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Explore historical and projected climate data, climate data by sector, impacts, key vulnerabilities and what adaptation measures are being taken. Explore the overview for a general context of how climate change is affecting Sri Lanka.
- Climatology
Explore historical and projected climate data, climate data...
- CLIMATE RISK COUNTRY PROFILE
• Projected changes are expected to impact on Sri Lanka’s...
- Sri Lanka
Average Monthly Temperature 1901 - 2009 (C) Average Monthly...
- Climatology
Explore historical and projected climate data, climate data by sector, impacts, key vulnerabilities and what adaptation measures are being taken. Explore the overview for a general context of how climate change is affecting Sri Lanka.
• Projected changes are expected to impact on Sri Lanka’s poorest and most marginalized communities most strongly, exacerbating poverty and inequality. • Projected rainfall trends for Sri Lanka have a high degree of variability, but increases in heavy rainfall events are likely to increase in Sri Lanka’s southern areas. KEY MESSAGES
This interactive chart shows the breakdown of annual CO 2 emissions by source: either coal, oil, gas, cement production or gas flaring. This breakdown is strongly influenced by the energy mix of a given country, and changes as a country shifts to or from a given energy source.
Climate change is an important issue in Sri Lanka, and its effects threaten to impact both human and natural systems. Roughly 50 percent of its 22 million citizens live in low-lying coastal areas in the west, south, and south-west of the island, and are at risk of future sea level rise. [1] .
This publication comprehensively synthesizes climate characteristics and projections, vulnerability to natural hazards, sectoral climate change impacts, and adaptation priorities in Sri Lanka.
Average Monthly Temperature 1901 - 2009 (C) Average Monthly Rainfall 1901 - 2009 (mm) The Climate Change Knowledge Portal (CCKP) provides climate data and climate-risk information for users to understand and communicate future climate change scenarios. Sri Lanka from The World Bank: Data.