Indika Arulingam

International Water Management Institute | IWMI · Water Growth and Inclusion

Young people are on the front lines of transforming agriculture and food systems, coping with the social and economic impacts of COVID-19 as well as environmental and climate change effects which are likely to accelerate and intensify during their lifetimes. At the same time, young people across global contexts are increasingly emerging as visible...

As the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration begins, there remains insufficient emphasis on the human and social dimensions of restoration. The potential that restoration holds for achieving both ecological and social goals can only be met through a shift towards people-centered restoration strategies. Towards this end, this paper synthesizes critical...

https://digitalarchive.worldfishcenter.org/handle/20.500.12348/3937?show=full

Floods account for a majority of disasters, especially in South Asia, where they affect 27 million people annually, causing economic losses of over US$1 billion. Climate change threatens to exacerbate these risks. Risk transfer mechanisms, such as weather index insurance (WII) may help buffer farmers against these hazards. However, WII programs str...

This background paper is one of three papers commissioned by the World Bank. It looks at two particular, yet interlinked, aspects: the current financial flows related to climate adaptation strategies in South Asia, and the institutional landscapes in place for driving adaptation planning and action on the ground, with a particular focus on the wat...

Overall high annual precipitation in Sri Lanka belies significant spatial and temporal variation in surface water availability. The ‘dry zone’ comprising two-third of Sri Lanka’s land area receives significantly less rainfall and has high precipitation rates and a five-month dry season. Nevertheless, these regions account for the majority of rice p...

Sri Lanka has made significant achievements in its water sector in recent years and has attained its millennium development goal targets with respect to the provision of safe water and improved sanitation. However, challenges remain requiring financial, social and organisational development policies that fit the country’s new political and economic...