Research training network with Sri Lankan universities tackles climate change
Climate change is expected to continue to drive disaster risk, with significant increases in the frequency, intensity, spatial extent and duration of extreme events. One of the countries most impacted has been Sri Lanka which has suffered heavily due to extreme weather events. In the Climate Risk Index for 2017 it was ranked number two in the world for being the most affected country in the world.Now, a staff exchange programme has taken place between the University of Huddersfield and eight prestigious Sri Lankan universities for the ‘Research Training Network on Tackling Climate Change as