Saint Lucia's National Designated Authority (NDA) serves as the interface between Saint Lucia and th
Join us today, Wednesday December 14th, for the Launch of the Caribbean Strategy for Climate-Resilient Forests and Rural Livelihoods (CSCRFRL). The virtual launch will be held at 2:15 p.m. AST. Click this link to register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEuf--tpz0qHt3WBEs-X5SfKh3h7-3rF43p
We invite you to join the Caribbean Youth Climate Justice Coalition, Young People for Action on Climate Change (YPACC) - Jamaica, GirlsCARE, Climate Tracker and the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) in the:
🔶🔹🔸 Caribbean Youth Pre-COP Climate Justice Conversation on Tuesday 25 October, 2022 at 6pm AST (5pm Jamaica time) 🔸🔹🔶
The aim of this virtual conversation is to share information about the upcoming UN Climate Summit - COP27 with youth, and provide a forum for youth activists and organisations to share their work on climate action and justice and to gather youth perspectives for COP27. Ultimately, we plan to publish a statement from Caribbean youth for the COP Presidency on the outcomes they would like to see from this year's negotiations.
Register for the event at: https://bit.ly/3gby3pD
If you have any questions or issues registering, please contact [email protected].
Caribbean Youth Environment Network-Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia National Youth Council
Join us next Tuesday Oct 11 for our third and final session of the South South Knowledge Exchange. Come hear from national and regional stakeholders as they share their lessons and experiences on developing Climate Finance Tracking Systems. You'll learn how climate finance tracking systems are used to access climate finance to attract potential climate finance partners. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/CFTZoomWebinarRegister
This third and final session of the South South Knowledge Exchange series will provide a platform for national and regional stakeholders to share lessons and experiences on developing Climate Finance Tracking Systems and discuss the role the system plays in accessing climate finance to increase the financial attractiveness of a country to potential climate finance partners.
For more info visit: https://climatechange.govt.lc/
Session 2 of the GCF Watch International Webinar Series is on July 7th. In this second version of the Series, experts from across the globe will come together in three webinars to discuss the GCF, the work being done, and ways in which you can contribute to this important effort. Click the link to learn more and register:
https://www.gcfwatch.org/gcfnews/session-2-gcfwatch-international-webinar-series
The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) launches the first international award to spotlight and reward locally led efforts to address climate change and build resilience among vulnerable communities.
Four winners in four separate categories – inclusive leadership; knowledge and capacity; local innovation and financial governance – will be selected by a prestigious jury to be awarded €15,000 each at an award ceremony to be held during COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, in November 2022.
Applications for the 2022 Local Adaptation Champions (LAC) Awards are open until 10th July.
R otterdam, the Netherlands, 30 June 2022 –The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) today launched the first international Local Adaptation Champions Awards to spotlight and reward locally led adaptation initiatives. International climate and development funding often fails to reach the local level. ...
📣📣📣 DEADLINE EXTENDED to Friday May 27th
The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (the Centre) has received financing from Green Climate Fund (GCF), toward the cost of the project titled “Enhancing Saint Lucia’s unders…
Peter Jn. Paul, National Project Coordinator to the GCF highlights the Green Climate Fund Readiness Needs Assessment and long-term work plan. Thanks for the news feature Caribbean Hot7 tv
All suitably qualified Individual Consultants are invited to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI). Click for more details: https://www.caribbeanclimate.bz/blog/2022/04/22/request-for-expression-of-interest-national-communication-and-strategic-engagement-consultant-saint-lucia
📣 IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: We held our second South-South virtual knowledge exchange last Tuesday with fruitful discussions on enhancing national capacity to achieve accreditation as Direct Access Entities to the Green Climate Fund. Thank you Dbstvstlucia for the coverage!
JOB OPPORTUNITY: The Green Growth Planning and Implementation is seeking the services of a Debt for Climate Swap consultant to support Saint Lucia's GGGI GCF Readiness Project.
