Samoa

Samoa recognizes that climate change will have significant impacts on the country across many sectors. Because of this, Samoa's NDC also outlines adaptation targets, means, and requirements.

This document sets the government's vision for socioeconomic development until 2040. It notably seeks to 1) focus investments on increasing resilience to external shocks, "including natural disasters, public health emergencies, and the effects of climate change", 2) advance climate-smart technologies in farming, and 3) improve the resilience of the infrastructure to adverse effects of climate change.

This policy aims to achieve gender equality and women empowerment by 2030. It sets out the commitments of the Government of Samoa and its partners to  gender equality and provides a common framework to guide, coordinate, monitor and account for  all work and investments to realise gender equality and empower all women and girls of Samoa. The seventh priority area of the policy is the environment, and aims to increase visibility, contribution and engagement of women and girls in agriculture, climate  change, natural resources management and disaster preparedness and response, especially  those facing multiple and intersecting barriers and forms of discrimination. Specific actions promoted by this policy include the following:Ensure that a gender transformative approach is incorporated into all aspects of climate  change and natural resource managementInclude women in all climate change-related planning and consultationsEncourage women and girls, including through the use of temporary special measures, to  take courses in the fields of disaster risk management and climate change, including in climatology, fishery and water management  Strengthen collection of gender-related data on the management of marine and costal re sources, with a view to supporting gender equality, ecosystem conservation, sustainable  livelihoods and climate resilience.  

This document sets the government's strategy to achieve a sustainable management of the country's ocean and marine resources.

This document aims at enabling a resilient, safe and prosperous medium-term future for Samoa, while meeting the sustainable development goals. It provides the foundations of actions to guide coherence coordination on climate change adaptation and mitigation activities between different institutions and levels of government and supports Samoa to meet its international obligations. The policy targets primarily internal actions and encourages synergies. The eight broad objectives identified for this Climate Change Policy are as follows:
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<li>Establish an effective Governance framework and support systems in place for effective response to climate change impacts.</li>
<li>Implement Adaptation measures to protect Samoa from the impacts of climate change</li>
<li>Implement Mitigation measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions including matters relating to the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC)</li>
<li>Implement measures to enhance sustainable climate finance</li>
<li>Effectively mainstream climate change adaptation and mitigation into national planning, implementation and monitoring processes</li>
<li>Improve data and information management on climate change for informed decision making</li>
<li>Strengthen effective Coordination and representation at the national, regional and international Level.</li>
<li>Promote and implement effective awareness, education and advocacy activities on climate change issues</li>
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The purpose of this Act is to provide a coherent institutional and regulatory framework for the management, planning and coordination of the energy sector or energy related matters (including renewable energy). It notably charges the National Energy Coordination Committee to develop energy related policies, including policies that promote the development of renewable energy

This Act makes provision for the effective and sustainable management of Samoa's forestry resources.

Art. 30.3.e) states that sustainable development in the forestry sector shall maximise benefits that may become available from the conservation of the forestry resource and the resultant financial benefits of such conservation through arrangements for trading in carbon credits and related opportunities. Art. 50.b) states that farm forests may be entiled to have the status of resource owners under arrangements implemented by the government for schemes relating to carbon credits and carbon trading in which a share of the benefits may accrue to resource owners who participate in reafforestation and the preservation of trees.

Art. 32 on climate change and carbon trading notably states that regulations made under this Act shall be taken to 1) prepare inventories of Samoa's forestry resources, and effectively mapping or recording such resources, 2) promote reforestation and planting of forestry resources so as to maximise benefits from such schemes, arrangements, systems or mechanisms, 3) enter into agreements with any party to participate in any such schemes, arrangements, systems or mechanisms, and 4) share the benefits from any such scheme, arrangement, system or mechanism.

This Act provides for a new legislative framework for regulating the electricity sector, the establishment of the post of the Electricity Regulator and the Office of the Regulator. Two of the objectives of this Act are to promote the prevailing national policies on combating climate change (art. 3.k) and to promote energy efficiency. Art. 6 states that the Regulator must support the national policy on combating climate change.

The act establishes Samoa's legal framework on disaster risk management. It provides several measures for the management of disasters and emergencies. The main measures are 1) to establish a structure for the management of disasters and emergencies by promoting cooperation amongst agencies with a role in disaster management, 2) the implementation of a national disaster management plan, 3) to vest authority in persons and agencies to act during times of disaster and emergency, 4) to enhance the capacity of the government, relevant agencies and the community to manage the impacts of disasters and emergencies, 5) to implement mechanisms to reduce risks and hazards, 5) to facilitate procedures aimed at implementing recovery activities in the aftermath of disasters and emergencies.

Samoa Biennial Update Report (BUR) BUR1

AOSIS Submission on Consideration of Outputs on the Global Stocktake, Submission to the Global Stocktake from Samoa, AOSIS in 2023

Samoa Second NDC, Nationally Determined Contribution from Samoa in 2021

Samoa First NDC (Archived), Nationally Determined Contribution from Samoa in 2016

Samoa. National Communication (NC). NC 2., National Communication from Samoa in 2010

80% reduction of land-based pollution affecting coastal food sources by 2030 from 2020 levels.

50% reduction in emissions from air and marine pollution from ships and ports by 2030 (compared to 2020 levels)

100% renewable energy sources for electricity by 2025

3000 additional jobs in agriculture and fishing by 2040 (compared to BAU)

100% renewable energy for electricity by 2025

By 2030, air and marine pollution from ships and ports are reduced by 50% compared with 2020 levels of carbon emissions levels.

20% share of mass production from renewables by 2030

20% increase in renewable energy in energy services and supply by 2030 against a 2010 baseline

10% increase total energy consumption from renewables by 2016 against a 2012 baseline

10% increase in renewable energy in energy services and supply by 2016 against a 2012 baseline

100% renewable electricity capacity by 2017

100% climate resilient new buildings by 2020

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