Sri Lanka's climate governance is currently policy-based, not statute-based: the National Climate Change Policy, updated in November 2023, sets seven mission objectives and is administered by the Ministry of Environment. Sri Lanka filed an NDC3.0 on 25 September 2025, covering 2026 to 2035. Sri Lanka has no dedicated carbon-market or forest and REDD+ instrument.
Projects
Sri Lanka Mangrove Restoration
A UN World Restoration Flagship aiming to expand national mangrove cover by more than half.
Sri Lanka Mangroves for Resilience Project
Turtle Conservation Project and VNV restoring 3,000 hectares of coastal mangrove and lagoon across Sri Lanka.
Regulation
Framework law
"The mission of this policy is to address climate change issues locally while engaging in the global context... The policy was updated in November 2023, in broad alignment"climate-laws.org document summary field
A national policy (not a statute) setting seven objectives spanning awareness, adaptation, mitigation, sustainable production, capacity and mainstreaming. A dedicated "Sri Lanka Climate Change Act" was NOT found enacted or before Parliament.
Issuing body: Ministry of Environment, Sri Lanka · Single source
NDC
"Sri Lanka Nationally Determined Contribution. NDC3.0"climate-laws.org geography family listing
Issuing body: Ministry of Environment, Sri Lanka · Single source
Carbon market
No carbon market instrument located. Checked: none found, checked climate-laws.org geography listing (42 total documents, most recent 4 surfaced no carbon-market or forest-specific law), WB Carbon Pricing Dashboard not separately queried for Sri Lanka-specific detail
Forest / REDD+
No forest / redd+ instrument located. Checked: none found, checked climate-laws.org geography listing (42 total documents, most recent 4 surfaced no carbon-market or forest-specific law), WB Carbon Pricing Dashboard not separately queried for Sri Lanka-specific detail