Sri Lanka’s then-President Ranil Wickremesinghe speaks at the G77 and China Leaders’ Summit during the U.N. Climate Change Conference COP28 at Expo City Dubai on Dec. 2, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab ...

Almost all forest fire in Sri Lanka is human-caused; the two main forest fire seasons are February to March and July to August. Annually, 100-2,500 hectares (247-6,178 acres) of forest resources are ...

Cyclone Ditwah exposed Sri Lanka’s catastrophic lack of preparedness. After the first red alerts predicting very heavy rainfall were issued on the night of November 25, Sri Lankan President Anura ...

Stilt fishermen in Sri Lanka working under the midday sun In April 2024, as a severe heatwave swept across Sri Lanka, temperatures climbed into the mid-30s °C. Malani, who lives in a small flat in ...

Despite being highly vulnerable to climate risk, Sri Lanka is slow to tap into climate funding due to a range of issues including inadequate data systems, institutional weaknesses and limited capacity ...