Tuvalu National Strategic Action Plan for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management 2012 - 2016 (NSAP) (JNAP)

Abstract

TUVALU NATIONAL STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT 2012–2016Foreword T he Government of Tuvalu is dedicated to building Tuvalu’s capacity at all levels to adapt to climate change. This dedication is reflected in the politi- cal will to drive national adaptation programmes and to ensure climate change impacts and disaster risk considerations are fully integrated into all our pol- icies, plans, budgets, and decision-making processes at all levels of govern- ment and communities. The Regional Framework for Adaptation to Climate Change, 2005-2015 provides guiding principles for developing a holistic, whole-of-country approach to climate change adaptation and mitigation. Similarly, Tuvalu has made a commitment under the Pacific Plan to operationalise the Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Management Regional Framework for Action, 2005-2015, which we endorsed with our fellow Leaders from the region in Madang, in 2005. Tuvalu needs financial commitment to implement