Environment Conflicts and Geopolitics in South Asia Meet

We are pleased to invite you to a one-day workshop titled “Environment, Potential Natural Resources Conflicts and Geopolitics in South Asia: The Need for a South Asian Union.” The details for the meeting are below:

Object of the meeting: To discuss the future major environmental challenges South Asia will face in the 21st Century and its impact on geopolitics in the region and the need to form a South Asian Union to meet these challenges

Backgrounder: A South Asian Union is Essential to Address Future Environmental Challenges, https://countercurrents.org/2024/06/a-south-asian-union-is-essential-to-address-future-environmental-challenges/

Date: Sunday, 20 April 2025, 10.30 am to 5.00 pm

Place: Pune

Location: Gandhi Bhavan (Maharashtra Gandhi Smarak Nidhi), Gandhi Road, Chaitanya Nagar, Kothrud, Pune MH 4110038. 2 km from Vanaz metro station, Tel: 020 2538 5091, 95118 07464; Google maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/tFrkVkNDUZLLg1AZ7.

Agenda: Morning session—Discussion on the major environmental challenges of South Asia and its impact on the geopolitics of the region; Afternoon session—Discussion on what form a South Asian Union should take and how to lobby with South Asian governments to form a South Asian Union

Funding: This workshop is unfunded. Money for hall rent, food and miscellaneous expenses will be collected through donations from participants who can afford to donate whatever amount they wish.  An account of the money collection and expenses will be presented at the end of the workshop.

If you are interested in attending this meeting communicate this to any of the undersigned. We encourage you to comment on the backgrounder.

With warm wishes,

Mohan Parjane (Mob/WhatsApp: 99222 02075); 

Subhash Lomte (Mob/WhatsApp: 94222 02203; Email: [email protected]); 

Prakash Patil (Mob/WhatsApp: 98228 58615; Email: [email protected]); 

Shashikant Sonavane ((Mob/WhatsApp: 87936 06835; Email: [email protected]); 

Sagar Dhara  (Mob/WhatsApp: 94404 01421; Email: [email protected])