Sri Lanka

This document is organized sector-wise detailing Sri Lanka’s climate change mitigation commitments and adaptation needs, loss and damage, and means of implementation.

The overarching principle of this policy is to minimise the natural resources and toxic materials used, and the waste and pollutants generated, throughout the entire production and consumption process in all economic sectors. It notably aims to mainstream climate and disaster resilience into the management of water and sanitation, into the development of energy, industry and tourism sectors. It also seeks to promote disaster and climate resilient buildings and constructions.

One of the plan's missions is titled "Meeting the Challenges of Climate Change", and includes plans to: 
1. Establish country specific policies and action plans to counter adverse climate change impacts. 
2. Promote the use of economically viable, environment friendly, renewable energy resources, with emphasis on non-conventional energy resources. 
3. Optimize energy consumption through energy efficiency in enterprises and promoting substitution of fossil fuels by renewable energies in economic and production sectors. 
4. Promote supply side & end use energy efficiency. 
5. Promote carbon sequestration. 
6. Promote Integrated waste management. 
7. Identify Infrastructure vulnerability to climate change. 
8. Ensure that land use zoning reduces vulnerability to adverse impacts of climate change. 
9. Make rain water harvesting at site level mandatory. 
10. Take adaptive measures expecting an increase of vectors. 
11. Establish Food Security in the face of climate change threats. 
12. Develop and adopt energy saving technologies in agriculture

<div>This plan plans to build on post-conflict opportunities to boost the wellbeing of coastal communities. It focuses on shoreline management, conserving coastal habitats, control coastal water pollution, deal with special management areas, and improve regulatory mechanisms. It notably devise strategic schemes to combat floods, sea-level rise and storms. It mandates the country to combat erosion notably by adopting climate compatible technologies and designs for fisheries, tourism and other economic activities located in coastal zones. It also calls for protecting mangroves in order to protect the coast from erosion and ensure carbon storing capabilities. </div><div>The plan also aims to ensure the availability of contingency measures to mitigate impacts of climate change on coastal features, infrastructure and coastal communities and that systems for timely implementation of such contingency measures and plans are developed. It lists the following proposed actions:&nbsp; </div><ol><li>Collate data from all relevant authorities on climate change parameters such as wind patterns, rainfall, temperature, sea level rise, etc. to predict coastal impacts of sea level rise.</li><li>establish a database on climate change features relevant to coastal zone management in collaboration with relevant state organisations.</li><li>establish links with international agencies/global programmes to obtain data and information on climate change, related features and mitigatory actions.</li><li>analyse impacts of climate change and establish systems for timely adaptive and mitigatory action.</li><li>Develop an effective mechanism to collaborate with institutions dealing with the scientific and social aspects of natural hazards to minimise impacts and for efficient remedial action.</li><li>Coordinate inter-agency action required to mitigate impacts of natural hazards in the Coastal Zone and for remedial measures.</li><li>establish a mechanism through which realistic estimates of sea level rise and other climate change impacts are taken into account routinely in erosion management and development in the Coastal Zone.</li></ol>

This document sets the strategic approach to ensure that Sri Lanka’s biodiversity is conserved and used in a sustainable manner. It notably seeks to increase forest cover and shield the country's biodiversity from the adverse effects of climate change.&nbsp;

This Act establishes the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority. The document sets the composition and duties of the Authority.&nbsp; The Authority is in charge of 1) identify, assess and develop renewable energy resources with a view to enhancing energy security and thereby derive economic and social benefits to the country, 2) identify, promote, facilitate, implement and manage energy efficiency improvement and energy conservation programmes for use of energy in domestic, commercial, agricultural, transport, industrial and any other relevant sector, 3) promote security, reliability and cost- effectiveness of energy delivery to the country, by policy development and analysis and related information management, and 4) ensure that adequate funds are available for the Authority to implement its objects, consistent with minimum economic cost of energy and energy security for the nation.&nbsp; The Authority must also analyse and recommend policies and prepare plans aimed at promoting and developing renewable energy resources. Art. 46 establishes the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Fund, which shall be notably financed by fees chargeable from developers for managing the carbon asset of Sri Lanka.

The Disaster Management Act's main purpose is to protect human life and the environment of Sri Lanka from the consequences of natural disasters by preparing national policies and plans, and by appointing centrally coordinated committees and institutions to give effect to such policies and plans.

The Coast Conservation Acts 57/1981 and 49/2011 set out measures to ensure a survey of the coastal zone and the preparation of a coastal zone management plan. The act also regulates development activities within the coastal zone and formulates schemes of work for coast conservation.&nbsp; The Act No.57/1981 establishes the Coast Conservation Advisory Council (hereinafter referred to as " the Council "). The functions of the Council shall be: 1) to advise the Minister on all development activities proposed in the Coastal Zone; 2) to review the Coastal Zone Management Plan prepared in accordance with the provisions of Part II of this Act; 3) to review the environmental impact assessments furnished to the Director in connection with applications for permits under section 14; 4) to inform the Director of the need for schemes of work within the Coastal Zone; 5) to advise the Minister or the Director on any other matter relating to coast conservation.&nbsp;

The Act provides for the establishment of the Water Resources Board, whose duty shall be to advise the Minister on the following matters: (a) control, conservation and utilization of water resources; (b) promotion, construction, operation and maintenance of irrigation, drainage, flood control and hydraulic power schemes; (c) promotion of afforestation; (d) control of soil erosion; (e) prevention of freshwater pollution; (f) formulation of national policies relating to the control and use of water resources.

Sri Lanka. National Communication (NC). NC 3., National Communication from Sri Lanka in 2022

Sri Lanka First NDC (Updated submission), Nationally Determined Contribution from Sri Lanka in 2021

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Sri Lanka First NDC (Archived), Nationally Determined Contribution from Sri Lanka in 2016

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Specific energy and water consumption reduced in state owned or controlled buildings by 10% by 2022, 15% by 2025 and 20% by 2030

Renewable energy to make up 20% of energy generation 2023.

Wind to take up 20% of share of energy produced by renewables by 2022.

Energy consumption will be reduced by 10% on 2015 levels by 2023.

Reduce the carbon footprint of the energy sector by 5% by 2025.

Produce the total petroleum product demand of the country through our own refinery by 2025.

Reduce the petroleum fuel use in the transport sub-sector by 5% by introducing alternative strategies such as efficient modes of transport and electrification of transport by 2020.

Reduce the technical and commercial losses of the electricity transmission and distribution network from 11% to 8% by 2020.

Increase generation capacity of low cost thermal power plants fired by natural gas and biomass to 2,000 MW to reduce the generation costs and to diversify generation mix by 2020.

Generate a minimum 1.000 MW of electricity using indigenous gas resources discovered in Mannar basin by 2020.

Increase the electricity generation capacity of the system from 4.050 MW to 6.400 MW by 2025.

Increase the share of electricity generation from renewable energy sources from 50% in 2014 to 60% by 2020 and finally to meet the total demand from renewable and other indigenous energy sources by 2030.

Reduce electricity network losses to 8%  by 2020

5% reduction of carbon footprint of energy sector by 2025 against a 2014 baseline

20% increase in renewable energy percentage of national grid, from 4.8% baseline by 2020 against a 2008 baseline

60% renewables of electricity supply by 2020, then 100% from renewable and indigenous energy sources by 2030

38% electrical energy supply from hydro and renewables by 2015

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