The Climate Change Policy Framework is a national sectoral strategic document of Maldives for the period of 2015-2025. Its main vision is to recognize the status of Maldives as a nation suffering from the adverse impacts of climate change and to build its capacity to ensure a safe, sustainable, resilient and prosperous future.
The overarching aims of the Framework are to foster and guide a national plan of action to address current, short-, medium- and long-term effects of climate change in a coordinated, holistic and participatory manner in order to ensure that, to the greatest possible extent, the quality of life of the people of Maldivians and opportunities for sustainable development are not compromised; to set out strategic priorities for scaling up the commitments of the government to respond to the adverse impacts of climate change; to promote a coordinated approach amongst all national stakeholders to strengthen the capacity of Maldives to reduce current and projected climate change impacts and risks such as the risk of loss of land and life, and of economic disruption and damage to the environment and property, and to alleviate poverty in vulnerable groups and islands, thus ensuring a healthy, educated, peaceful and prosperous Maldives; to build and strengthen existing policies, plans and institutional structures and incorporate those into every sector s development and implementation plans for addressing climate change issues. All sectors of development, the people, and government and non-governmental organizations have a role to play, as the enormity of the challenge will continue to increase if global emissions are not reduced significantly. In particular, the Framework contains the following five policy goals which encompass the entire document: (1) ensure and integrate sustainable financing into climate change adaptation opportunities and low emission development measures; (2) strengthen a low emission development future and ensure energy security for the Maldives; (3) strengthen adaptation actions and opportunities and build climate-resilient infrastructure and communities to address current and future vulnerabilities; (4) inculcate national, regional and international climate change advocacy role in leading international negotiations and awareness in cross-sectoral areas in favour of the most vulnerable and small island developing states; and (5) foster sustainable development while ensuring security, economic sustainability and sovereignty from the negative consequences of the changing climate.
The Climate Change and Sustainable Development Office will be the primary institution responsible for implementing the Framework. Action plans for sectoral adaptation and low emission development will be prepared which will map out expected outcomes, outputs and means of achieving the outputs. The Framework will undergo a single mid-term review (year 5 upon approval of the policy). It will be monitored and reviewed by a designated task team. The key stakeholders will provide the mandate for this task in the fourth year.
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