Alignment to Advance Climate-Resilient Development | Country Case Study: Sri Lanka

The case study highlights Sri Lanka's progress in linking sustainable development, climate change, and disaster risk reduction, noting that alignment is facilitated when a single ministry, the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment, leads the processes. It identifies the iterative updates of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and National Adaptation Plan (NAP) as key opportunities for further alignment and suggests that integrating monitoring and evaluation systems can create significant efficiencies.

• Sri Lanka's existing policy documents already establish connections between sustainable development, climate change, and disaster risk reduction.
• The periodic updates to the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) provide critical opportunities to improve the alignment of these two processes.
• Alignment is more efficient when a single entity, such as the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment, manages both sustainable development and climate change portfolios.
• Significant efficiencies can be achieved through alignment by establishing shared processes and systems, specifically sub-national planning and monitoring and evaluation systems.

APA

Dazé,, A. (2019). Alignment to Advance Climate-Resilient Development | Country Case Study: Sri Lanka. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/alignment-advance-climate-resilient-development-country-case-study-sri-lanka

Chicago

Dazé,, Angie. Alignment to Advance Climate-Resilient Development | Country Case Study: Sri Lanka. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2019. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/alignment-advance-climate-resilient-development-country-case-study-sri-lanka.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{daz2019alignment, author = {Dazé,, Angie}, title = {{Alignment to Advance Climate-Resilient Development | Country Case Study: Sri Lanka}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2019}, month = oct, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/alignment-advance-climate-resilient-development-country-case-study-sri-lanka}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }