With the euphoria of the recent election victory and the resultant sea change in many spheres of the government, the basic problems that Sri Lanka have been plagued with may have been relegated to the background. But these real and unresolved problems will haunt us forever, unless some rational and perhaps drastic remedial measures are […]
08th December 2019, themorning.lk, By Maheesha Mudugamuwa • 700 projects stalled since 2011; 80 others pending approval this year • Shortage cannot be filled by renewable energy, CEB engineers say Over 700 renewable energy projects including both solar and wind, amounting to around 2,400 MW, had been stalled since 2011 due to […]
09th December 2019, nfccc.int, Press Release by The Investor Agenda 631 institutional investors managing more than $37 trillion in assets urged governments to step up efforts to tackle the global climate crisis and achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, in a joint statement issued today at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP25). The […]
UN Climate Change News, unfccc.int, 2nd December 2019 The UN Climate Change Conference COP25 in Madrid (to 13 December) kicked off today, with urgent calls to make serious progress on climate action over the next two weeks. Speaking at the opening ceremony, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said that with climate change impacts […]
With the much awaited presidential election now over and the new president and a Cabinet in place, the country is agog to find the direction in which the country will be guided by them. The policy manifesto of His Excellency The President, has covered many important elements of the economy and the social fabric […]
“Forestry for a Low-Carbon Future”, the first of the series of forestry related seminars by SLCARP, will be held on 10th December 2019 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Seminar Hall, SLCARP, Colombo-07. Sri Lanka Council for Agriculture Research Policy (SLCARP) is considered as the umbrella organization of the National Agricultural Research […]
a Paper presented by Eng. Parakrama Jayasinghe at IESL (Institute of Engineers), Vidya Mawatha, Wijerama Road, Colombo 07 on 18th October 2019. The independence of our energy sources is an urgent national imperative. “Sri Lanka Energy Sector Development Plan for a Knowledge Based Economy 2015-2025” was published by the Ministry of Power and Renewable […]
www.theguardian.com, 20th March 2019 The author and scientist, who has returned to his roots at the Australian Museum, says the world is about to see a major shift towards climate action Tim Flannery laments that young Australians today will never be able to experience in the same way the natural wonders he […]
Saliya wickramasuriya – Energy Specialist and former Chairman of Sri Lanka Ports Authority, Board of Investments and Petroleum Resources Development Agency on News First News Line TV1, 2nd October 2019
www.island.lk, 2nd October 2019, By Dr Janaka Ratnasiri The Cabinet of Ministers at its meeting held on 24.09.2019 has granted approval to build a fourth unit of 300 MW coal power plant (CPP) at the premises of the existing 900 MW CPP at Norochcholai, according to the Cabinet Office website. Environment pollution at […]
