National Climate Change Policy for Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique (2017-2021)

This National Climate Change Policy builds on the foundation laid by the National Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan, 2007 – 2011 (NCCSAP). Although the NCCSAP was initially targeted to be replaced at the end of 2011, it has continued to guide national climate change programming in the period 2012 – 2016. The NCCSAP focused on setting the foundation for an organised long-term response to climate change. Some of the strategic objectives of the NCCSAP 2007-2011 have been successfully addressed within concrete actions, of which one main focus was to build local human capacity. This has been continuously developed to assess and respond to climate change on a governmental, technical and educational level.

Building on the lessons learnt from the previous policy, the strategic priorities of the new Climate Change Policy reflect the current gaps in addressing mitigation and adaptation. These include:--

• Grenada’s institutional setting and ability to react quickly and efficiently to cross-sectoral climate change related tasks that it faces now and in the near future; 
• Data and data access (digitalisation) on climate data such as weather data, sea level rise, ocean surface temperature, land use, climate and health etc.; 
• Reliable budget calculations for investment in climate related technology and infrastructure as well as capacity building; -- 
• Reliable estimates on revenues from climate related investments, such as energy efficiency or ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA); 
• Increased awareness on climate change amongst civil society, the private sector and political decision makers.