Presentation by: Susanna De Beauvile-Scott 3.4 Synergy between climate change adaptation and other issues The session will introduce approaches for facilitating synergy and inter-linkages in the implementation of climate change adaptation actions in the context of the formulation and implementation of NAPs, and relevant actions on biodiversity and desertification/land degradation. It will discuss the existing arrangements and opportunities, including capacity-building, and how can countries build on these to explore synergy between the three issues. It will also include practical experiences from countries.

1. Synergy between climate change adaptation
and other issues:
The Saint Lucia Experience
Prepared by Susanna De Beauville-Scott,
NAP Expo 2016, Bonn, Germany

2. • Land area: 617 km2
• Population: 174,000 (2010)
• Independence: 1979
SAINT LUCIA
Policy and institutional
framework for
Adaptation:
• National Climate
Change Committee
(1998)
• National Climate
Change Adaptation
Policy (2002, 2015)

3. 3
Strategic Programme for Climate Resilience (SPCR)
• Prepared in direct response to challenges and needs
• Developed through transparent, inclusive participatory
process
• Country-owned and country-driven
• Forward-looking and serves as blueprint for future
resilience-building investments

4. SPCR: Strategic Programme Areas
Five strategic programme areas:
1. Human Welfare & Livelihood Protection
2. Integrated Natural Resource Protection,
Conservation & Management to Promote
Sustainable Development
3. Building Resilience through Business
Development, Innovation and Productivity
Enhancement
4. Capacity Building & Institutional Strengthening
5. Reducing Risk to Climate-Related Disasters
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5. SPCR: Modalities
Due to the cross-cutting nature of interventions,
activities are subsumed under three modalities:
1.Adaptation Facilitation
2.Adaptation Implementation
3.Adaptation Financing
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6. 1: Adaptation Facilitation
•Strengthening national level policy, legislative and
institutional framework
•Public education and outreach
•Research & systematic observation data, including
information acquisition and knowledge management
•Human resource capacity building
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Enhancing the enabling environment:

7. 2: Adaptation Implementation
Taking direct and concrete action
to address climate change
impacts:
• Climate Resilience Measures in
Critical Buildings and
Infrastructure
• Water Resource Conservation
and Management
• Food Security
• Sustainable Land Management,
including slope stabilization
• Human Health 7

8. 3. Adaptation Financing
•Climate Adaptation Financing Facility
•Contingent Emergency Response
Mechanism
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Instituting measures aimed at increasing access to climate
resilience resources and fostering predictability and
adequacy of financing:

9. Sector Adaptation Plans
Marine&Coastal
Resources(incl.Fisheries)
Water
Health
Tourism
Agriculture
Strategic Programme for Climate Resilience
Forestry
BuiltEnvironment
Infrastructure
Biodiversity&Natural
Environment
National Adaptation Plan
National Climate Change Adaptation Policy

10. Some actions being addressed:
Health Surveillance System for
climate sensitive diseases (e.g
Dengue, Zika)
Climate Resilient Infrastructure
(e.g. roads, health facilities,
emergency shelters, schools)
Agroforestry (use of cocoa for
intercropping - tolerant to high
temperatures)
Enhancing water sector (spatial
mapping of infrastructure, use of
spatial data and tools)
Natural Environment (riverbank
rehabilitation, coral reef nursery
establishment, slope
stabilization, reforestation and
aforestation)
Cross cutting: training in CCORAL
(web-based tool designed to help
integrate climate resilience into
decision making and planning
processes

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Thank You
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one community, one sector at a time”.