The recent two-day virtual ICA Asia-Pacific CCR Research Conference 2020 was cantered on ” Confronting climate change through cooperative enterprise”.
The conference was organized by the ICA Asia and Pacific Committee on Cooperative Research (CCR) with the support of ACSTI, Government of Kerala and the ICA-EU Partnership on Cooperatives in Development, in order to bring academics and researchers together working on cooperatives in the Asia-Pacific region.
Discussions during the conference revolved around how “Cooperatives have long fostered inclusive and sustainable approaches to economic and social development at the local level.
It was agreed that co-operatives are expanding their development efforts creatively, into areas such as environmental sustainability and carbon neutrality, as communities around the world are struggling to adapt to climate change and strengthen their resilience against its impacts.
Earlier on 18th December, Karnataka Souharda Federal cooperative MD S.G Patil had made a presentation on the conference and its theme.