Introduction

As a climate-vulnerable developing country, managing climate and disaster risks is a critical need for Sri Lanka. Collaboration, partnerships, and exchange of information between different actors and stakeholder groups can enhance opportunities related to accessing climate and disaster risk finance, strengthening existing mechanisms, harnessing synergies, and increasing mid- and long-term economic resilience.

Building on SLYCAN Trust’s project work related to climate and disaster risk management, risk finance, and risk transfer as well as economic recovery and resilience-building over the last 2.5 years, SLYCAN Trust is organizing a Workshop on Multi-Actor Partnerships for Climate & Disaster Risk Management and Resilience-Building in Sri Lanka.

The workshop is conducted as part of the project “Multi-Actor Partnerships on Climate and Disaster Risk Transfer and Finance in the Context of the InsuResilience Global Partnership,” which is implemented in collaboration with Chrysalis as a local partner and funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

Objectives

1. Engaging with key actors from Sri Lanka’s government, finance and insurance industry, private sector, (M)SMEs, entrepreneurs, and others to showcase work done & presenting key findings

2. Facilitating a dialogue on the way ahead for strengthening and expanding multi-actor partnerships on risk management and resilience-building.

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  Just transition in the energy sector
  - Key elements to ensure just transition in the energy sector
  - Gaps and challenges faced in integrating aspects and strategies of just transition in the energy sector
  - Institutional structures and role of actors in achieving just transition in the energy sector
  - Entry points and opportunities for integrating just transition into climate policy initiatives and actions
  - Success stories, best practices, and experience sharing on initiatives

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  Ensuring just transition in the food sector
  - Key elements of just transition and their relation to global and local food systems
  - Gaps and challenges faced in integrating aspects and strategies of just transition in the food sector
  - Institutional structures and role of actors in achieving just transition in the food sector
  - Entry points and opportunities for integrating just transition into climate policy initiatives and actions
  - Success stories, best practices, and experience sharing on initiatives

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  Gender, inclusion, social protection, and cross-cutting aspects related to just transition
  - Key cross-cutting aspects related to just transition
  - Interlinks for integration of just transition with climate action and into different climate policy and action processes
  - Impacts of COVID-19 and the role of recovery actions in contributing toward just transition
  - Success stories, best practices, and experience sharing on initiatives