Country: Sri Lanka

Overview: The NDC for LKA is a Business as usual commitment that includes No quantitative adaptation target and is estimated to cost in the range of no (partial) costs mentioned.

Sri Lanka First NDC

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  • Type of Mitigation Target: 1
  • Mitigation Target Details: Business as usual
  • Type of Temperature Target: 3
  • Temperature Target Details: Mentioning global effort to limit global temperature increase to 1.5?C (and 2?C)
  • Type of Mitigation Costs: 1
  • Costs of Mitigation Details: no (partial) costs mentioned
  • Type of Renewable Energy Class: 3
  • Renewable Energy Details: Focus area (Solar power, wind power, biomass, waste-to-energy, hydropower)
  • Type of Energy Efficiency Class: 3
  • Energy Efficiency Details: Focus area (Industry, transport)
  • Type of Trasportation Class: 3
  • Transportation Details: Focus area (avoid/reduce journeys, modal shifting, improve energy efficiency and fuel quality)
  • Carbon Capture and Storage Class: 1
  • Carbon Capture and Storage Details: Not indicated
  • Agriculture Class: 1
  • Agriculture Details: Not indicated
  • Land Use and Forestry Class: 3
  • Land Use and Forestry Details: Focus area: increase forest cover, manage deforestation, enrich forest usage
  • Waste Class: 3
  • Waste Details: Focus area
  • Reducing Non-CO2 Gases Class: 2
  • Reducing Non-CO2 Gases Details: Considered (CH4, N2O)
  • Fossil Fuel Production Class: 1
  • Fossil Fuel Production Details: Not applicable (no fossil fuel production)
  • Fossil Fuel Subsidies Class: 1
  • Fossil Fuel Subsidies Details: Not indicated
  • Land Use Change Class: 2
  • LAnd Use Change Details: No baseline quantified, no mitigation quantified
  • REDD+ Class: 3
  • REDD+ Details: REDD+ specified: strategies for implementation
  • Trade Class: 1
  • Trade Details: International trade/trade measures not mentioned
  • Market Mechanism Class: 1
  • Market Mechanism Details: not mentioned
  • Mitigation Documents Class: 4
  • Mitigation Documents Details: Forestry Sector Master Plan 1995-2020, National REDD+ Strategy; Long Term Electricity Generation Expansion Plan 2015- 2032; National Solid Waste Management Strategy 2000; Readiness Plan for the Implementation of the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) 2017-2019; Technology Needs Assessment and Technology Action Plans for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation; Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) on Energy Generation and End Use Sectors
  • Co-Benefits of Mitigation Class: 1
  • Co-Benefits of Mitigation Details: No co-benefits of mitigation mentioned
  • Migration and Displacement Class: 1
  • Migration and Displacement Details: Migration/relocation not mentioned
  • Vulnerability of Agriculture Resources Class: 2
  • Vulnerability of Agriculture Resources Details: Sector identified as vulnerable
  • Vulnerability of Water Resources Class: 2
  • Vulnerability of Water Resources Details: Sector identified as vulnerable
  • Vulnerability of Ecosystems Class: 2
  • Vulnerability of Ecosystems Details: Sector identified as vulnerable
  • Vulnerability of Citizens Health Class: 2
  • Vulnerability of Citizens Health Details: Sector identified as vulnerable
  • Vulnerability of Coastal Zones Class: 2
  • Vulnerability of Coastal Zones Details: Sector identified as vulnerable
  • Costs of Recent Climate Related Hazards Class: 2
  • Costs of Recent Climate Related Hazards Details: Economic losses: 35.71 mio (floods, 2010), total relief expenditure for the period of 2007-2011 was 12.75 mio
  • Costs of Future Climate Related Hazards Class: 1
  • Costs of Future Climate Related Hazards Details: No future losses indicated
  • Climate Risks of Extreme Weather Class: 2
  • Climate Risks of Extreme Weather Details: Mentioned: droughts, heat waves, vector-borne diseases
  • Climate Risk of Floods Class: 1
  • Climate Risk of Floods Details: Floods not mentioned
  • Climate Risk of Droughts Class: 1
  • Climate Risk of Droughts Details: Droughts not mentioned
  • Climate Risk of Temperature Increases Class: 2
  • Climate Risk of Temperature Increases Details: Temperature increase mentioned
  • Climate Risk of Sea Level Rise Class: 2
  • Climate Risk of Sea Level Rise Details: Sea level rise mentioned as climate risk
  • Priority Sectors Water Class: 3
