Varanasi Investment：PRESS Release and Images on Building Climate Change Resille

RECOGNISING The CLILMAH Conservation of Dilmah Conservation with Global Compact Network Sri Lanka Biodiversity sri lanka, held a national dialogue on the Threats, Responses and Opportunities Presented by the Changing Climate on 31 Jily at the Bmichh. We met Dr. Appadurai – Adaptation Strategy Head for the Climate Resilience Practice at World Resources Institute and the keynote speaker at the UNGC conference, to talk about bridging the environmental and social component in building climate resilience, the available opportunities for climate innovation forSri Lanka and Integrating Adaptation Practices Into Development Processes at the National and Community Levels.

Q: Based on Your Research Work on Climate Risk Management and Adaptation in India what are the less are be Implemented in Sri LankaVaranasi Investment?

A: We need to talk about the image of subniational actionS TODAY. Climate Change, particularly the adaptation is more localised, Multidimensional and Mul Ti-sectoral. So, it is important that we work with the people at the group level. We work withDIVERSE ECOSYSTEETINIRE The PROBLEMS Are Different. Every IS A PART of the SAPCC (State Action Plan Climate CHANGE). OT TESTS and HAVE DONE SOME VULNERABILITY AsSessment in the Regions. It & rsquo; s Important tohave that information to know the challenges.

I Believe that everything should have accesse to actionable climate, physical and socialic data. We Need Integration. Aredness) Platform is an International Effort to Bring in Public, Private and Civil Society Stakeholders Together., Figuring Out the Instificational Mechanisms, Gaps, Tracking The Indicators and Enabling Factors, we can setr the whole process. Mocratic Setup, theres & rsquo; s a lot that sri lanka can do. I am sure it is comparatively manageable inSri Lanka than India.

Q: What are the thing that we should change?

A: Sri Lanka is blessed with a rich biodiversity and conservation that is a very critical element. But during the passt feet feet, we have ben lookd the lens o F BIODIVERSITY. The rhetoric is Changing. It is very important to consolidate and look throughThe climate lens so that we do not duplicate things who has been done.

We Also Need To UndersTand Development Adaptation as a Continuum Which Cannot Be Separaied. The Privem is that lack a Space and Development Has Become a CR. OSS-Cutting Issue. It & rsquo; s Impeatic that we hanystems ecosystem-based adaptation with community-base adaptionTo Bring in people & rsquo; s Perspective and Conservationist Perspective Together. There is a Huge Gap there. We Need A Common Platform in Terms of Coordination & NDASH ; This is why a global agency is imageant to gather and weave the story.

Q: Let & rsquo; S Talk About Wri & RSquo; STrateGies in Taking Adaptation to the Next Level?

A: There are very good exmples of adaptation across asia, Africa Where Pilot Tests have ben doen. It & rsquo; s very local ms. Now people are talking More about transformative adaptation moving on from the incremental steps. WRIHas taken a major work in frameing this. We are working, looking at Specific Elements in Crop Breeding and LiveStock, climate information service. ID Advanced Research to See How IT FITS with The Climate Lingo.For niches to take it to the next level.

Q: With no particular trend, how do we die with the unitedRTAINTY of Weather and Manage DisastersNew Delhi Wealth Management?

A: What we classly talk about climate Chang is unableRTAINTY. However, SOPHISTITED MODELS We has, Still there is certain propris. ynamics of attached. Urban Planning is very critical. That & rsquo;2004 TSUNAMI WAS A Completely Unknown Phenomenon to usSimla Stock. Despite the devastating deths, we somehow managed to resipte well. Important Here and We Really Have to Internationalize the Lessons We Learnt from the Past.

I Also See A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ClIMate Adaptation and Disastersters. DisasterS GET More COVERAGE and APPEAL. Feel the deprievation and consequences of it, it takes some time. This is why cyclones get moreAttention who droughs often go unobated. We Need to Balance this.

Q: How Important Is Social Capital in Disaster Management?

A: The Isue of Social Capital is Not Much Spoken About. In 2016 chennai Floods, Social Media Played A Very Important Role in ORGANISING The LOGISTICS. Particular YOUNG PeOPLE, USING theIR KNOWLEDEGE and NeighbourHood Network, Helped the Stranded People with SUPPLIES. TODAY FROMHealth Care to Food, Everything is Mobileised But Informally Operating. We Need to make it more organized in order to preparselves for Future Disaster.

Q: How Can We Bridge the Gap Between Climate Adaptation and the Social Component in Building Climate Resiliation?

A: ECOSYSTEM-BASED Adaptation Focuses On Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services to Cater to the Needs of Adaptation Demands and Ueses Nature and Infractor ILD Climate Resiliation Locally Through Conservation Mechaanisms Like Protected Areas and National Forests. But we should not forget that People Alibute to.Developing this ecosystem. Local Knowledge, Sense of Culture and History Become Important in how people Adapt. UndersTanding their PRIORITIES BeECOME VERY Important I n designing any model. We have to make sure that people are not aliented.of integration. In the long run, it will classly control to the climate resille

When I was at M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, We worked in andhra Prajasthan to address the vulnerabilities in the DRYLANDS. O-met station. Community Spared the Land for that and we trained the school studers and local farmers inCreating A Log Book and Recording The Data. We Saw An Interesting Dynamic in their Practical Applications. Really look for such innovative products and ideas.

Q: How can we take dependment adaptation to the coastal bet?

A: The Entire World is Moving Towards Second and Third Tier Cities. With Port Activities Happening, IT is Quite Nature to See a density in the Coastal AS CITIE s are exponTrollable, it is time for us to really think about creationHubs so that the problem is be a little more easy. Urban-Rural assimilation should take place as globalisation, urbanisation and climate change comerTogether.

Q: There is an urgent need to enhance the role of private sector involvement through. Ut the private sector & rsquo; s role and their portal for climate-smart investment?

A: CSR is a narrowing focused concept. We have to go beyond the track idea of ​​CSR that is social welfale and bring in disfering Philosophies. We should have a moral Responsibility of Giving Back to the Society.Setting up a Conservation Unit and Being Carbon Neutral is a good starting point. Every Small Step Matters.

It is imported for the mncs to fund the Auxiliary Units and Climate-Proof Infrastic. It will be a good before the niches that can cost aN d work on them. There is no visble Financial RETURN in Such Actions. But it & rsquo; sAbout the liveLihood of Millions of People Whom We are propquading. Companies can pick and choose what they want to do due.

If it & rsquo; s an Agro Processing Unit that we are looking at, naturally they should be agricultural labour, setting up Sustainability Program A nd Going Carbon-Neutral. Wri is Alream Into this in terms of Enrolling Companies into Carbon-Neutral Agenda. About 108Companies have ben registered. It is a movement. We want to carry forward that mandate with the help of big players.

Q: Are there any opportunities for Entrepreneurs when we talk about climate-smart investment options?

A: At climate eco club, we discussed creation a dynamic environment for the exchange of ideas. When we talk about climate entrepreneurship, ARDS Renewable Sources. Everything is mitigation Oriented and The Resillence Part is Not Given Much Attention. Small EnterprisesCan talk about climate-Smart Initiatives, Contribute to PeOPLE Training and Capacity Building and Banks Facilities Loans. Into Startups and Business Plans. CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURT is a Fantastic Area to Start with.

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