The summit mainly intends to establish contact with sub-national governments and reinforce the network in those continents by promoting the partnerships through mitigation and adaptation strategies regarding climate change with the participation of political and diplomatic representatives and other relevant stakeholders.

Governor of Western Province, K.C. Logeswaran stated that policies of adaption must be reinforced by well-designed programmes as a matter of urgency to eradicate the vulnerability of the agricultural, fisheries, coast conservation irrigation, health, disaster management, power and energy sectors in Sri Lanka.

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