BATHINDA: The South Asia Peace Action Network (SAPAN), in a virtual session held recently, raised its voice for concerted efforts to combat the climate crisis in South Asia.
Noted environmentalists and climate activists from across South Asia put up their views as to how collective efforts are needed to face and battle out the crisis which is taking a big toll across the world. It was felt that though activism against their governments and world powers is being witnessed in European Nations where it is being stressed that climate crisis is fast turning into climate emergency which need quick and real actions to battle it but not such efforts are being seen in South Asia which too is facing the impact of the crisis.
It was stressed that collective efforts are needed to reach out to the governments to take drastic measures to combat the climate crisis.
A resolution was adopted at the meet which was endorsed by participants.
The resolution put by young climate activist Disha Ravi from India and Durlabh Ashok from Pakistan stated that distressed that the governments in South Asia have not collaborated to present a united position at COP-26 in Glasgow, we the participants of this discussion on combating the climate crisis in South Asia, resolve that:
World leaders at COP26 must pay heed to the challenges faced by South Asia, a region home to a quarter of humanity.
Countries that have been the biggest polluters must bear the onus on action regarding emissions reductions.
The development trajectories of billions who seek to be lifted out of poverty and deprivation must not be in contradiction to their aspirations.
We urge governments to roll back reliance on fossil fuels as a contributor to growth and wealth generation.
The Global North must commit the finance and technology transfer promised to the nations of the Global South to enable unified action towards limiting the rise of global temperature below 1.5 degrees.
We will continue urging our governments to keep channels of communication and cooperation open between the South Asian nations to seek solutions to challenges posed by climate change.
We express our solidarity with the peoples of South Asia who are facing the climate crisis together. We await similar cooperative actions from the governments, shedding their divisive policies.
South Asian nations must consider our fragile ecosystems and shrinking habitats a shared responsibility and preserve, promote and scale the indigenous knowledge of our communities that can provide crucial solutions in fighting the impacts of climate change.
We will continue to urge our governments to promote the exchange of knowledge and information about meteorological phenomena, and disaster risks.
We see key issues like glacial melt, sea level rise, rising heat vis-a-vis urban resilience, air quality and water resource management as regional issues. Urge our nations to view these issues as such and take a regional approach towards them.
We believe cooperation on species’ protection, natural resource protection and climate justice for climate migrants, indigenous people communities, and other vulnerable groups must transcend boundaries.
We will continue to support and encourage advocacy and activism to engage with decision-makers to ensure that cooperative protocols that have been developed are not rolled back.
Voices raised in unison from South Asia must be heard and heeded at global forums like the COP26.
The human capital of the South Asian region has the potential to lead us towards climate sanity. We urge our governments to collaborate towards this. The world needs to provide leverage.
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