Learn more: https://careers.gggi.org/vacancy/saint-lucia-debt-for-climate-swap-expert-consultant-483600.html
📢 GCF's new Digital Accreditation Platform (DAP) will help streamline the Fund's accreditation lifecycle, increasing its efficiency and responsiveness to partners. Learn more about this latest step towards GCF's digital transformation. 👉
On 22 March 2022, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) launched the new Digital Accreditation Platform (DAP). GCF is a country-driven partnership institution, and the DAP comes as part of GCF’s digital transformation efforts to bridge gaps and transform business processes with GCF’s partner ecosystem. T...
The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre has received financing from Green Climate Fund (GCF), toward the cost of the project titled Enhancing Saint Lucia’s understanding, capacity, institutional and strategic frameworks to access climate finance for low-emission climate resilient pathways ” and hereby invites suitably qualified individual consultants to submit Expressions of Interest for the contract “National Communication and Strategic Engagement Consultant ”. More info: https://www.caribbeanclimate.bz/blog/2022/04/22/request-for-expression-of-interest-national-communication-and-strategic-engagement-consultant-saint-lucia/
Our second South-South virtual knowledge exchange session provides a platform for national and regional entities to share lessons and experiences between countries that are enhancing national capacities to achieve accreditation as Direct Access Entities to the Green Climate Fund.
Join us on May 3rd, 2022, at 10:00 AM (AST) to share knowledge about the GCF's accreditation process, lessons, best practices, and experiences from Accredited Entities on the journey to achieving accreditation and for an opportunity to network with AEs, NDAs, key decision-makers, and others to learn from each other across the region.
Click here to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L_SowJu1QwCJlbsjjO8VuA
We hope you take some time on this to get outside and enjoy nature! This planet is full of wonders. Today we reflect on how we can conserve Earth’s many wonders through governmental, corporate, and personal action. Let your voice be heard on what you want our collective future to look like!
🎉 The Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) congratulates Yves Renard, the Institute’s co-founder and former Executive Director, on receiving a 2022 Saint Lucia (Gold) for long and meritorious service in the field of community development.
🎨 For the last four decades, Yves has championed the importance of strong, cohesive communities in Saint Lucia and the Caribbean, with notable effort in his home village of Laborie on the southwest coast, where he is actively involved in community-based development through the use of the arts and culture.
➡ Full statement: https://bit.ly/3tqMo5V 📌
We invite you to join the first in a series of virtual information exchange sessions. This first session will share lessons and experiences between countries that are enhancing national capacities to develop climate funding proposals in order to advance their GCF Country Programme for transformational pipeline development.
Click here to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdp1PHbCYXQkGO4ryaIuk4G3yrGsKfOgBkBtdgjp6_P88VN1w/viewform
Green Climate Fund
Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre
🌿 Check out the Jamaica Gleaner article about the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute new board members, including our new Chair, Cletus I. Springer: https://bit.ly/3qiUDz0 📌
🌎 In his role as Chair of our Elected Partners, Cletus reaffirmed the Institute’s continued commitment to the region’s sustainable and equitable development, notably through our new 10-year (2021-2030), which charts a course for influencing the way we manage the , pursue and bring about a more just and society.
📰 Article: https://bit.ly/3qiUDz0 📌
📈 CANARI Strategic Plan: https://bit.ly/3GUywEw
Jamaica Gleaner
The Government of Saint Lucia is rolling out fresh projects that aim to boost the flow of climate finance into the country, with the support of the Commonwealth and key partners. Click the link to learn more!
https://thecommonwealth.org/news/saint-lucia-explores-new-climate-finance-solutions
The Government of Saint Lucia is rolling out fresh projects that aim to boost the flow of climate finance into the country, with the support of the Commonwealth and key partners.
🌊💰 and the Department of Economic Development were pleased to co-host a workshop yesterday on strengthening coordination and civil society engagement in in Saint Lucia.
