank Group released its new South Asia Climate Roadmap to help guide its...

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Nov 22, 20215 min read

Asia-Pacific Climate Digest: Issue #36 Week 3, Nov 2021

Compiled by Ms. Purnima Joshi The COP26 Summit in Glasgow came to an end after two weeks of intense negotiations in which 197 countries...

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Oct 22, 20214 min read

Asia-Pacific Climate Digest : Issue #32 Week 4, Oct 2021

Compiled by Purnima Joshi Climate change continues to tighten the noose on humanity, posing the biggest ever existential threat to life...

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Oct 8, 20214 min read

Asia-Pacific Climate Digest : Issue #30, Week 2, Oct. 2021.

Compiled by Purnima Joshi. The pressure is on in countries of the Asia-Pacific to wean off coal-fired plants. In fact, shareholders of...

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Oct 2, 20214 min read

Asia-Pacific Climate Digest: Issue #29 Week 1, Oct 2021

Compiled by Purnima Joshi With countries limping back to some semblance of normalcy in what may be now termed as the post-Covid era,...

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Sep 10, 20215 min read

Asia-Pacific Climate Digest: Issue #26, Week 2, September 2021

Compiled by Purnima Joshi Asia Pacific comprises 60% of the world’s highest growing population, hence has expanding energy needs - in...

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Sep 2, 20215 min read

Asia-Pacific Climate Digest: Issue #25 Week 1, Sept 2021

Compiled by Purnima Joshi As South-East Asia continues to grow rapidly, its economic growth has naturally been accompanied by a huge...

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Aug 27, 20214 min read

Asia-Pacific Climate Digest Issue #24 : Week 4, Aug 2021

Compiled by Purnima Joshi. Even though the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the first instalment of its Sixth...

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Aug 14, 20213 min read

Asia-Pacific Climate Digest Issue #22 : Week 2, August 2021

Compiled by Purnima Joshi. The week saw the release of ‘Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis’, as the first part of the report...

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Aug 6, 20214 min read

Asia-Pacific Climate Digest Issue # 21 : Week 1, August 2021

Compiled by Purnima Joshi Even as the deadlines for net-zero approach, and the need for adherence supported with meaningful and...

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Jul 30, 20215 min read

Asia-Pacific Climate Digest Issue # 20 : Week 5, July 2021

Compiled by Purnima Joshi. The floods that struck the central city of Zhengzhou in China last week gave urban planners a foretaste of...

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Jul 22, 20215 min read

Asia-Pacific Climate Digest #19 : Week 4, July 2021

Compiled by Purnima Joshi Globally, various forums and meetings continue to be held, pre-COP26, to address the issue of climate change,...

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Jul 16, 20214 min read

Asia-Pacific Climate Digest Issue # 18 : Week 3, July 2021

Compiled by Purnima Joshi. The Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2021 that concluded on 9 July, sent a strong signal that climate action in the...

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Jul 8, 20214 min read

Asia-Pacific Climate Digest Issue # 17 : Week 2, July 2021

Compiled by Purnima Joshi On the one hand, demand for coal continues across Asia despite soaring fossil fuel prices, and on the other,...

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Jul 1, 20215 min read

Asia-Pacific Climate Digest Issue #16 : Week 1, July 2021

Compiled by : Purnima Joshi The world and all its regions continue to grapple with meeting climate objectives as it is also established...

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