The South Asian Regional Parliamentary Forum (SARPF) for Climate, Energy and Environment is a non-partisan collective of parliamentarians and legislators committed to shaping a just, equitable, and sustainable future for South Asia. The SARPF brings together leading parliamentarians from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka to engage in substantive discussions on the region’s shared goals: climate resilience, just energy transition, and sustainable development for all. It aims to facilitate regional cooperation, political consensus, and policy dialogue to support the respective national transitions toward a climate-sustainable world.
SARPF operates through collaboration, cooperation, and commitment. We aim to unite diverse stakeholders from the domain of climate, energy and environment across South Asia. Our process to achieve our mission is pluralistic and democratic. We encourage evidence-based dialogue, and design region-specific solutions that ensure an equitable and sustainable future for all.
At SARPF, our work is guided by principles that ensure fairness, collaboration, and accountability. We believe in an inclusive, science-driven, and respectful approach that reflects the diverse voices of South Asia and upholds democratic, transparent, and just practices for a sustainable energy future.
SARPF’s objectives focus on strengthening collaboration among BBINS countries to build a sustainable and interconnected energy future. By promoting cross-border electricity trade, sharing best practices, and advancing the South Asia Energy Grid, the Forum seeks to create a resilient, efficient, and equitable regional energy ecosystem.
SARPF is committed to shaping an energy landscape that is secure, affordable, and sustainable for South Asia. By advancing clean energy transitions, supporting climate change mitigation, and unlocking the economic and social opportunities of the global clean energy industry, the Forum aims to ensure long-term prosperity for BBINS countries.
SARPF operates through collaboration, transparency, and knowledge-sharing. By uniting diverse stakeholders across South Asia, we follow democratic processes, encourage evidence-based dialogue, and design region-specific solutions that ensure an equitable and sustainable energy future.
Leading multi-party parliamentarians from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka have formed an active collective entitled the Regional Parliamentary Forum. Their objective is to work towards regional energy cooperation and energy transition to achieve the goals of sustainable development in the South Asia region. These parliamentarians are committed to addressing the challenges of climate change and energy transition. They will build their capacity through regional and national meetings involving parliamentarians, experts, and Ministries. The focus will be on shaping parliamentary and policy-making interventions to facilitate regional energy integration in faster and sustainable ways.
Parliamentarians, as policymakers and lawmakers in their respective countries, will generate public debates nationally and internationally on the need for enhanced regional energy cooperation to accelerate the sustainable energy transition. They will deliberate upon the new policy and legislative measures and propose their implementation roadmap in the most affordable way. As a regional collective, parliamentarians will work to build political consensus within their countries and the region as a whole, fostering mutually beneficial regional energy initiatives. The combined national and regional initiatives by parliamentarians will create political consensus among the involved countries and their governments.
Achieving regional energy integration and cooperation will necessitate policy and legal changes in the energy sectors of the countries in the South Asia region. This also involves integrating regional vision and policy measures into national energy planning. Parliamentarians, both nationally and regionally, will take actions to facilitate the required policy changes and the prepare roadmaps for the development of regional energy markets.
The SARPF will establish a resource bank for knowledge and best practices in the areas of regional energy cooperation for parliamentarians and stakeholders to access. The Forum will collate latest knowledge in this area, generate new policy reports, and organize study tours of parliamentarians to showcase successful regional cooperation practices. The resource bank will regularly contribute to enhancing and updating the capacity of parliamentarians to take action. The network will aim to become an example of regional parliamentary engagement for advancing social and infrastructural initiatives.
Parliamentarians, through the Forum, will establish partnerships with governmental and non-governmental organizations working in the field of South Asian regional energy cooperation. They will carry forward their actions by collaborating with global and regional events to build broader political will and consensus towards a regional approach to energy and climate challenges. The Forum will actively seek to build such partnerships and alliances to support its objectives.
Leading multi-party parliamentarians from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka have formed an active collective entitled the Regional Parliamentary Forum. Their objective is to work towards regional energy cooperation and energy transition to achieve the goals of sustainable development in the South Asia region. These parliamentarians are committed to addressing the challenges of climate change and energy transition. They will build their capacity through regional and national meetings involving parliamentarians, experts, and Ministries. The focus will be on shaping parliamentary and policy-making interventions to facilitate regional energy integration in faster and sustainable ways.
Parliamentarians, as policymakers and lawmakers in their respective countries, will generate public debates nationally and internationally on the need for enhanced regional energy cooperation to accelerate the sustainable energy transition. They will deliberate upon the new policy and legislative measures and propose their implementation roadmap in the most affordable way. As a regional collective, parliamentarians will work to build political consensus within their countries and the region as a whole, fostering mutually beneficial regional energy initiatives. The combined national and regional initiatives by parliamentarians will create political consensus among the involved countries and their governments.
Achieving regional energy integration and cooperation will necessitate policy and legal changes in the energy sectors of the countries in the South Asia region. This also involves integrating regional vision and policy measures into national energy planning. Parliamentarians, both nationally and regionally, will take actions to facilitate the required policy changes and the prepare roadmaps for the development of regional energy markets.
The SARPF will establish a resource bank for knowledge and best practices in the areas of regional energy cooperation for parliamentarians and stakeholders to access. The Forum will collate latest knowledge in this area, generate new policy reports, and organize study tours of parliamentarians to showcase successful regional cooperation practices. The resource bank will regularly contribute to enhancing and updating the capacity of parliamentarians to take action. The network will aim to become an example of regional parliamentary engagement for advancing social and infrastructural initiatives.
Parliamentarians, through the Forum, will establish partnerships with governmental and non-governmental organizations working in the field of South Asian regional energy cooperation. They will carry forward their actions by collaborating with global and regional events to build broader political will and consensus towards a regional approach to energy and climate challenges. The Forum will actively seek to build such partnerships and alliances to support its objectives.
