Concerns growing over worsening food security in Sri Lanka
A rise in floods and droughts is driving small-scale farmers into deeper poverty and cutting harvests
Deadly monsoon reinforces need for regional data sharing
Weather experts say a better system for sharing information across the South Asian region would help prepare people for monsoon floods
As extreme weather hits harvests, food buffers could help - experts
“If you want to tackle this problem, then you have to change as fast as climate is changing, preferably faster,” says one Sri Lankan farmer
Sri Lanka's electricity price hike sparks interest in solar
Heavy power users are starting to take up solar, but installation costs are still too high for most to afford
Moving Asian cities to public transport crucial, difficult - experts
But drivers won’t leave their cars for transport that is “not on time, noisy, unclean, unsafe and sometimes like traveling on a mobile public restroom”
Extreme weather boosts poverty in Sri Lanka - report
Severe drought followed by flooding have pushed a widening share of the country's families below the poverty line
Peace brings new pressures on water in northern Sri Lanka
As families return to the war-ravaged region, experts are warning that using water sparingly will be crucial, particularly as climate change brings more weather extremes
Sri Lanka rolls out plan to reduce flood losses in Colombo
World Bank funds the flood protection programme, as more intense rainfall inflicts serious economic damage
Extreme weather forces Sri Lankans to rethink rice farming
Alternating floods and drought are pushing farmers to adopt new varieties and changed growing cycles
Weather extremes push Sri Lanka to adopt crop insurance
$1 million national programme aims to help farmers cope with worsening drought and flooding