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Rationale
Context and Linkages
Objectives
Commitments
Guiding Principles
Policy Themes, Directives and Strategies
Rationale
• Recognition that CC is a sustainable development issue with
challenges and opportunities
• Realisation that Achievement of optimum economic growth to
support the rapidly growing population will require scaling up
economic activities and utilization of natural capital that will give
rise to environmental problems and increased GHG emissions
• Acknowledges that apart from adaptation, an important solution to
CC are some of the natural environmental settings and the services
they provide such as in the forest.
• Recognising the need to provide a strategic framework to address
CC challenges and benefit from opportunities that it brings and to
position the country in the phase of a growing range of global
innovative financing
Context and Linkages
• An expression of S.I. Commitment to regional &
international MEAs
• Articulates from and linked to frameworks of
national, regional and international policies and
strategies
• Alignment with the NDS (obj. 7&8)
• Draws from regional frameworks such as the
PIFACC and the Regional Framework on Disaster
Risk Reduction and Disaster Management
• Guided by international commitments (e.g
UNFCCC, KP, Hyogo Framework on DRM)
Objectives
To provide a guiding framework to:
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Integrate CC consideration and support the implementation and
achievement of the S.I. NDS and other regional and international
frameworks
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To guide the government and its development partner’s efforts to
ensuring that:
– the people, natural environment and economy are resilient and able to
adapt to adverse impact of CC
– the country benefits from renewable energy, energy efficiency and clean
mitigation technologies that improves livelihoods and national economy
and contributes to global efforts to reduce GHG
Commitments
• Sees mainstreaming as integral part of its national
development strategy and programs
• Recognises that people, natural environment and
economy of S.I. are very vulnerable to climate
variability and the predicted impacts of CC
• Sees the importance of developing capacities to reduce
risk and raise ability to adapt to the impacts of CC and
to implement measures to reduce GHG emissions
• Important to forge and maintain partnerships and seek
the support of its development partners through
programs and projects for the implementation of this
policy
Guiding Principles
• Guided by the National Constitution
• Seeks the participation and collaboration of all
Stakeholders
• Looks at a holistic and multi-disciplinary approach
• Emphasis on precautionary principle and noregrets approach
• Calls for the respect for culture and rights of
indigenous people
• Recognizes gender equity and involvement of
youth, children and people with special needs
Policy Themes, Directives and
Strategies
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Enabling environment and institutional arrangement to plan,
implement and coordinate an integrated and multi-stakeholder
participatory approach to addressing CC
Mainstreaming of CC into all development sectors and integrated
into the work of government agencies, national institutions, civil
society organisations and the private sector
Vulnerability and adaptation and disaster risk reduction to asses
vulnerabilities and risks associated with climate variability and
change and to reduce the risks and adapt to the impacts of CC
CC Mitigation through appropriate measures and actions in its
effort to reduce S.I. GHG emission.
Research and systematic observation to ensure better
understanding of CC at all levels and sections of society for
effective planning and implementation appropriate adaptation
and mitigation actions
Policy Themes, Directives and
Strategies ...... Cont.
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Technology transfer to enhance the country’s capacity to carryout
effective adaptation and mitigation actions
7. Education, awareness and capacity building to strengthen the
capacity of nationals, provincial and community organisations and
human resources for the effective planning and implementation of
appropriate CCA and RR and mitigation actions
8. Finance and resources mobilisation to support CC programs and
projects
9. Develop and maintain strong partnerships and cooperation with
national partners, stakeholder, regional and international
organisations and institutions and development partners to
address CC
10. Establishment of monitoring and evaluation mechanism to ensure
implementation of this policy
Enabling environment and institutional arrangement.
• Strengthen capacity of the Climate Change Division as the government
lead agency overseeing climate change to lead, guide and coordinate
national programs and actions addressing climate change, and coordinate
preparations and participation in international climate change
negotiations.
• Draft and enact national climate change legislation to give legal mandate
to the government lead agency responsible for climate change and its
associated coordinating and implementation bodies and that shall also
include provisions for mandatory assessments and reporting for purposes
of planning, implementing and evaluating climate change adaptation and
mitigation actions.
• Establish a National Climate Change Council to oversee the
implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of national
climate change policies and strategies.
Enabling environment and institutional arrangement.
• Establish a Climate Change Working Group (CCWG) to provide interagency and inter-stakeholder coordination for the implementation of the
policy. The Membership, scope and role of the CCWG is presented in
Annex 5.
• Strengthen capacity of the government lead agency overseeing climate
change to be the Secretariat of the National Climate Change Council.
• Enhance the role and capacity of the Environment and Conservation
Standing Committee of Parliament to include oversight over Climate
Change.
• Develop national and provincial level climate change policies and
strategies that is in line with the NDS and other national sector policies
and National Disaster Management Framework.
Enabling environment and institutional arrangement.
• Establish national Thematic Working Groups (TWG) to provide technical
and strategic support and advice to the lead agency and National Climate
Change Council on climate change issues. The working groups shall
oversee the following climate change thematic areas;
· Vulnerability, disaster risk reduction and adaptation;
· Mitigation & Green house gas inventory;
· Research, Systematic Observation and Technology Transfer; and
· Education, awareness and capacity building.
Enabling environment and institutional arrangement.
• Establish formal climate change coordination arrangements within
Provincial Governments using existing or new coordinating bodies.
• Designate officials as Climate Change Focal Points within national and
provincial government Ministries and Departments as well as national
institutions and civil society organizations
• Establish community-based or village-based climate change coordination
arrangements using existing or new coordinating bodies.
Mainstreaming of Climate Change
• a) Support organizations and institutions build capacity for mainstreaming
climate change.
• b) Review and revise existing relevant legislations and regulations to
support climate change adaptation and mitigation.
• c) Review national and provincial government policies & strategies and
integrate climate change considerations.
• d) Integrate climate change considerations into the planning and
budgeting processes of national and provincial governments.
• e) Mainstream climate change considerations in country partnership
arrangements with regional agencies, international agencies and donors
• f) Ensure that the National Development Strategy and other national
sector strategies are fully climate compatible within their stated time
frames.
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