As Sri Lanka continues to brace for El Nino’s impacts in the coming months, and also plan for broader climate adaptation, it is crucial to ask what we are doing to adapt to increasingly varying climate impacts. Interventions so far are more focussed on vulnerable economic sectors and less on vulnerable people across the country. Research by CSF and CUL over the years points to critical gaps in how wider climate impacts are understood and addressed, and where stronger protections are needed.