CANSA

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Climate Action Network-South Asia (CANSA) is presently in its formative stage. It is essentially a networking organization. Its efforts, contribution and impact will really reflect the strength of its members' commitment to the issues. The CANSA members very in their capacity to address these emerging scientific and policy issues both at national and international levels. CANSA members will have to interact closely and work to the strengths of each NGO in order to complement the work, research and policy efforts of their respective governments and also other NGOs in the region. CANSA will continue to work closely with CAN and other CAN networks. 

It is heartening that some CANSA members are already developing proposals to work on priority research areas with the CANSA secretariat or other members. CANSA would strive to raise some funds to undertake some of the proposed activities. 

The research agenda developed in the First Regional Meeting is a beginning of these activities. This new and emerging field of global climate change : science, policy and impacts, requires intense collaboration between both South-South and North South organizations. In the best tradition of CAN and its members, CANSA plans to continue to do so. 

CANSA would continue and perhaps strengthen its participation in the INC process by greater participation of NGOs. Perhaps the most effective participation can be achieved by developing issue-based or regional position papers and country papers, thus strengthening the respective government negotiators from the South Asian region to negotiate more effectively. 

CANSA is aware of its role and the socio-economic realities of South Asia. hence as a priority it has initiated the three research areas, viz, (a) Climate and Poverty (b) Climate-Environment and Population and (c) Climate Change and Natural Disasters. 

These, in their own fights are broad research areas. Thus, attempts will be made to keep the focus on INC so that these results can feed into INC and UNCED processes. Using "Clime Asia" the CANSA Newsletter as a vehicle is one method. Raising the issues in INC negotiations is another. A third option is the UNCED meeting during the Earth Summit. Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) is organizing a one-day workshop in the '92 Global Forum in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 on "Poverty and Environment : Sustainability Indicators for the Poorest". The preliminary findings of CANSA may be fed into that process also.  

In conclusion, being a networking organization, CANSA would welcome participation and suggestions from and collaboration with NGOs, scientists, governments and policy leaders from all over the globe. It is the only planet we have. We all must do our bit to ensure a better present and a future with minimum risks, particularly that of the global climate change.