### Sri Lanka Moves to Scale Climate Finance for MSMEs Post-Cyclone Ditwah 📈

• Sector Impact: Cyclone Ditwah (Nov 2025) caused Rs. 50–85 Bn in damages to Sri Lanka's MSMEs, which account for 52% of national GDP. Women-owned enterprises faced 32% higher credit constraints than male-led businesses. • Emergency Financing: The Climate Resilience Revolving Fund (CRRF) by Chrysalis disbursed disaster recovery loans within 3 to 10 days—outpacing traditional financial institutions. • Policy & Blended Finance Alignment: • Ministry of Industry to integrate climate resilience into its SME NEXUS national framework. • Stakeholders aligned on a blended-finance model combining public capital, GCF/GEF funds, IFI windows, bank on-lending, and parametric insurance. • Chrysalis to document the model and form a technical working group next quarter to establish a national scale-up roadmap.