Coordinating Climate-Resilient Development Alignment to Advance Climate-Resilient Development

The document analyzes the institutional and policy landscape of climate-resilient development in Sri Lanka, identifying existing synergies between the National Adaptation Plan (NAP), Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC), and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It highlights that having the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment lead both sustainable development and climate change coordination simplifies alignment. The study identifies four key entry points for enhanced strategic alignment: updating the NDC and NAP, developing the National Policy and Strategy on Sustainable Development (NPSSD), establishing integrated monitoring and evaluation systems, and initiating provincial adaptation planning.

• Sri Lanka has established institutional arrangements where the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment (MMDE) serves as the focal point for both SDG implementation and the lead agency for climate change, including the management of the Climate Change Secretariat (CCS).
• There are existing synergies between Sri Lanka's primary climate and development documents; the NDC's adaptation commitments are based on the NAP, and the NAP includes a mapping exercise linking its sectoral actions to the SDGs.
• The National Policy on Disaster Management, developed in 2013, integrates climate considerations by emphasizing the need for research and indigenous knowledge regarding climate change adaptation.
• The update of the NDC and NAP, both planned for 2020, provides a critical opportunity to ensure the NAP serves as a roadmap for operationalizing the adaptation commitments made in the NDC.
• The development of the National Policy and Strategy on Sustainable Development (NPSSD), expected by the end of 2019, is an entry point to integrate updated NDC and NAP content into a broader national framework.
• Sri Lanka is working to establish monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems for the NDC, with a current focus on mitigation, but there is a recognized need to incorporate adaptation to ensure accountability and balanced investment.
• Provincial-level adaptation planning and the establishment of Regional Climate Cells offer opportunities to align local implementation with national commitments under the NAP, NDC, and SDGs.

APA

Dazé, A. (2019). Coordinating Climate-Resilient Development Alignment to Advance Climate-Resilient Development. NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/napgn-en-2019-alignment-to-advance-climate-resilient-development-case-study-sri-lanka.pdf

Chicago

Dazé, Angie. Coordinating Climate-Resilient Development Alignment to Advance Climate-Resilient Development. NAP Global Network, 2019. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/napgn-en-2019-alignment-to-advance-climate-resilient-development-case-study-sri-lanka.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{daz2019coordinating, author = {Dazé, Angie}, title = {{Coordinating Climate-Resilient Development Alignment to Advance Climate-Resilient Development}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2019}, month = oct, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/napgn-en-2019-alignment-to-advance-climate-resilient-development-case-study-sri-lanka.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }