Month: January 2019

The St. Lucia National Adaptation Plan (NAP), submitted to UNFCCC on  the 21st of September, includes 5 sectoral plans and strategies for communication and monitoring and evaluation. Saint Lucia NAP has been defined as a ten (10)‐year process (2018‐2028),  consisting of priority cross‐sectoral and sectoral adaptation measures for eight key sectors/areas and  a segment on the ‘limits to adaptation’, complemented, incrementally, with Sectoral Adaptation  Strategies & Action Plans (SASAPs). Priority sectors for adaptation action include: Tourism; Water;  Agriculture; Fisheries; Infrastructure…

The Fiji National Adaptation Plan was submitted to the UNFCCC secretariat on December 12, 2018 and was launched at the margins of COP 24 in Katowice, Poland. The NAP contains 160 adaptation measures to be prioritised over the five-year period of the NAP. They have been selected on the basis of stakeholder consensus. They have not been selected on a cost-benefit or least-cost approach. Such approaches are not considered possible or desirable, in line with the Climate Vulnerability Assessment. This is…