Abstract:
Climate Change and its impact are a growing concern of the modern
world. Most of the present climate problems have occurred as a result of
technological and scientific successes. Scientific mode of production and
consumption has led to the problem of climate change because of the
ignorance of morality and ethics of development as well as sustainable
traditional knowledge. Modern scientific knowledge is trying to find a
solution to the sustainable development, but at the same time it cannot be
ignored the fact that the Traditional Knowledge is equally important to
supplement the scientific knowledge. Climate change is an ecological
problem so, the knowledge and people who are close to the nature will
have potential solution and their involvement must come into policy
discussion. To identify how information and communication technology
(ICT) can use indigenous knowledge of people to promote climate change
adaptation and to study the ways of using communication technology to
create awareness of climate change adaptation among publics in Sri
Lanka are the main objectives of this study. A descriptive research
methodology is used for this study and administered to a selected sample
from a specific population included with executives who are from private
and public sector offices. The study was carried out for six months using a
questionnaire as the survey instrument. This paper discussed the
importance of acquiring the traditional knowledge of people and how the
available information is being disseminated through ICT in Sri Lanka.
Literature outlines the importance of applying traditional knowledge
which leads to a sustainable living environment and the methods of ICT
used to promote climate change adaptation in other countries. It can be
concluded from the present study that ICT is a key to the modern world to
promote indigenous knowledge to facilitate climate change adaptation and
create awareness of its impact to Sri Lanka.
