Saint Lucia’s National Adaptation Plan Stocktaking, Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Report

The report assesses Saint Lucia's vulnerability to climate change, identifying key risks to tourism, agriculture, water, and infrastructure. It evaluates the country's current adaptation capacities, highlighting strengths such as the National Climate Change Committee and weaknesses including limited in-country scientific capacity and data gaps. The document recommends improving the national knowledge base, centralizing data access, and aligning the NAP with long-term development planning.

• Saint Lucia is highly vulnerable to climate change due to its small size, geographic location in a high-risk hazard zone, and economic reliance on climate-sensitive sectors like tourism and agriculture.
• Observed temperature trends show a mean annual increase of approximately 0.7˚C between 1960 and 2006, with an average rate of 0.16˚C per decade.
• Future climate projections under a high emissions scenario (SRES A2) suggest mean annual temperatures could rise by 1.8 to 3.1 ˚C by 2080, while annual precipitation could decrease by up to 37mm/year by 2080.
• Sea level rise poses a severe threat to the tourism sector; a 1m rise could put 7% of major tourism properties, 100% of sea ports, and one of the two airports at risk.
• The cost of inaction on climate change is projected to be 12.1% of GDP by 2025, increasing to 49.1% by 2100.
• Agriculture is highly exposed to climate hazards, with the 2010-2011 drought reducing banana exports by 15% in the first half of 2010 alone.
• The health sector faces increased risks of vector, water, and food-borne diseases; without adaptation, the cost of increased morbidity and mortality could reach USD 182.4 million per year by 2050.
• Saint Lucia possesses a strong institutional foundation for the NAP through the National Climate Change Committee (NCCC), established in 1998.
• A critical weakness is the low in-country capacity for systematic climate information generation, leaving the country dependent on foreign academic institutions and researchers for major reports.
• The report identifies significant data gaps in socioeconomic conditions and natural resources, which hinder the identification of vulnerable groups and geographic areas.
• The 2015 Climate Change Adaptation Policy (CCAP) is identified as a primary entry point for the NAP, as it endorses a cross-sectoral approach to adaptation.
• The NAP process has prioritized seven key sectors for the development of Sectoral Adaptation Strategies and Action Plans (SASAPs): Water, Agriculture, Fisheries, Infrastructure and spatial planning, Natural resource management, Health, and Education.

APA

NAP Global Network (2018). Saint Lucia’s National Adaptation Plan Stocktaking, Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Report. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/napgn-en-2018-Saint-Lucia-National-Adaptation-Plan-Stocktaking-Climate-Risk-and-Vulnerability-Assessment-Report.pdf

Chicago

NAP Global Network. Saint Lucia’s National Adaptation Plan Stocktaking, Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Report. 2018. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/napgn-en-2018-Saint-Lucia-National-Adaptation-Plan-Stocktaking-Climate-Risk-and-Vulnerability-Assessment-Report.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{napglobalnetwork2018saint, author = {{NAP Global Network}}, title = {{Saint Lucia’s National Adaptation Plan Stocktaking, Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Report}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2018}, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/napgn-en-2018-Saint-Lucia-National-Adaptation-Plan-Stocktaking-Climate-Risk-and-Vulnerability-Assessment-Report.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }