SAINT LUCIA KEY OBSERVED & ANTICIPATED CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS PRIORITY SECTORS FOR ADAPTATION

Saint Lucia has implemented a 10-year National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process, led by the Department of Sustainable Development, to build resilience against climate change. The plan identifies eight priority sectors for adaptation—Tourism, Water, Agriculture, Fisheries, Education, Health, Infrastructure & spatial planning, and Natural resource management—and utilizes Sectoral Adaptation Strategies & Action Plans (SASAPs) to implement measures. The process includes several supporting tools, such as a Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Report and a Monitoring & Evaluation Plan. Observed and anticipated climate impacts for the country include tropical storms, high-intensity hurricanes, sea level rise, coral bleaching, and prolonged droughts.

• Saint Lucia's National Adaptation Plan (NAP) is a 10-year process designed to build resilience for the population and environment through coordinated adaptation efforts, utilizing a participatory approach involving multiple stakeholders since May 2017.
• The NAP identifies eight priority sectors for adaptation: Tourism, Water, Agriculture, Fisheries, Education, Health, Infrastructure & spatial planning, and Natural resource management (covering terrestrial, coastal, and marine areas).
• The country faces several observed and anticipated climate change impacts, including tropical storms, high-intensity hurricanes, higher temperatures, coral bleaching and disease, marine algal blooms, flooding, landslides, storm surge, sea level rise, prolonged dry episodes and droughts, pests, diseases, crop failure, decimated livestock, unpredictable rainfall, and soil erosion.
• To support the NAP, the government developed several integration tools, including a NAP Stocktaking, Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Report, a NAP Roadmap & Capacity Development Plan, a Communications Strategy, Project Concept Note Portfolios per sector, a Monitoring & Evaluation Plan, and Guidelines for Training in SASAP Development.

APA

NAP Global Network (2018). SAINT LUCIA KEY OBSERVED & ANTICIPATED CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS PRIORITY SECTORS FOR ADAPTATION. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Saint-Lucia-NAP-process-country-poster-April2018.pdf

Chicago

NAP Global Network. SAINT LUCIA KEY OBSERVED & ANTICIPATED CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS PRIORITY SECTORS FOR ADAPTATION. 2018. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Saint-Lucia-NAP-process-country-poster-April2018.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{napglobalnetwork2018saint, author = {{NAP Global Network}}, title = {{SAINT LUCIA KEY OBSERVED \& ANTICIPATED CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS PRIORITY SECTORS FOR ADAPTATION}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2018}, month = mar, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Saint-Lucia-NAP-process-country-poster-April2018.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }