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Strengthening legislators' engagement in climate governance.
The Centre is dedicated to strengthening legislators' engagement in climate governance. Our mission is to equip legislators with the expertise, global insights, and tools needed to drive inclusive energy transitions, climate resilience, and environmental sustainability. As a policy catalyst, we bridge the gap between last-mile communities and large-scale policy transformation, ensuring that the climate transition is equitable, evidence-driven, and impactful.
Our interventions focus on capacity-building, knowledge exchange, and high-impact legislative engagement.
We provide legislators with the latest research and policy insights.
Experiential learning opportunities for legislators to gain hands-on exposure.
Enabling cross-border collaborations and multi-stakeholder engagement.
We see Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs as a critical opportunity to enhance climate ambition. Particularly in the global south Swaniti engages with parliamentarians to surface underexplored NDC priorities and strengthen legislative engagement on climate commitments.
To address this gap, the Centre is spearheading a two-phase initiative to support legislators in guiding climate commitments and national policy frameworks. The Centre actively assesses parliamentary engagement mechanisms, builds knowledge resources, and designs capacity-building programs to strengthen legislative oversight on NDCs.
Recognizing the need for inclusive and locally-driven solutions, the Centre engages key stakeholders—governments, industries, workers, and legislators—to shape transition policies that balance economic growth, social equity, and environmental sustainability.
The Centre serves as a dedicated knowledge hub to document best practices, enable peer learning, and provide technical assistance for transition policies. It also facilitates State-Industry-Worker Platforms in multiple states to promote participatory dialogues.
The Parliamentarians' Group for Clean Air (PGCA) is a non-partisan, self-governed collective of Parliamentarians driving sustainable air quality management practices. Founded in 2019, PCGA has involved 56 international parliamentarians from the Global South.
The Centre, as a dedicated Secretariat to PGCA, actively monitors policy opportunities and risks in the ever-changing environmental landscape to come up with tangible policy interventions.
The Parliamentarians' Group for Children (PGC) is a non-partisan group of parliamentarians engaged with fellow policymakers to take initiative on a range of issues related to child rights. Founded in 2013, PGC has an active participation of 38 parliamentarians.
The Centre, as a dedicated Secretariat to PGC, provides research support for policy-driven actions, facilitating convenings on issues of child development and observing child-related advocacy days.