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  • Development of Kurunegala as a climate smart city

    CTCN
    Date of submission
    Phase
    Completed
    Countries
    Sri Lanka
    Objective
    Adaptation
    Sectors
    Infrastructure and Urban planning
    Cross-sectoral enabler
    Governance and planning
    Approach
    Disaster risk reduction

    This Technology Transfer Advances Sri Lanka's

    • Nationally Determined Contribution and its adaptation targets to build climate resilience of sectors such as health, water management, urban infrastructure and settlement, which are vulnerable to the adverse impact of climate change. 

    Context

  • The Tsunami's Impact on Women

    Publication date
    Objective
    Adaptation
    Approach
    Gender

    Up to four times as many females as males may have been killed in the tsunami. This review of the evidence available in Aceh (Indonesia), India and Sri Lanka reveals that more women appear to have been killed by the tsunami for a variety of reasons. These include women staying behind to look for their children and women being less likely to know how to swim or climb palm trees.

  • Women: The Risk Managers in Natural Disasters

    Publication date
    Objective
    Adaptation
    Approach
    Gender

    This paper highlights the unique role played by women during and after the onset of a natural disaster, with specific reference to Sri Lanka and the South Asian region. Sri Lanka, as an island in the Bay of Bengal, is frequently hit by floods, droughts and landslides, with the government response being more geared towards charity and relief rather than preparedness and disaster management.

  • Community-based adaptation to climate change

    Publication date
    Objective
    Adaptation
    Sectors
    Water
    Approach
    Endogenous technologies
    Gender

    All communities have the right to contribute to climate adaptation strategies. This issue of Participatory Learning and Action was produced by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) to coincide with the 2009 COP 15 and surrounding events. The publication aims to facilitate learning and experience-sharing around community-based adaptation (CBA) approaches that empower poor and marginalised communities and build on local knowledge and coping strategies.

  • Climate-smart agriculture in Sri Lanka

    Publication date
    Objective
    Adaptation
    Approach
    Community based

    The climate-smart agriculture (CSA) concept reflects the ambition to improve the integration of agriculture development and climate responsiveness.

    CSA technologies and practices present opportunities for addressing climate change challenges, as well as for promoting economic growth and development of the agriculture sector according to the authors of this country report on Sri Lanka.

  • Best Practices for Sustainable Development of Micro Hydro Power in Developing Countries

    Publication date
    Objective
    Mitigation

    This report synthesizes the experience of micro-hydro developments in Sri Lanka, Peru, Nepal, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. It attempts to draw out the best practices from this experience. Micro-hydro plants are defined as having a capacity between 10 kW and 200 kW. The report provides a rigorous comparative microeconomic analysis of the cost and financial returns of a sample of plants across the five countries. It draws out the macroeconomic, financial and other institutional arrangements that appear important to the scaling-up of micro-hydro investments.