Delivering transformational change: Implementing the CARICOM Regional Framework for Achieving Development Resilient to Climate Change

This document presents the Implementation Plan (IP) for the Regional Framework for Achieving Climate Resilient Development (the Regional Framework). It has been prepared in response to the mandate given to the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCCCC) by the CARICOM Heads of Government at their July 2009 meeting. The CCCCC was requested to undertake a process to develop a comprehensive regional plan for the implementation of the strategy set out in the Regional Framework. The purpose of the Regional Framework prepared by the CCCCCCC is: "To establish and guide the Caribbean's direction for the continued building of resilience to the impacts of global climate change by CARICOM member states". The Framework articulates the strategic direction for the region's response to climate change risks. This strategy represents a long-term vision on climate issues and reflects the political will of the region. It is one of the first regional strategies drafted in developing nations, united by a common purpose to address the climate challenge and advance the call for transformational change enshrined in the Liliendaal Declaration. It provides a roadmap for action during the period 2009-2015, while building on previous work done by the CCCCC and its forerunner programs and projects on climate change adaptation. These include the National Enabling Activities (NEAs), which include the First National Communications Projects, the Caribbean Climate Change Adaptation Planning Project (CPACC) (1998-2001), the Adaptation to Climate Change in the Caribbean Project (ACCC) (2001-2004) and the Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change Project (MACC) (2003-2009). It also builds on the pilot projects carried out under the Special Pilot Project on Adaptation to Climate Change (SPACC), together with the extensive work carried out by governments, regional organizations, NGOs and academic institutions in recent years.