Integrating CCA and DRR laws and policies towards a climate-resilient development lessons from the Commonwealth of Dominica
This study provides an in-depth analysis of disaster risk governance advancements made in Dominica with a specific focus on how integrated regulatory instruments across different sectors can enhance effective and consistent action. In doing so, it builds on previous reports drafted within the broader framework of the research project on “Leave No One Behind. Developing Climate-Smart/Disaster Risk Management Laws that Protect People in Vulnerable Situations for a Comprehensive Implementation of the UN Agenda 2030” which respectively addressed the intra-regional alignment to international frameworks by the Pacific Island Countries and the protection of vulnerable groups against climate and disaster risks in the Philippines.
Since 2017, Dominica has made significant choices designed to have a long-term impact on its governance model, including the adoption of laws, strategies and plans, and the establishment of a Climate Resilience Execution Agency. This report provides a list of suggested improvements for effective climate resilience law and policies. Some of these, include:
- Build on transparent consultations with citizens as well as with the widest array of other stakeholders including the private sector and relevant CSOs.
- Favour ex-ante planning and investment in structural resilience, e.g. reforming building codes and planning and zoning laws; the consideration of existing technologies for safe building with lower cost materials; and new climate-informed testing and certification systems.
- Improve financial resilience, i.e. the capacity to cope with and manage fiscal/financing shocks by favouring the creation and use of risk-transfer instruments, and developing the insurance market including target-ing low-income households.
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