Seychelles

The policy aims at making the country climate resilient, sustainable and low-carbon. Its objective is to facilitate a coordinated, coherent, proactive and effective response to the local, regional and global challenges and opportunities presented by climate change. Specific objectives of the policy are as following: 1) advance understanding of Climate Change and its impacts on Seychelles, 2) to strengthen capacity and social empowerment at all levels to adequately respond to Climate Change, 3) mainstream and integrate Climate Change considerations into all relevant sectors and all levels of government, 4) achieve transition to a low carbon economy, 5) put in place measures to adapt, build resilience and minimise vulnerability to the impacts of Climate Change, and 6) contribute effectively to regional and global negotiations on Climate Change.

This plan notably tackles the adverse impacts of climate change on the country's coastal systems.

<a href="https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/sey195958.pdf" target="_self">T</a>hrough this document, the government seeks to develop fisheries to its full potential whilst safeguarding the marine environment and resource base for sustainability. The second policy axis focuses on making fisheries sustainable, and develop climate resilience.

The Seychelles National Wetland Conservation and Management Policy was first developed in 2005 to address and reverse their degradation. This new policy acknowledges that wetlands are essential for sustainable development. It identifies tools available and attempts to draw the multi-sectorial assets together under a single policy as associated action plan. The action plan, provides the framework for policy implementation, and captures existing programmes of work, sets ambitious targets and grasps new opportunities such as the involvement and leadership of civil society to manage local resources of national importance.

The goal of this policy is to manage waste sustainably in order to protect the integrity of the environment and improve quality of life. It charges the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change to encourage&nbsp;waste reduction and recovery strategies, strengthen its institutional and legal framework, and upgrade waste operations in line with international practices.

This law establishes the Seychelles Meteorological Authority, which is responsible for conducting meteorological research, advising the government, public awareness and education programs related to climate change, cooperate with other countries' meteorology agencies, and provide weather and climate change forecasts.

This Act establishes the Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust of Seychelles for the purpose of regulating debt swap transactions. The Act mandates that the Trust must develop and administer the Endowment Fund, the Revolving Fund and the Additional Endowment Fund, and any other sources of funding; administer the assets of the Trust, intended to provide a sustainable flow of funds which supplements existing and future funds from any sources to enable the Trust to support the long-term management and expansion of the Seychelles system of protected areas and other activities which contribute substantially to the conservation, protection and maintenance of biodiversity and the adaptation to the climate change as identified through consultations with stakeholders; and perform exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes. The Act further details the organisation and composition of the Trust.

&nbsp;This Act aims at implementing effective management of disaster risk through a comprehensive and integrated all-hazard approach. A Disaster Risk Division is created in Part II. The document defines the missions and organisation of this Division. Part II, art. 4, mentions climate change effects as one of the factors to monitor. Part III states that the General Director of the Division shall prepare a National Disaster Risk Management Strategy.&nbsp;

This Act repeals and replaces the Seychelles Energy Commission Act 2010, and notably makes provisions for renewable energy and energy efficiency. The Commission is notably in charge of designing tariffs that are favourable to renewable energy sources, and foster public awareness about the importance of renewable energy in all sectors.

Part VI of the document is focused on the means of promotion of renewable energy. Energy efficiency is also promoted in all sectors, notably in Parts VII and VIII.

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

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

Seychelles. National Communication (NC). NC 2., National Communication from Seychelles in 2013

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