Climate Resilience Improvement Project (CRIP)

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The development objective of the Climate Resilience Improvement Project for Sri Lanka is to reduce the vulnerability of exposed people and assets to climate risk and to improve government's capacity to respond effectively to disasters. The project has four components. The first component, development of basin investment plans objective is to identify over United States (U.S.) 1 billion dollar of investments in the form of basin investment plans. Investments to be financed include: (i) acquisition of a digital elevation model; (ii) flood and drought risk modeling; and (iii) identification of basin investment programs. The second component, increasing climate resilience of infrastructure objective is to implement urgent climate risk mitigation investments that have been identified and prioritized by the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL). Investments will be made in the following areas: (i) flood mitigation; (ii) transport continuity; and (iii) school protection. The third component project implementation will implement the current project management unit (PMU) of the Dam Safety and Water Resources Planning Project (DSWRPP) under the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management (MIWRM). The fourth component, contingent emergency response funds will help government respond to adverse natural event that causes disasters.