This Policy provides overarching guidance for building resilience and mainstreaming climate change into the national development agenda for low-carbon and sustainable growth. This Plan was prepared by the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (GoSVG), Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning, Sustainable Development and Information Technology, with technical assistance from the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) under the Organisation for Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Regional Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project funded by the World Bank and the Climate Investment Fund’s Pilot Program for Climate Resilience.
This Policy includes an overview of the national circumstances and context, including observed and future climate change trends and impacts, and the policy framework for use in climate change planning and decision-making. It identifies priorities for action for the period 2018-2030 including specific objectives for adaptation, mitigation and cross-cutting areas. These cross-cutting areas include information management, research and monitoring, integration of disaster risk management and national security, inter-sectoral coordination, investment and economic planning and stakeholder capacity building and engagement. The Policy also outlines the institutional arrangements for coordination and implementation to address adaptation, mitigation and the cross-cutting areas as well as mechanisms for financing and monitoring and evaluation. The Policy is aligned with the National Economic and Social Development Plan (2013-2025), the National Adaptation Plan (2018-2030) and Nationally Determined Contribution (2015).
