Environmental and Social Management Framework

The development objective of the Climate Finance for Renewables Project for Sri Lanka is to facilitate the implementation of low-carbon projects by increasing access to international climate financing such as carbon partnership facility (CPF), and support Sri Lanka’s effort to increase the contribution of renewables to grid electricity supply. Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) detail all safeguards risks in the form of potential environmental and social impacts arising from sub-project activities, and the magnitude of these impacts; (2) include a comprehensive action plan for safeguards risk mitigation by developing suitable measures to avoid, minimize, or mitigate the impacts of identified environmental and social impacts, including a description of the type of measure, the stage in which it will become operable, and conditions for implementation; (3) ensure that no impoverishment of people shall result as a consequence of compulsory land acquisition by the state for development purposes; (4) make all affected persons aware of processes, available for the redress of grievances that are easily accessible and immediately responsive; (5) ensure that people adversely affected by development projects are fully and promptly compensated and successfully resettled. The livelihoods of the displaced persons should be reestablished and the standard of living improved; and (6) avoid, minimize, and mitigate negative impacts of involuntary resettlement by facilitating the reestablishment of the affected people on a productive and self-sustaining basis.