CAPACITY CHALLENGES THAT CHARACTERIZE SIDS System, Institutional

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CAPACITY CHALLENGES THAT CHARACTERIZE
SIDS-System, Institutional Individual Levels
GEF Capacity Development Initiative

• Financial constraints - the single most limiting
  factor in environmental management in SIDS
• Inappropriate scale and scope of initiatives and
  policy frameworks
• Scarcity of technical expertise
• Poor infrastructure

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CLIMATE CHANGE SEA LEVEL RISE ISSUES
PRIORITIES
GEF Capacity Development Initiative

• SPECIFIC ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE TO SIDS
• The following specific issues are of particular
  importance to SIDS
• Natural disasters
• Protection of the Atmosphere
• Energy resources

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CLIMATE CHANGE SEA LEVEL RISE ISSUES
PRIORITIES
GEF Capacity Development Initiative

• ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
• Several significant challenges have been
  identified for CC adaptation policy and its
  implementation in relation to anticipated and
  emerging CC impacts, including
• Loss of revenue across productive sectors
• Loss of agricultural production
• Shifting of fishing fish grounds and impact on
  total stocks
• Bleaching and death of coral reefs
• Damage to infrastructure and accelerated coastal
  erosion
• Availability and quality of freshwater resources
  for local communities and tourism
• Need for economic diversification to improve
  resilience
• Social and cultural disruption, including
  displacement of populations and adverse effects
  on traditional systems and human health.

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CLIMATE CHANGE SEA LEVEL RISE ISSUES
PRIORITIES
GEF Capacity Development Initiative

• SIDS PRIORITIES TO FACILITATE MEANINGFUL
  MITIGATION, AND ADAPTATION TO CC AND SLR
• Understanding of Climate Related Observations
  and Measurements
• Awareness of CC and SLR impacts
• Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation
  Strategies
• Mitigation Strategies
• Institution Strengthening