  • Priority Sectors Water Details: Elaborated on actions/plans/strategies
  • Priority Sectors Agriculture Class: 3
  • Priority Sectors Agriculture Details: Elaborated on actions/plans/strategies
  • Priority Sectors Health Class: 3
  • Priority Sectors Health Details:
  • Priority Sectors Ecosystems Class: 3
  • Priority Sectors Ecosystems Details: Elaborated on actions/plans/strategies
  • Priority Sectors Forestry Class: 3
  • Priority Sectors Forestry Details: Elaborated on actions/plans/strategies
  • Quantified Adaptation Targets Class: 1
  • Quantified Adaptation Targets Details: No quantitative adaptation target
  • Cost of Adaptation Class: 1
  • Cost of Adaptation Details: no (partial) costs mentioned
  • Adaptation Documents Class: 4
  • Adaptation Documents Details: National Adaptation Plan (NAP); National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (2010); Readiness Plan for the Implementation of the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) 2017-2019; Technology Needs Assessment and Technology Action Plans for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation; Forestry Sector Master Plan 1995-2020
  • Co-Benefits of Adaptation Class: 3
  • Co-Benefits of Adaptation Details: Other co-benefits: low-carbon development
  • Conditionality of Adaptation Finance Class: 3
  • Conditionality of Adaptation Finance Details: Partly conditional to contribution
  • Conditionality of Mitigation Finance Class: 3
  • Conditionality of Mitigation Finance Details: Partly conditional to contribution
  • Technoogy Needs Class: 3
  • Technology Needs Details: specific technology needs mentioned
  • Conditionality of Technology Transfer Class: 3
  • Conditionality of Technology Transfer Details: NDC contribution conditional to technology transfer
  • Conditionality of Capacity Building Class: 3
  • Conditionality of Capacity Building Details: Capacity building (partly) conditional to NDC implementation
  • Means of Implementation and Fairness Class: 2
  • Means of Implementation and Fairness Details: MoI not mentioned in fairness/equity section
  • Climate Risk Insurance Class: 3
  • Climate Risk Insurance Details: Insurance (market) development. Special focus: agricultural sector, fishery & infrastructure
  • Planning of NDC Formulation Class: 3
  • Planning of NDC Formulation Details: Mentioned with specific elements
  • Stakeholder Consultation Class: 2
  • Stakeholder Consultation Details: Mentioned
  • Education Planning Class: 4
  • Education Planning Details: education to implement the NDC?Aos adaptation contribution
  • Awareness Raising Class: 4
  • Awareness Raising Details: awareness raising to implement the NDC?Aos adaptation contribution
  • Training Class: 2
  • Training Details: training mentioned
  • Access to Information Class: 1
  • Access to Information Details: information access not mentioned
  • Planning of (I)NDC Implementation Class: 3
  • Planning of (I)NDC Implementation Details: Mentioned: creation of specific laws and policies
  • Monitoring and Review Class: 1
  • Monitoring and Review Details: No section on domestic monitoring and/or evaluation, no reference to international review
  • Sustainable Development Goals Class: 3
  • Sustainable Development Goals Details: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) mentioned (climate change exacerbates existing challenges to attain the SDGs)
  • Sustainable Development Class: 2
  • Sustainable Development Details: Sustainable development mentioned
  • Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform Class: 1
  • Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform Details: not mentioned
  • Green Economy Class: 1
  • Green Economy Details: Not mentioned
  • Disaster Risk Reduction Class: 3
  • Disaster Risk Reduction Details: Disaster Risk Reduction mentioned
  • Section on Fairness Class: 3
  • Section on Fairness Details: Section on fairness/equity, also contextualizing emissions
  • Historical Responsibility Class: 1
  • Historical Responsibility Details: Not mentioned
  • Loss and Damage Class: 3
  • Loss and Damage Details: Loss and damage mentioned in context of financial support
  • Gender Class: 2
  • Gender Details: Mentioned
  • Human Rights Class: 1
  • Human Rights Details: Not indicated
  • Income Class: 1
  • Income Details: Lower middle income
  • Region ID: 5
  • Region Name: South Asia
  • G20 Class: 0
  • G20 Details: not G20