Policy challenges in climate adaptation in Sri Lanka: Identifying major gaps

Thursday 17th April 2014

• Being a tropical island located in a disaster prone region, Sri Lanka is vulnerable to impacts of climate change. The 2004 tsunami has indicated that a large extent of densely populated low lying coastal areas is vulnerable to a future rise in the sea level.
  The country has frequently been experiencing disaster prone weather extremes such as droughts, floods and cyclones. Predictions by global studies on climate change suggest that both intensity and frequency of such extreme events are likely to increase in the future.
• Policy Challenges in Climate Adaptation in Sri Lanka Identifying Major Gaps by nelvely