1. Session III: Realizing a Greener Growth Path - Walking the Talk
Session Angles:
Can Sri Lanka afford to continue propagating a high-carbon, high-consumption economic growth model and truly achieve sustainable development?
Would the consequences of not forging a sustainable development path now be detrimental to future prosperity of the nation?
Can the private sector offer a critical partnership in implementing the SDGs for a full realization of the transformation?
Is the government providing a coherent political, policy and institutional environment for the private sector to effectively engage in the sustainable development agenda?
Uchita de Zoysa – Chairman, Global Sustainability Solutions - Special Advisor, Ministry of Sustainable Development & Wildlife

2. Case for Investing in a Sustainable Economy
Over 19,900 cases of climate induced disease issues among the livestock are reported from 18 districts by May 2014
Over 1.8 million Sri Lankans are affected by drought since 2013
Sri Lanka’s economic loss from floods alone -USD 1 billion for 10 years (Humanitarian Bulletin, Sri Lanka, Issue 03 | Aug 2014).
87,281 ha of paddy lands were affected in Maha 2013/14
Most agriculture ‐based livelihoods in the Dry and Intermediate Zones were affected.
(Rapid Food Security Assessment in Districts Affected by Erratic Weather Conditions in Sri Lanka: Preliminary findings April 2014)
Rebuilding Cost
LKR 8 Billion
“Heavy rains were received on 25th May within 12 hours in the South-western watersheds in the country up to 619mm leading riverine floods of the Kalu, Nilwala and Gin rivers.”
“A total of 849,752 individuals belonging to 243,683 families in eight districts in the north and east had been affected by the severe drought condition across the country.”
Low Disaster Preparedness
Broken Resilience
Poverty Up
Goal 13
13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries
Goal 01
1.5 By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters
Uchita de Zoysa – Chairman, Global Sustainability Solutions – Special Advisor, Ministry of Sustainable Development & Wildlife

3. Prosperity & an Ecosystem Based Economy
Uchita de Zoysa – Chairman, Global Sustainability Solutions – Special Advisor, Ministry of Sustainable Development & Wildlife

4. SDGs: Complexity, Comprehension, Coherence & Convergence
Countries are trying to fit the SDGs into their national frameworks
Redefining SDGs for political, sectoral or silo administrative conveniences will confuse the monitoring and reporting process and compromise the transformation.
New rationales for policy & institutional coherence and convergence must be devised.
[work in progress]
Uchita de Zoysa – Chairman, Global Sustainability Solutions – Special Advisor, Ministry of Sustainable Development & Wildlife

5. Coherent Planning for a Transformation in 203017
SD Goals
Targets
169
Planning must be
inclusive
supported by data & statistics
impacts measurable
drawing visionary pathways
Ministries 51
Line Agencies
425
Central Government
09 Provincial Councils
335 Local Authorities
Uchita de Zoysa – Chairman, Global Sustainability Solutions – Special Advisor, Ministry of Sustainable Development & Wildlife

6. Systems Mapping for Implementation of SDGs in SL
Fragmented institutional structure, duplication of roles and contradictory mandates leading to incongruent investment obstructs the transformation
07 Targets
128 Agencies
39 Ministries
05 Targets
93 Agencies
28 Ministries
Uchita de Zoysa – Chairman, Global Sustainability Solutions – Special Advisor, Ministry of Sustainable Development & Wildlife 6

7. Sustainable Era: Execute-Transform-Realize
Audience Polling Questions:
Can Sri Lanka afford to continue propagating a high-carbon, high-consumption economic growth model and truly achieve sustainable development?
Would the consequences of not forging a sustainable development path now be detrimental to future prosperity of the nation?
Can the private sector offer a critical partnership in implementing the SDGs for a full realization of the transformation?
Is the government providing a coherent political, policy and institutional environment for the private sector to effectively engage in the sustainable development agenda?
Uchita de Zoysa – Chairman, Global Sustainability Solutions – Special Advisor, Ministry of Sustainable Development & Wildlife