President Ranil Wickremesinghe says efforts are being taken to establish the Climate Change University next year when he addressed a special meeting on climate change and green growth at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday.

The International Climate Change University is a post-graduate institution solely focused on research and does not offer undergraduate courses.

Any country or organization that contributes to the university becomes a stakeholder and gains membership on the Board of Governance. The Korean Exim Bank has expressed interest in partnering with the university.

He added that prestigious institutions like Harvard and MIT have expressed interest in collaboration. The president also requested the consideration of short-term courses for government officials.