Climate Change: A Turning Point?
Can Sri Lanka and other countries put any kind of climate adaptation policy front and centre amid the worlds growing economic crisis?
Sri Lanka bears the brunt of climate change with rising sea levels, high temperatures and exposure to extreme weather. These climate risks play a huge role in the country's economic wellbeing with its deadly flash floods and huge displacement from increasingly severe Monsoons. As a small island nation, the recent protests in the country's capital were being driven in large part by growing food insecurity. The recent COP27 summit in Egypt agreed an historic 'loss and damage' global fund for climate impact in developing countries. The deal is being hailed as a potential turning point that acknowledges the vast inequities of climate crisis - but can Sri Lanka and other countries put any kind of climate adaptation policy front and centre amid the worlds growing economic crisis?
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