Connecting Solutions – Australia and South Asia

South Asia needs a diversity of clean and just climate solutions. Infact, recognising the diverse practices of sustainability that South Asian communities hold is essential for equitable climate solutions. Sapna’s climate justice leaders are getting community-led South Asian solutions recognised in the global climate conversation.

Our stories show that especially women and youth in South Asian communities are driving solutions that restore their ecosystems and secure their livelihoods. However the global conversation around clean solutions tends to focus on massive programs, which often assume a top-down rather than bottom up approach.

Massive clean energy programs can create further challenges for communities who are already disproportionately affected by climate change. Download our factsheet to find out why. 

There needs to be a real emphasis on locally sustainable and traditional technologies which communities practice. South Asians in Australia are talking about the role that environmental practices of our communities play as today’s climate solutions. Watch this video from our recent gatherings.

How communities navigate climate change gives practitioners real perspectives on what solutions must look like on the ground. Today there is a growing body of work around the diversity of ways in which local communities talk about climate change, particularly from South Asia.

With the ability to speak the scientific as well as the local and vernacular language of climate change, South Asian migrants can play a vital role in connecting their communities’ technologies and practices to the global conversation around climate solutions. South Asians in Australia can:

  • Join our growing community and stay informed about future events
  • Take our survey and tell us what you think about the role that technologies of our communities can play as climate solutions
  • Did our stories of community-led solutions resonate with you? Then write and tell us a community solutions story that you know of.