The National Environment Policy consists of a broad framework for environmental management in Saint Lucia, and establishes links with policies and programmes in all relevant sectors of economic and social development. The National Environmental Management Strategy aims to provide the specific directions and mechanisms to implement the government's vision. &nbsp; One of the goal of the Policy is to prevent and mitigate the negative impacts or environmental change and natural disasters. The Policy lays out a coherent strategy to meet that goal, through 1) the adoption and implementation of the National Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2) the Implementation of the National Climate Change Policy and Adaptation Plan, and 3) a comprehensive and effective application of regulations governing environmental impact assessment in development planning processes and procedures.

This National Adaptation Plan details St Lucia's current approach to climate change adaptation. The plan is part of an iterative ten year process and outlines key cross-sectoral and sectoral adaptation measures for the following sectors: Tourism; Water; Agriculture; Fisheries; Infrastructure and spatial planning; Natural resource management (terrestrial, coastal and marine); Education; and Health. The NAP will also be supported by a number of Sectoral Adaptation Strategies and Action Plans.

The National Energy Policy of 2010 build on the Sustainable Energy Plan from 2002 to ensure Saint Lucia a safe, secure, affordable and clean energy supply. It lays out the framework for the usage of renewable energy sources and reducing carbon emissions, and identifies short and medium-term renewable targets. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Policy notably seeks to reduce energy costs by allowing the private sector to engage into electricity production. It aims in parallel to 1) diversify sources of supply, 2) exploit indigenous renewable resources, 3) adopt energy efficiency measures on the production, distribution and demand sides, and 4) implement appropriate pricing and other regulatory policies.

The Hazard Mitigation Policy (HMP) and Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan (NHMP) are designed to work in tandem with the <a href="http://archive.stlucia.gov.lc/docs/nemo/nrp/SaintLuciaNationalEmergencyManagementPlan.pdf">National Emergency Management Plan</a> 0f 2007. 
 
The HMP has been designed to reinforce the institutional and popular hazards mitigation, and notably climate-change related catastrophes. This shall be done through building institutional capacity to assess, mediate and manage risks from hazards, and through enhanced communication and collaboration with citizens. 
 
The NHMP details the HMP orientations with more specific measures, such as the maintenance of a NEMO database used in the case of extreme weather events. The NHMP aims at reducing public expense for emergency and recovery services required by natural disasters, protect the country's prosperity on the long term, ensure an equitable distribution of the risks and associated costs, reduce the liability for loss of life and property from natural hazards, and protect the natural environment.

The Ministry of Sustainable Development, Energy, Science and Technology adopted in 2015 the National Climate Change Adaptation Policy. It is a revised version of the 2003 Policy and Adaptation Plan. The aim of the document is to foster a national process to address the short, medium and long term effects of climate change in a coordinated manner to ensure the greatest possible quality of life to Saint Lucians. &nbsp; The Policy institutes a framework to guide the legislative and policy work on sustainable development of governmental and non-governmental entities involved in Saint Lucia. It acknowledges the potentially profound impacts of climate change on the country, and the need to establish adaptation actions in the development processes of key sectors. The Climate Adaptation Financing Facility from the Saint Lucia Development Bank is defined as a prominent financing tool for such efforts. Concrete adaptation actions to enhance the island's resilience include building stronger buildings, roads and bridges. A specific <a href="http://www.climatechange.govt.lc/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Impact-Assessment-National-Adaptation-Strategy-and-Action-Plan-in-Tourism-Sector.pdf">Action Plan for the tourism sector</a> was published in 2015. The government shall also support capacity and awareness building activities to enable mitigation pathways, and provide the necessary mechanisms and economic instruments for adaptation.

The Electricity Supply Services (Amendment) Act revises the Electricity Supply Act of 1996, which gives an 80 year monopoly to the generation, transmission, distribution and sales of electricity to the Saint Lucia Electricity Services Ltd. It notably encourages the government to take appropriate regulations for the licensing and generation of energy production from renewables sources. The document defines renewables resources as being biomass, geothermal, heat, rain, sunlight, tides, waves and wind. 
 
The Act authorises the government to adopt regulations favouring renewables fiscally, through specific license fees and feed-in tariffs.

Saint Lucia's NAP Progress Report and Adaptation communication, National Adaptation Plan,Adaptation Communication from Saint Lucia in 2022

Saint Lucia. Biennial update report (BUR). BUR 1. National inventory report., National Inventory Report from Saint Lucia in 2021

Saint Lucia. Biennial update report (BUR). BUR 1., Biennial Update Report from Saint Lucia in 2021

Saint Lucia First NDC (Updated submission), Nationally Determined Contribution from Saint Lucia in 2021

Saint Lucia. National Communication (NC). NC 3., National Communication from Saint Lucia in 2017

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