Implementation Plan - CDKN Global

CARICOM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE REGIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR ACHIEVING DEVELOPMENT RESILIENT TO CLIMATE CHANGEThe CDM strategy and the Regional Framework provide a number of linkages for further integration. For example(see table 7):• Climate change is a cross-cutting theme of the CDM strategy: Priority Outcome 4 specificallyaddresses building resilience to mitigate and respond to the adverse effects of climate change anddisasters (see table xx). The outputs under this outcome directly support the achievement of anumber of the goals of the Regional Framework in particular those of Strategic Elements 1, 2 and 3.• DRR is a cross-cutting theme in the Regional Framework and that Government entities must advancethe goals and objectives of the strategy by ensuring that disaster risk reduction is taken into accountin designing development programmes and projects.• DRR is directly supported under Regional Framework Strategic Element 1, goal 2, “Reducingvulnerability to a changing climate”, which aims to “build in-country capacity to formulate andanalyse adaptation policy options, and develop and implement multi-sectoral adaptation strategies.• The Regional Framework also captures DRR under its Strategic Elements 1 and 2, to “Mainstreamclimate change adaptation strategies into the sustainable development agendas of CARICOMMember States” and; to “Promote the implementation of specific adaptation measures to addressthe key vulnerabilities in the region” respectively.It is, however, recognised that these linkages need to be strengthened. There is a major policy initiativeunderway led by CDEMA, working with key Caribbean stakeholders including the CCCCC, to strengthen these links.The ‘Mainstreaming Climate Change into Disaster Risk Management for the Caribbean Region (CCDM) Project’acknowledges the extreme vulnerability of the Caribbean to the effects of climate change, and in response tothe urgency of the situation, accepts the rationale of integrating adaptation and DRR as a logical and proactiveapproach.92