Saja participated in the South Climate Conclave: Dhaka Chapter, organized by Gen Lab in collaboration with SDJF, ORF, ISSR, and NUSAN. The theme of the conclave was “Combating the invisible calamity of South Asia: Air pollution.” The conclave, part of the Climate Action Champions Network supported by the U.S. Department of State, brought together...
The International Day of Peace was established in 1981 by the United Nations GeneralAssembly. Two decades later, in 2001, the General Assembly unanimously votedto designate the Day as a period of non-violence and cease-fire. Each year the International Dayof Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The UN General Assembly hasdeclared this as a day devoted...
Dr. Saja has led a Hackathon session held in the summer school on Climate Change adapted Water Management in Sri Lanka conducted by University of Peradeniya under CCWATER EU Erasmus+ project. This project is led by NMBU – Norwegian University of Life Sciences. 36 students from 10 universities representing 6 project partner countries (Norway,...
Dr. Saja participated in the two weeks program titled “Tackling Climate Change as an Underlying Disaster Risk Driver” initiative under the Climate Change Adaptation – Disaster Risk Reduction (CCA-DRR) project with multi-disciplinary team of academics from Sri Lankan Universities and University of Huddersfield, UK. The team developed a research road map in CCA-DRR for...
The Faculty of Engineering, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka has recently hosted a #hackathon Sri Lanka 2023 of #CCWater (Climate Change Adapted Water Management) project funded by @Erasmus+ European Union, Project is led by NMBU – NMBU – Norwegian University of Life Sciences. 12 Graduate students from University of Peradeniya Rajarata University of Sri Lanka and South Eastern...
Saja joined in a global platform on climate change among the 20 Global #commonwealth Futures Climate Research Cohort 2023/24. 20 early career researchers (ECRs), from ten priority countries (Bangladesh, Egypt, Ghana, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka), have embarked on a one-year applied training and development programme. https://www.acu.ac.uk/news/second-climate-research-cohort/ I will be working in...