Saint Lucia’s First Adaptation Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Saint Lucia is highly vulnerable to climate change due to its small size, location in a high-risk cyclone and volcanic belt, and economic reliance on agriculture and tourism. To address these risks, the country established a Climate Change Adaptation Policy and a Nationally Determined Contribution in 2015, followed by the initiation of its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process in 2017 and the subsequent publication of the 2018–2028 NAP.

• Saint Lucia's vulnerability to climate change is driven by three primary factors: its small geographical size, which causes disasters to have country-wide impacts; its location in a high-risk zone characterized by tropical cyclones, ocean exposure, and volcanic and seismic activity; and an economy heavily dependent on agriculture and tourism.
• The government of Saint Lucia has implemented several strategic frameworks for climate adaptation, including the Climate Change Adaptation Policy (CCAP) and the first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in 2015, and the 2018–2028 National Adaptation Plan (NAP), which began its process in 2017.

APA

NAP Global Network (2022). Saint Lucia’s First Adaptation Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). https://napglobalnetwork.org/resource/saint-lucia-adcom/

Chicago

NAP Global Network. Saint Lucia’s First Adaptation Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). 2022. https://napglobalnetwork.org/resource/saint-lucia-adcom/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{napglobalnetwork2022saint, author = {{NAP Global Network}}, title = {{Saint Lucia’s First Adaptation Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2022}, month = oct, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/resource/saint-lucia-adcom/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }