Climate Crisis – PR Wire

09 Jan 23

Sri Lanka’s vulnerability to climate change impacts

A country’s vulnerability to climate change can be found by the ND-GAIN Country Index (NDGCI). The World Bank highlights that Sri Lanka ranked 103 out of 181 countries in NDGCI in 2020. Sri Lanka is recognized as vulnerable to climate change impacts by the Bank. Sri Lanka’s weak ranking also implies that the country’s readiness […]

14 Nov 22

High powered World Economic Forum shows how to restart Sri Lanka with Circular Economy

As Sri Lanka’s national crisis worsened, while considerable number of middle class population found themselves sliding into poverty, serious efforts are being made by the government to redress the situation though the outlook continues to turn grimmer. Is Circular Economy (CE) a solution? Surprisingly, none other than the World Economic Forum (WEF) believes so. As […]

01 Jul 22

Climate change messaging beyond the polar bear

What steps to be followed in a climate change messaging that goes beyond talking of polar bears? We now know that ‘one size fits all’ does not work. Different geographic locales, various social ideologies and diversity of communities bar us from taking that route. If the messaging to reach all/general public, commonly used concepts, identities […]

23 Jun 22

The most devastating crisis is here

When a crisis suddenly breaks out, crisis communications becomes crucial since it can mitigate the damage or prevent the situation from worsening any further. “Crisis is an event that brings, or has the potential for bringing, an organization into disrepute andimperils its future profitability, growth, and, possibly, its very survival” (Lerbinger, 1997). Organizations are equipped […]

20 Jun 22

Crises are Today’s norm

Thought Leads-Climate Crisis Series: Part 1 “Crisis is an event that brings, or has the potential for bringing, an organization into disrepute and imperils its future profitability, growth, and, possibly, its very survival” (Lerbinger, 1997). Crises spring up in a multitude of ways. They are diverse, each with its own nature that cannot be explained […]