São Tomé, 2nd June 2022 – The Government of São Tomé and Príncipe, in partnership with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), has launched a process to develop a National Adaptation Plan (NAP) to reduce the country's vulnerability to climate change impacts. Contact online >>
São Tomé, 2nd June 2022 – The Government of São Tomé and Príncipe, in partnership with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), has launched a process to develop a National Adaptation Plan (NAP) to reduce the country''s vulnerability to climate change impacts.
The NAP process aims to reduce society''s vulnerability to the negative impacts of climate change, especially in developing countries, through strategic planning based on projections of future climate change. NAPs are widely viewed as a crucial governance mechanism for adapting to climate change.
To develop the national plan, a 42-month project funded by the Green Climate Fund with over USD 2.9 million was formally launched on 2 June 2022 at an event attended by government ministries, representatives from the United Nations, civil society organizations and local authorities.
"We hope that the results of this project will be one more tool that the country will have to prepare and adapt to the phenomenon of climate change," said the Honourable Minister of Infrastructure and Natural Resource Mr Osvaldo Abreru in his opening remarks at the project''s launch event.
"Accessing international funds will help us to put in place coherent and solid programmes that will help the country prepare for the different effects that climate change can create in a country as geographically, economically and socially fragile as São Tomé and Príncipe," the Minister added.
A crucial aspect of São Tomé and Príncipe''s NAP process will involve strengthening the capacity of the country for adaptation planning by improving the quality and access to climate information and knowledge, and increasing public resources and private investments in adaptation.
São Tomé and Príncipe is already impacted by temperature rise and extended dry seasons, leading to natural hazards such as flash floods, storms, sea-level rise, coastal erosion, and droughts. In December 2021, for example, the government announced a state of disaster after a major storm hit the archipelago, causing extreme flooding.
"This NAP process launched here today symbolizes an important instrument to move from ad hoc project-based adaptation interventions to strategic and programmatic approaches that are supported by a whole-of-government approach," said Dr Anne Anza, the interim UN Resident Coordinator for São Tomé and Príncipe.
"Over the next 42 months, [this process] will produce a cost-effective adaptation strategy for the country that will address adaptation challenges in the medium- and long-term."
Mr Fausto Neves, the Green Climate Fund''s focal point for the project in the Ministry of Planning and Blue Economy, emphasized "this project is of great importance to our country at this time, as São Tomé and Príncipe is one of the most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change."
Neves added: "We hope that with the results this project intends to achieve. we may, in a few years'' time, be better able to address the country''s weakness in relation to climate change."
The development of the GAN involved a broad UNEP-facilitated consultative process, including an international consultation meeting and four regional consultations.
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Sao Tome and Principe (STP) is one of the most vulnerable countries to the effects of Climate Change due to its geography and characteristics including the fragility of its ecosystems and low level of social-economic development. While the Government of STP, supported by key development partners, has come a long way to establish an institutional, legal and policy framework for climate change in the country, several challenges remain including:
SAO TOME,August19, 2019 –A coupleofyears ago,João Fernandeshad one of the biggest scares of his life.His small villageofSanta Catarinawasfloodedby a heavy rain accompanied by a strongwindstorm.
"I rushed home,and on the way, I saw houses collapsing andneighborsstruggling to save whatever they could,"saidFernandes, who had been fishing when the storm hit."Myhousewasalready tilted to one side anddid not seem to be able to resist the strongstorm.Water had invaded the house and our belongings were floating.My wife was inthe last days of our second pregnancyandcould barely move.I just prayed that the house would not collapse and that the weather would improve."
Floodingis commontoFernandesandmany people living in coastal villages across Sao Tome and Principe(STP), whichhave been affected by climate change, driven bybothnatural andman-madecausessuch as air pollution.As lower areas are flooded by sea water during bad weather, upper areas are invaded by water mixed with mud sliding down the mountains with heavy rains.
"To reduce the incidence of floods in this community, with the Adaptation to Climate Change Project, we have built dikes, drainage system and breakwaters to help channel the water into the sea and worked with the communities on voluntary relocation to safer areas," said Arlindo Carvalho, WestAfricaCoastalAreaSTP Project Coordinator. "The first four coastal communities can now safekeep their house, livestock, canoes, and assets."
After the success of theAdaptation to Climate Change Project—financed by the Least Developed Country Fund managed by the Global Environment facility (GEF)—support for STP''s coastal communitieshas beenincreased through theWest Africa Coastal AreaResilient Investment Project(WACA-ResIP). WACA-ResIP, also supported by the International Development Association (IDA), provides support to Benin, Cote d''Ivoire, Mauritania, Senegal and Togo, and aims to strengthen the resilience of coastal communities and targeted areas in Western Africa and scale up knowledge, finance and dialogue.
Through the WACAResIPproject,eightadditionalcoastal communitieshavedevelopedandwillimplement adaptation strategies specific to their needs tter land use planning, construction of green and grey infrastructure,andtree plantingtostabilize theshorelinehave, together, helpedmitigate the impactsoffloodingand landslideson householdsin the pilot sites, approaches which would now be replicated.The combinedeffectof these measures is thatflooding events have less impact andnatural disastersareshorter.
"I am part ofthefamiliesmost affected by the floods and mudslides,so wevolunteered tobe relocated," saidFernandes, whose family home wasone of the first residences built in safer areas in the first phase of the WACA project."I feel very good that my familywill besafer now andwecouldhave anormal lifeawayfromthe coast.We have learnedone lesson:we should not build houses in placeswhere we are not allowed."
To make coastal villages more secure and reduce the probability of deaths, WACAResIPcreated patrols oftrained volunteers, through local risk committeeswhoprovide early-warning, identify risks of floodingandlandslide,and carry out maintenance worktoreducerisks.Knowledgeon how to handlerisksduring bad weatherisalsocross-fertilizedamongsenior and junior fishermento increase resilience.
Bythe end of the project, an estimatedtotal of 20,730 people,nearly half of them women, will benefit from the project.
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