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 ...

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 ...

At the scene of Sri Lanka's cyclone tragedy, it is clear that vulnerable victims of climate disasters can’t depend on the charity of other nations but need a loss and damage fund to support them. Read ...

COLOMBO — As the waves creep closer to his home in Kankesanthurai, in Sri Lanka’s northernmost Jaffna Peninsula, 41- year-old Seelan Kandeepan recalls how the sea continuously consumes what was once a ...

COLOMBO – During the Ice Ages, there was a decrease in global sea levels, creating a land bridge between Sri Lanka and India, only to have the then-warmer interglacial periods reverse this, isolating ...

In the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah’s devastating impact, Sri Lanka plans to apply for payment from the U.N.’s newly implemented loss and damage fund, designed specifically to help climate-vulnerable ...

Sri Lanka’s ecologically significant Central Highlands suffered severe but still largely undocumented ecological damage following the recent Cyclone Ditwah, which devasted unique yet highly vulnerable ...