Final national climate change policy, strategy and action plan for Suriname 2014-2021
This National Climate Change Policy Strategy and Action Plan represents a collaborative effort between the Government of Suriname and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (5Cs) to provide the policy and decision makers in the country with vital information for the consideration and adoption by the National Parliament of Suriname. The NCCPSAP provides the following: A National Climate Change Policy consistent with Suriname’s National Development Plan; a National Climate Change Strategy, and; a National Climate Change Action Plan describing programmes and actions to be undertaken under each national development planning theme.
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of facing Suriname. The country's people, society, economy and environment are already affected by extreme weather and climate events, and are under increasing risk from the impacts associated with climate change. The NCCPSAP is intended to be a key policy of the Environmental Policy Plan which will provide the legal basis for integrating Climate Change into the national development planning and resource allocation mechanisms for Suriname;.
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