![]() ![]() The webinar organised by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) South Asia on February 15, was moderated by Shruti Sinha, Policy Outreach Manager, Chintan, India. It is time, notes Dr Bishnu Raj Upreti, Executive Chairperson, Policy Research Institute, Nepal for a ‘common South Asian climate policy, as climate insecurity is a collective challenge.’ He points out that the threats posed to South Asian nations by climate change is large enough to warrant laying aside border tensions to ‘build a common South Asian political voice.’ Acknowledging that though minimal, some behaviour patterns in the global south too add to climate change, Dr Upreti argues that South Asia must hold the stronger hand when negotiating with those nations whose carbon footprint is much bigger. ![]() Yet, the region continues to place more weightage on geo-political issues instead of banding together to find solutions to climate change, which, is no longer a threat of the distant future, noted panelists who participated in ‘Climate Change in South Asia: The Impact on Livelihoods & Mitigation Strategies’ webinar. ![]() The unfamiliar weather pattern led to thousands of deaths and displacement, and loss of livestock. In Pakistan, areas that hardly ever know a monsoon, experienced rains and floods in 2022. One third of Bangladesh’s landmass will go under water if current predictions on climate change stay true, forever erasing her present-day coastline.
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