Saint Lucia

This document is the fourth National Adaptation Plan (NAP) strategy prioritized in 2017.

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. 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.

Saint Lucia’s Sectoral Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan for the Water Sector (Water SASAP) 2018-2028 seeks to reduce water-related risks induced by climate change and climate variability. The plan also aims to build the capacities of relevant actors for ensuring the sustainable management of water resources and services under current and future climatic conditions. The Water SASAP, funded with the support of the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership (J-CCCP), builds on previous efforts and projects, and is the product of an in-depth contextual analysis and search for potential effective solutions to the country’s water-related challenges under a changing climate.
The plan consists of 70 adaptation measures deemed critical for improving water resource and service management, and for reducing water-mediated climate change impacts in the country. The measures, endorsed by relevant stakeholders, offer solutions to information, technical, institutional, financial, regulatory and policy limitations hampering adaptation in the water sector. In the Water SASAP, the adaptation measures are grouped under 13 strategic objectives and contribute to these four major expected outcomes:

- An enhanced enabling environment and improved behaviour for water-related climate adaptation action
- Increased water access, availability and quality 
- Increased water efficiency and conservation
- Strengthened preparedness to climate variability and extremes

The Sectoral Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan for the Agriculture Sector (Agriculture SASAP) 2018-2028 aims to facilitate the adoption and scaling up of climate-resilient agriculture in Saint Lucia. The Agriculture SASAP, funded with the support of the United States In-Country NAP Support Program, through the NAP Global Network, builds on previous efforts and projects, and is the product of an in-depth contextual analysis and search for potential effective solutions to the country’s agriculture-related climate challenges.The Agriculture SASAP consists of 45 adaptation measures deemed critical for building climate-resilient agriculture systems in the country. The measures, endorsed by relevant stakeholders, offer solutions to information, technical, institutional, financial, regulatory and policy limitations hampering adaptation in the sector. In the SASAP, the adaptation measures are grouped under 14 strategic objectives and contribute to these four major expected outcomes:- Enhanced enabling environment for climate adaptation action in the agriculture sector - Enhanced nutrition, food availability, quality and security through adaptation in the agriculture sector- Strengthened partnerships for scaling up climate-resilient agriculture- Built adaptive capacity to climate variability and extremes in the agriculture sector

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.

Technical analysis of the first biennial update report of Saint Lucia submitted on 30 December 2021. Summary report by the team of technical experts, Technical Analysis Summary Report from UNFCCC Secretariat in 2022

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., Biennial Update Report from Saint Lucia in 2021

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

5% of the electricity generated in 2013, at least 15% in 2015 and at least 30% by 2020 will originate from renewable energy sources

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