🤝🏽 Bringing together over 25 key stakeholders from government, civil society and the private sector, the workshop fostered dialogue and learning via interactive exercises, presentations and discussions.
🌿 It explored what engagement methods and mechanisms are working, key challenges and opportunities to improve access and delivery of climate finance.
💰 Concrete actions moving forward included strengthening national climate coordination mechanisms and identifying ways to better integrate civil society into climate project pipelines to the Green Climate Fund and other funds.
➡ This workshop was supported under the regional project on Enhancing Caribbean Civil Society’s Access and Readiness to Climate Finance. It is implemented by CANARI and 7 national authorities across the CARICOM region, with funding from the Green Climate Fund.
Saint Lucia's NDA to the GCF
Coalition of Civil Society Organisations of Saint Lucia
Green Climate Fund
Access to clean, safe water is essential to life. Climate change threatens the availability of water on many islands. The Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) are working together to transform the water sector in Barbados.
Read the full story: https://g.cf/3a7vUVX
Learn more about the project: https://g.cf/fp060
Ready to join the fight? Here's what you can do to impact Empowering Caribbean Action for Climate and Health
Look out for these upcoming activities in April and May! Empowering Caribbean Action for Climate and Health
The Importance and Opportunities of the 30x30 Goal in the Caribbean
Over a dozen Caribbean nations are a part of a global group of nations intent on protecting 30% of the world’s ocean and land resources by 2030. This 30x30 t...
Strategic frameworks support for Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname through CANARI
Climate change poses a critical challenge for Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS). While civil society organisations (CSOs) are well positioned to lead “bottom up” approaches to reduce vulnerability and build the resilience of high-risk communities and their livelihoods, they current...
The Green Climate Fund recognises the need to ensure that developing country partners exercise ownership of funding and integrate it into their own national action plans. Developing countries appoint a National Designated Authority (NDA) that acts as the interface between their government and GCF and must approve all GCF project activities within the country.
WORLD BANK CIF STUDY OUT NOW - Highlighting Saint Lucia's experience with private sector climate adaptation
The Government of Saint Lucia’s (GOSL) Private Sector Engagement Strategy recognizes the private sector’s critical role in the national climate adaptation effort. The Strategy, therefore, encourages private sector participation in efforts towards building the country’s long-term climate resilience.
GOSL’s approach to creating an enabling environment for private sector investment in climate action now has the benefit of the findings from the World Bank Climate Investment Funds’ (CIF) Evaluation and Learning (E&L) study.
The study drew lessons from stakeholder interviews, a survey of 23 large and 138 small firms, and two CIF-supported financing initiatives focused on strengthening private sector adaptation – the SLDB Climate Adaptation Financing Facility (CAFF) and the Sustainable Agribusiness for Laborie and Environs (SABLE)/SmartClime.
Read the full report & summary brief: https://www.climateinvestmentfunds.org/news/saint-lucia%E2%80%99s-experience-private-sector-climate-adaptation
NDA Strengthening and Country Programming support for Saint Lucia through CCCCC
The objective of this GCF readiness proposal is to strengthen the critical infrastructure in Saint Lucia to ensure the efficient, effective and transparent use of climate finance leading to concrete adaptation and mitigation interventions that can lead to transformative and impactful results.
Download the Readiness Proposal Here: https://www.greenclimate.fund/document/nda-strengthening-and-country-programming-support-saint-lucia-through-ccccc
MEET THE TEAM THAT IS ENHANCING SAINT LUCIAN CSOs' ACCESS AND READINESS FOR CLIMATE FINANCE
Currently, Peter Jean Paul works as the National Consultant and Project Coordinator for Saint Lucia’s second Readiness Project. Peter is a native of Saint Lucia and as an Electrical Engineer specializing in energy management, Peter developed a strong appreciation for the need to help Saint Lucia make adequate use of its limited resources and become energy self-sufficient. To this end, Peter has gained experience in other professional fields including International Human Resource Development and Mathematical Science. He has also worked in several countries such as Taiwan and New Zealand on various energy and international human development projects over the last 10 years.
