Scoping and program development

In January 2019, GGGI welcomed the Government of Sri Lanka as its thirtieth Member, committing to support the country in achieving its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and implementing its national adaptation plan. Nominated as its delivery partner under the Green Climate Fund, GGGI supported the Government of Sri Lanka in the preparation and submission of a US$3M National Adaptation Plan Readiness Proposal in June 2019, the approval of which is anticipated in mid-2020. The project will build on the results of the country’s earlier key adaptation initiatives which include the National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy 2011-2016 and the National Adaptation Plan for Climate Change Impacts 2016-2025. Aimed to strengthen the capacity and system to implement NAP by Sri Lanka - a small island country highly vulnerable to adverse impacts of climate change. The Global Climate Risk Index ranks Sri Lanka as the second country at-most-risk in 2017 based on the impact analyses of weather-related loss events. In September 2019, the GGGI Sri Lanka Country Program set-up was officially commenced and the Interim Country Planning Framework (CPF) was submitted to the Government during the occasion of Sri Lanka’s Blue-Green Summit in October. The Interim CPF 2020-2024 will however need to be further validated under the newly elected Government in November 2019. A final validation workshop will be conducted prior to the target launch in Q3 of 2020, the schedule of which has been adjusted in light of the COVID-19 crisis. GGGI’s intervention areas under the CPF aims to support Sri Lanka’s NDC 2030 and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets in the areas of energy, transport, and forestry.