Sierra Leone is one the countries that is most vulnerable to the impacts of global climate change. In its third Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, the Agenda for Prosperity (A4P) 2013-2018, the Government of Sierra Leone committed to an inclusive Green Growth agenda. While the A4P seeks to balance tensions between social, economic and environmental issues, it lacks a clear vision on how to mainstream climate change mitigation and adaptation into national development planning and budgets. There is need for a strategy that integrates the Green Growth ambitions of the A4P with recommendations of the National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA), National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP), as well as those of the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol.
In 2013, the National Secretariat for Climate Change (NSCC), with support from UNDP, produced a roadmap and discussion paper for the development of a Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan for Sierra Leone. The purpose of the National Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (NCCSAP) is to assist the Government in addressing climate change, improve environmental resilience, and put the country on a low carbon and climate resilient development pathway. The consultant will draft a NCCSAP that presents realistic and implementable actions to enable integration of climate change mitigation and adaptation aspects into national social, economic and governance systems, as well as present the NSCC with a strategic tool for the achievement of their mandate and goals.
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