The document Antigua and Barbuda's 2015-2020 National Action Plan: Combating desertification, land degradation and drought seeks to address issues of serious Desertification/Land Degradation and Drought (DLDD) in Antigua and Barbuda and serves as a guide to the national situation and highlights the area where mitigation and adaptation should occur. It fosters clearer pathways towards coordinated and strategic actions to address the effects of DLDD and identifies gaps in human and technological resources.
The National Action Plan is a result of collaboration between local agencies and stakeholders to craft a national response by the government and people of Antigua and Barbuda to the UNCCD and the wider international community to devise a national desertification and drought response system which uses indicators and modern technology to make an assessment of vulnerability by employing the research collected in the process of authoring this plan. The UNCCD 10-year strategic plan calls for the establishment of sustainable financing at the international level while also encouraging member states to create similar mechanisms at the national level. To align the national action with the 10-year plan the following operational objectives have been included in the report:
- Advocacy, awareness raising, and education
- Policy framework
- Science technology and knowledge
- Capacity-building
- Financing and technology transfer