Sri Lanka, Sept. 3 -- Sri Lanka must be ready to face severe climate disasters in the future, if urgent action is not taken at least by now," Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said.

Since Sri Lanka is a tropical island nation, it is already highly vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change, experiencing prolonged droughts, flash floods, landslides and rising sea levels. Projections suggest a 12 to 41 percent decline in rice yields by 2060, a 20 percent decline in fish harvests by 2050 and annual infrastructure losses of US$ 0.38 billion.

He said that these climate-related impacts will reduce the GDP by 3.86 percent in the future.

The Opposition Leader said this addressing the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Agric...