Darshak Pandya

Apr 22, 2024 | diplomaticourier.com | Darshak Pandya

t the regional level, a number of institutional weaknesses when it comes to climate change need to be addressed. For example, the South Asia Cooperative Program (SACEP), established in 1981, is a regional intergovernmental organization with eight member–states. Although South Asian nations had foreseen the inevitable “severe ecological disequilibrium and the threat of environmental degradation in the Region,” SACEP remains grossly under–financed and under–staffed to achieve its core mission goals.