Climate Change - Sri Lanka among the most affected

South Asia has been warned. The launch of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of Working Group (WG) II by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (IPCC) which focused on climate impacts, vulnerability and adaptation has indicated that the region is in greater danger of sea-level rise and severe impact to countries agricultural sector. Key findings stated that the Maldives, China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka would be among the most-affected countries in Asia.

Read more in The Nation 6 April 2014,  and in IPCC: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability, WGII AR5, Chapter 24 Asia.