Institute of Development Studies

Sharing knowledge for low carbon development in South Asia

27 July 2010 - Frauke Urban

With South Asia, particularly India, predicted to outpace China in population and growth, low carbon development will be key to both encouraging growth and mitigating the long-term effects of climate change. The South Asia Low Carbon Platform (SALCP) is a new knowledge-sharing platform for low carbon energy and low carbon development for South Asian countries like India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and others.

The aim of South Asia Low Carbon Platform is to disseminate and share information on low carbon energy systems and low carbon development strategies that reduce poverty and tackle climate change in these countries. It focuses on South Asian communities and their ways of achieving low carbon development.

The platform provides the following services:

• Free download of resources on renewable energy, other low carbon energy and low carbon development
• Free upload of own resources by platform users
• Blogs, chat rooms and a discussion forum to share experience and resources
• Regular news on low carbon energy and low carbon development

The platform is open to practitioners, researchers, policy-makers, businesses and everyone who is interested in energy and low carbon development in South Asia.

It can be found on Eldis Community, where you can access its full content after registering as a member. Members are encouraged to contribute to the platform by posting blog items, participating in discussions and uploading their own publications.

The South Asia platform is following the same model as the popular China Low Carbon Platform.

Frauke Urban is a Research Fellow in the Climate Change and Development Centre at IDS.

Image credit: Sanjit Das / Panos

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