MEET THE TEAM THAT IS ENHANCING SAINT LUCIAN CSOs' ACCESS AND READINESS FOR CLIMATE FINANCE
As Focal Point of the National Designated Authority, Nadia Wells-Hyacinth is charged with paving the way towards unlocking GCF resources for climate solutions. Mrs. Wells-Hyacinth is an enthusiastic and experienced Chief Economist with the Ministry of Finance and is skilled in Strategic Analysis, Development Planning, Policy Analysis, and International Development Cooperation. Her passion for people-centered development and reform is reflected in the guidance she provides to the NDA to serve as the interface between Saint Lucia and the GCF, as well as providing broad strategic oversight of the GCF’s activities in Saint Lucia and communicating the priorities on-island, for financing low-emission and climate-resilient development.
📢📢📢INVITATION: SCALING UP LOCALLY-LED ADAPTATION
A Caribbean and Latin America Regional Dialogue Series - September 8th, 2021
The Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI), the Centro para la Autonomía y Desarollo de los Pueblos Indígenas (CADPI), the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), and World Resources Institute (WRI) are very pleased to invite you to participate in the first virtual dialogue of the Scaling Up Locally-Led Adaptation: Caribbean and Latin America Regional Dialogue Series on September 8, 2021, from 12–2 pm AST/UTC-4.
From the COP26 Presidency's Climate and Development Ministerial to the Climate Vulnerable Forum to the G7 Summit, global calls to support locally-led adaptation are growing.
These six peer-to-peer regional dialogues across Africa, the Asia-Pacific region, and the Caribbean and Latin America will bring together government representatives as well as civil society, the private sector, and other non-state actors. The dialogues will facilitate partnerships and help identify financial support for state and non-state locally-led adaptation delivery mechanisms or initiatives.
Hosted by a partnership of organisations, in association with the Adaptation Action Coalition, UN High-level Champions, and Race to Resilience, these regional dialogues are an opportunity for countries and non-state actors to learn from each other and showcase the real potential for locally-led adaptation through innovative funding and governance models.
❗ Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/regional-dialogue-series-scaling-up-locally-led-adaptation-tickets-166142266993
Making Gender and Natural Resource Management Work - Making the Money Work for All.
This upcoming webinar is part of a conversation series under the umbrella theme, “Women’s Leadership and the Environment”. The presenter is Leisa Perch, of SAEDI Consulting, a well-known regional gender expert, who also participated in CANARI's virtual regional dialogue.
Under the theme, ‘Making Gender & Natural Resource Management Work’ we will delve into the following areas:
✅ Banking on women (especially in rural communities)
✅ Making resource management funding (local and international) work for gender equality
✅ Positioning women as active participants in urban climate action
✅ Economic empowerment of women through inclusive natural resource management
Register here: https://www.saediconsulting.com/conversation-corner/webinars/making-gender-and-natural-resource-management-work -webinar-4-registration
Press Release
MINISTRY OF FINANCE BEGINS GREEN CLIMATE FUND CLIMATE FINANCE AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT TRAINING
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is one of the largest multilateral sources of finance for implementing climate change projects. As part of Saint Lucia’s second GCF Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme project, the Department of Economic Development (Ministry of Finance), as the National Designated Authority to the GCF, has partnered with the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre and the international consulting firm, E Co. Ltd to provide the “Green Climate Fund Climate Finance and Project Development Training” to thirty (35) participants from seven (7) public sector and seven (7) private sector agencies.
The purpose of the training is to provide participants with the necessary skills to prepare funding proposals and ultimately secure funding for Green Climate Fund climate change projects. The specific objectives of the training are:
1. To create and improve technical know-how on climate change project design, including an in-depth understanding of key project development components.
