Coordinación del desarrollo resistente al clima

Sri Lanka is transitioning from informal to strategic alignment of its climate and development policies. The country benefits from having both sustainable development and climate change under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Development and Environment of Mahaweli. Key policy instruments include the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) 2016-2025 and the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), both of which are closely linked and scheduled for updates. The document identifies four primary entry points for improving alignment: the updating of NDCs and the NAP, the development of the National Sustainable Development Strategy and Policy (NPSSD), the creation of integrated monitoring and evaluation systems, and the integration of adaptation into provincial planning processes.

• Sri Lanka's policy documents already establish explicit links between sustainable development, climate change, and disaster risk reduction. For example, the Voluntary National Review (VNR) identifies climate change adaptation as a means to achieve several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including those related to health, urban development, and the eradication of hunger.
• The alignment process is simplified because the Ministry of Development and Environment of Mahaweli is responsible for both sustainable development and climate change. This ministry houses the Sustainable Development Council and the Climate Change Secretariat, which coordinates the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
• There is significant overlap and synergy between the NDCs and the NAP. The NDCs' adaptation commitments are based on the NAP, and the two documents share seven common priority sectors. The NAP further describes how its sectoral adaptation options implement the commitments made in the NDCs.
• The National Sustainable Development Strategy and Policy (NPSSD), mandated by the Sustainable Development Act of October 2017, represents a key opportunity to integrate updated content from the NDCs and NAP. This integrated framework could lead to joint implementation mechanisms and more efficient resource mobilization.
• Efficiency in climate action can be increased by developing a common monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework. Currently, M&E for NDCs focuses primarily on mitigation; expanding this to include adaptation would facilitate reporting for the Paris Agreement, the SDGs, and the Sendai Framework.
• Provincial planning processes offer a critical entry point for localizing climate resilience. By establishing regional climate change units, provincial governments can align their local actions with the NAP, NDCs, and SDGs, reducing the administrative burden on local actors.

APA

Dazé, A. (2019). Coordinación del desarrollo resistente al clima. NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/napgn-es-2019-alignment-casestudy-srilanka.pdf

Chicago

Dazé, Angie. Coordinación del desarrollo resistente al clima. NAP Global Network, 2019. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/napgn-es-2019-alignment-casestudy-srilanka.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{daz2019coordinacin, author = {Dazé, Angie}, title = {{Coordinación del desarrollo resistente al clima}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2019}, month = oct, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/napgn-es-2019-alignment-casestudy-srilanka.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }