Lanka to tap UN climate fund for Ditwah compensation View(s):By Tharushi WeerasingheSri Lanka will apply to the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD)—a UN Framework Convention on Climate Change—to seek compensation for damage caused by Cyclone Ditwah. Finally, he stressed that Sri Lanka must guard firmly against any loan components. More broadly, Mr Singh warned that the procedural demands of the FRLD risk privileging administrative capacity over actual need. “A fire brigade doesn’t ask you to fill out a grant application before turning on the hose – why does this fund?” Mr Singh questioned. How the Fund responds to Sri Lanka will be a defining test of its credibility, Mr Singh argued.

Source: Sunday Times December 20, 2025 20:21 UTC