Ruwan Samaraweera is a Researcher Officer and an Ecological Economist working on environment, natural resources and climate change economic policy research at IPS. He contributed to the formulation of the draft National Environment Policy of Sri Lanka and the National Cooling Policy of Sri Lanka prepared by the Ministry of Environment. He is also engaged in projects supported by the UNDP, IIED, World Bank, Darwin Initiative UK, Southern Voice, ACIAR and IFPRI. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Export Agriculture (Second Upper) from Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka. He is currently reading for an MSc in Agricultural Economics at the University of Peradeniya.

Research

Commercial Insurance for Farmers for Human Wildlife Conflict by Elephants | Institute of policy studies Sri Lanka (ips.lk)

Consultancy for Evaluation of Overall Policy Coherence and Recommendations for Designing and Implementing an Optimal Policy Package for MRV, SLCR and SLCCS

Analysing Profitability of Rice Sector in Sri Lanka: Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM)

Updating the National Environmental Policy of Sri Lanka

Consultancy for Developing National Cooling Policy of Sri Lanka

The New Face of Hunger: Building a Resilient Food System in an Age of Pandemic

Policy Research Capacity and Influence (PRCI) Programme on COVID-19 and Agri-food Trade in Sri Lanka

Palm oil industry in Sri Lanka: An Economic Analysis 2021

In-depth Country Assessment on the Linkages between Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Migration in Sri Lanka

Policy Research Capacity and Influence: Sri Lanka Activity. USAID-funded. IPS is collaboratively work with IFPRI on assessing COVID-19 impacts on agri-food trade and selected value chains. Initial training held on 14, 22 and 28 September 2020.

SOE 2020: Urban Solutions: Building Pandemic Resilience in Sri Lanka’s Cities

Climate Mitigation Action Support Project (CMASP)

Analysing Profitability of Rice Sector in Sri Lanka: Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM)

Presentations

Guest speaker at the webinar on ‘Pure Energy – Green Economy’

Organised by the Road to Rights and the G17 University Ambassadors Consortium
29 August 2021

Presentation on ‘Bridging the Climate Information and Communication Gaps for Effective Adaptation’

22nd Sustainable Development Conference
Organized by Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)
03 – 05 December 2019
Islamabad, Pakistan

Presentation on ‘Sustainable Climate Change Action Through Youth Involvement in Policy Making: A Perception Study’

Sri Lanka Next 2019: A Blue Green Era Conference
Organized by SLYCAN Trust and Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment
24 October 2019
BMICH, Colombo 07

Commentary
Blogs

Forest Restoration: Where Does Sri Lanka Stand?, Talking Economics, March 2021.

Urban Solutions: Building Pandemic Resilience in Sri Lanka’s Cities, Talking Economics, November 2020.

Human-Elephant Conflict: Can Insurance Help Affected Communities?, Talking Economics, 19 November 2020, 11 January 2021.

Urban Solutions: Building Pandemic Resilience in Sri Lanka’s Cities, Talking Economics, 19 November 2020

The Path to Climate Resilient Sustainable Cities, Unlocked, June 2019

Climate Change, Urban Planning and Development Policies in Sri Lanka, Unlocked, June 2019

Media