Protection Agency Sierra Leone

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1 Momodu M d Alrashid Al hid Bah B h Assistant Deputy p y Director,, Environmental Protection Agency Sierra Leone

2 1.Introduction Location & Climate Ratification and NCC documents 2. Climate Change Policy Development Environmental Protection Agency s mandate National lclimate Change Coordinating i Committee National Climate Change Policy Framework Drafting of the national climate change policy 3. Climate Change Programmes and Adaptation Measures 4. Challenges

3 A. Location & Climate Sierra Leone is on the west coast of Africa An area of 72,325 km 2 between latitudes north, longitudes 10-3 west. Coastline is 560km Bordered in the northeast by the Republic of Guinea, in the south and southeast by the Republic of Liberia and in the west by the North Atlantic Ocean. Tropical wet climate with distinct dry and wet seasons

4 B. Ratification and NCC Documents developed Sierra Leone (SL) signed and ratified UNFCCC in June 1995 and Kyoto Protocol in June 2005 To meet its commitments to articles 4 & 12 of the UNFCCC, SL has developed Initial National Communications(INC) From Feb 2003 to June 2006 National Adaptation Programme for Action(NAPA) From March 2006 December 2008 Working on the Second National Communications

5 1. Environmental Protection Agency Sierra Leone s mandate: Coordination and monitoring the implementation of national environmental policies, programmes and projects Issuance of EIA Licences Development of NCC Policy and Establishment of NSCC 2. National Climate Change Coordinating Committee(NCCC) established on 10 th May 20011

6 Specifically, the NCCC to : Provide guidance & direction to the implementation of climate change related activities in the country; Develop national climate change policy and strategies in line with the National Agenda for Change-(PRSP 11) to address climate change problems and issues; Facilitate the establishment of a National Secretariat for Climate Change tobe house in EPA-SL; Resource mobilization for climate financing; Advocate e for the integration of climate change into the national planning processes and Advocate for effective private sector participation p in addressing climate change.

7 Membership consists of Executive Chairperson of EPA-SL Deputy Financial Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development Director of Forestry Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security Director of Meteorological Department, Ministry of Transport and Aviation Senior Environmental Adviser, Ministry of Energy & Water Resources Director of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Ministry of Fisheries & Marine Resources Director of Disaster Management Department, Office of National Security, State House National Project Coordinator, Climate Change Project National Coordinator of the Environmental Forum for Action

8 EPA-SL will have an oversight role to the NSCC NSCC Overall coordination and daily management of climate change and REDD issues 1. National Climate Change Committee 2. National Registry for REDD and non-redd Carbon Trading 3. Designated National Authority for CDM 4. Thematic Working Groups

9 NCCC has Developed a National Climate Change Policy Frame work for the drafting of the climate change policy Scope of National Climate Change Policy Framework 1. Background 2. Need for Policy & Vision 3. Guiding Principles & Policy Objectives 4. Twenty Key Policy areas each with its own policy guidelines, strategies and priority actions

10 Policy Statement Provide the opportunity for decision and policy makers to acquire understanding of climate change issues and make informed decisions on how to cope with them. Policy Objectives Ensure E integration ti of climate change into sustainable development programmes and sectors policies. Ensure requisite institutional capacities for climate change issues at all levels;

11 Promote public awareness of climate change risk reduction; Enhance the use of knowledge, education, training, innovation, and information sharing to build climate proof societies; Improve the identification assessment, monitoring and early warning systems; Improve effectiveness of climate change response fll fully building requisite iit institutions;

12 1. Environmental Governance Institutional and legislative arrangements for policy implementation 2. Biodiversity, Sustainable Forest Management and Ecosystem Conservation 3.Sustaianble Agriculture and Food Security 4.Sustainable Fisheries and Coastal Zone Management 5. Works and Infrastructure 6. Sustainable Energy Sources and Energy Efficiency Technologies Fossil Fuels Biofuelsand f l d Biomass

13 7. Sustainable Transportation and Aviation 8. Integrated Water Resources Management 9. Environmental Quality Waste Management Air quality Urban Environments 10. Human Health, Social Impacts and Population 11. Industry and Manufacturing 12. Integrated Disaster Risk Management/Reduction 13. Research, Training and Capacity Building

14 14. Education, Public Awareness and Participation 15. Coordination, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation 16. Registration, Measurement, Reporting and Verification Projects j registration Emission Standards Safeguards Labeling 17. Partnership and Inter-sectoral Collaboration

15 The roles and responsibilities of relevant institutions 18. Carbon(Emission Trading)and Carbon Financing Market-based mechanisms: Regulated and Unregulated Carbon Markets Carbon Financing Mechanisms: REDD+ Scheme and CDM 19. Financiali Management 20.International Commitments and Technical Cooperation

16 1. SLM Medium Size Project Promote SLM best practices Restore 3 pilot degraded land sites: Makari, Makoth & Gbendembu sites Farmers grow trees in and around their farmfields Promote agroforestry and intercropping, 2. Gola Forest Programme Conservation and provision of community benefits Commitment to generate carbon revenue (REDD+) as sustainable financing Promote eco-tourism

17 33. Western Area Peninsula Forest Reserve and its Watershed Project Conservation and p protection of the water catchments Offering opportunities: Agriculture, Bee-keeping, OKADA Service, Community Bakery, Public Toilets, Tailoring, Soap making Construction etc making, 4. Early Warning Systems Project 5 PA Systems Project with regard to climate change 5.PA Vulnerability assessment and risk reduction strategies for existing g PA Systems y 6.Mainstreaming Environmental Governance Project 7. REDD+ Capacity Building in Sierra Leone(Proposed)

18 1. Resource mobilization and funding for the urgent implementation ti of the NAPA which h touches on almost all areas of climate change and development activities to meet the immediate adaptation strategies and needs of vulnerable communities to mitigate or adapt to climate change and other related disasters 2. Setting up and building to house the National g p g Secretariat for Climate Change

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