2. To equip participants with the skills to develop high-quality funding proposals.
3. Showcase private sector financing opportunities.
4. Understanding the international, regional, and national climate finance architecture.
5. Enhance understanding of the linkages between climate finance proposals and national climate and development strategies.
6. Identify critical project risks and their mitigation actions.
The training is being delivered across 12 virtual-format sessions, which commenced October 19, 2021 and will end in February 2022. The sessions feature several international speakers, who will provide guidance on different critical aspects of climate change projects, showcasing regional case studies, international best practice in project development for climate change projects and opportunities for networking on cross-cutting climate change adaptation and mitigation issues.
Participants will apply their learning during the training sessions by establishing and developing a project idea from inception. Currently, there are five (5) projects being developed during the sessions, with each project having the potential to secure on average 1 million to 10 million USD in climate finance for Saint Lucia. These projects span key sectors and themes prioritised within Saint Lucia’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), including resilient marine and terrestrial ecosystems, low emission and climate-resilient urban design, climate-resilient tourism, and climate-resilient infrastructure and climate education for schools in Saint Lucia.
It is anticipated that these projects along with the capacity-building exercise would underscore Saint Lucia's continued efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change.
For more information, please contact:
National Designated Authority, Department of Economic Development
Tel: (758) 468-5500 Fax: (758) 452-6700 Email: [email protected]
1st Floor, Finance Administrative Centre, Point Seraphine
Castries
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Peter Jn. Paul, National Project Coordinator to the GCF highlights the Green Climate Fund Readiness Needs Assessment and long-term work plan. Thanks for the news feature Caribbean Hot7 tv
📣 IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: We held our second South-South virtual knowledge exchange last Tuesday with fruitful discussions on enhancing national capacity to achieve accreditation as Direct Access Entities to the Green Climate Fund. Thank you Dbstvstlucia for the coverage!
Access to clean, safe water is essential to life. Climate change threatens the availability of water on many islands. The Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) are working together to transform the water sector in Barbados. Read the full story: https://g.cf/3a7vUVX Learn more about the project: https://g.cf/fp060
MEET THE TEAM THAT IS ENHANCING SAINT LUCIAN CSOs' ACCESS AND READINESS FOR CLIMATE FINANCE Currently, Peter Jean Paul works as the National Consultant and Project Coordinator for Saint Lucia’s second Readiness Project. Peter is a native of Saint Lucia and as an Electrical Engineer specializing in energy management, Peter developed a strong appreciation for the need to help Saint Lucia make adequate use of its limited resources and become energy self-sufficient. To this end, Peter has gained experience in other professional fields including International Human Resource Development and Mathematical Science. He has also worked in several countries such as Taiwan and New Zealand on various energy and international human development projects over the last 10 years.
MEET THE TEAM THAT IS ENHANCING SAINT LUCIAN CSOs' ACCESS AND READINESS FOR CLIMATE FINANCE As Focal Point of the National Designated Authority, Nadia Wells-Hyacinth is charged with paving the way towards unlocking GCF resources for climate solutions. Mrs. Wells-Hyacinth is an enthusiastic and experienced Chief Economist with the Ministry of Finance and is skilled in Strategic Analysis, Development Planning, Policy Analysis, and International Development Cooperation. Her passion for people-centered development and reform is reflected in the guidance she provides to the NDA to serve as the interface between Saint Lucia and the GCF, as well as providing broad strategic oversight of the GCF’s activities in Saint Lucia and communicating the priorities on-island, for financing low-emission and climate-resilient development.
CDRMT - Caribbean Disaster Risk Management Te
Bridge Street
GOSL Digital Transformation Project
Division of Public Sector Modernization, Bourbon Street
National Anti-Money Laundering Committee SLU
Francis Compton Building
Regional Integration Unit, Saint Lucia
Conway Business Centre
Substance Abuse Advisory Council Secretariat
High Street
Bureau of Health Education (MOH SLU)
Sir Stanislaus James
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