Sri Lanka needs to create green economy to face future with strength – President Source : adaderana Measures are currently underway to create an institutional structure that will support the implementation of Sri Lanka’s Climate Prosperity Plan, President Ranil Wickremesinghe stated in Parliament today (13 Nov.). Delivering the 2024 Budget speech this afternoon, President Wickremesinghe noted that a green economy needs to be created in Sri Lanka, as the climate resilience plan is set to be the basis for the future vision of the sustainable development agenda. “By establishing a Climate Finance Unit in the Treasury and a Climate Change Office in the President’s Office, steps are being taken to create the institutional structure that will support the implementation of Sri Lanka’s Climate Prosperity Plan”. Further, 600 acres of land beyond the Kothmale Reservoir has been allocated to establish an International Climate Change University, while measures also underway to develop renewable ...