Illustrative photograph of Sri Lankan highland landscape. Not a Carbonix project.
Partnership
A collaboration with Sri Lanka Life Saving
Carbonix has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Sri Lanka Life Saving to explore and develop collaborative initiatives involving disaster preparedness, community safety, education, youth engagement and capacity building.
The proposed approach will connect technical systems with institutional coordination and community action. It will seek to ensure that warnings are not only generated but are communicated clearly, reach vulnerable communities in time and lead to effective action.
The Memorandum of Understanding is an exploratory collaboration. Partner logos are not published unless supplied and approved in writing.
Priority areas
What the proposed approach will seek to connect
- 01Multi-hazard early-warning and decision-support systems
- 02Last-mile communication of warnings
- 03Community and school preparedness
- 04Public awareness and risk education
- 05Training of Trainers and frontline personnel
- 06Coordination among national, provincial and local institutions
- 07Inclusive support for vulnerable communities
- 08Gender-sensitive disaster preparedness
- 09Data analytics, monitoring and impact evaluation
- 10Environmental resilience and sustainable infrastructure
Carbonix will seek to work with relevant government institutions, universities, schools, NGOs, community organisations, public-health specialists and technology providers. The long-term objective is to develop an effective Sri Lankan model that can be responsibly adapted for other Commonwealth and emerging-market countries.
Lessons from Cyclone Ditwah
Why Climate Action Cannot Wait
Cyclone Ditwah, which affected Sri Lanka in November 2025, demonstrated the country’s exposure to increasingly severe climate-related hazards.
UNDP analysis estimated that flooding covered approximately 1.1 million hectares—nearly one-fifth of Sri Lanka’s land area—and exposed about 2.3 million people. The World Bank estimated approximately US$4.1 billion in direct physical damage, equivalent to around 4% of Sri Lanka’s GDP.
The cyclone, together with subsequent flooding and continuing flood risks, demonstrates the need to move beyond responding to individual emergencies. Long-term investment is required in preparedness, early warning, institutional coordination, community awareness and climate-resilient infrastructure.
Carbonix seeks to support this transition by connecting technology and data with institutional capacity and community-level action. Particular attention will be given to last-mile communication so that warnings reach vulnerable communities in an understandable and timely form and are linked to clear guidance, evacuation arrangements and coordinated local action.
The lessons from Cyclone Ditwah can help inform a practical disaster-resilience model for Sri Lanka that may subsequently be evaluated, strengthened and appropriately adapted for other climate-vulnerable countries.
The figures above are from UNDP and World Bank analysis. They are not Carbonix results.
Geography
An initial focus, with a longer view
Sri Lanka is an important initial focus, with the long-term objective of developing an effective Sri Lankan model that can be responsibly adapted for other Commonwealth and emerging-market countries.
Carbonix will seek to work with relevant government institutions, universities, schools, NGOs, community organisations, public-health specialists and technology providers.
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