The National Climate Change Response Strategy (2010) was the first national policy document to fully acknowledge the reality of climate change. The NCCRS has been guiding policy decisions since its launch in 2010. The Strategy provided evidence of climate impacts on different economic sectors and proposed adaptation and mitigation strategies.
This comprehensive National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP) takes forward the implementation of the NCCRS. The NCCAP has been developed, through an extensive consultative process, and has received support from a wide range of stakeholders and development partners. The summary findings of the NCCAP include a low carbon, climate resilient development pathway; recommendations for an enabling policy and regulatory framework; adaptation analysis and priority actions; mitigation options; considerations for technology requirements; a national performance and benefit measurement (NPBM) system; recommendations for knowledge management and capacity development; and a climate change financial mechanism. The detailed recommendations are further elaborated in the document.
The NCCAP is expected to inform national development and policy decisions in all sectors of the economy. A wide range of actors including Government agencies, private sector and civil society organizations will contribute to the implementation of the NCCAP. As climate change planning is a cross-cutting and dynamic process, it is anticipated that the recommended actions will be tracked continuously and that the NCCAP will be revised and updated on a five yearly cycle in line with the national planning and budgetary processes.