The Government of Saint Lucia (GOSL), as signatory to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is legally required to periodically prepare and submit National Communication (NC) reports to the UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP). The primary objective of this document is to enable countries to report on work undertaken and planned, in response to the adverse impacts of climate change. This enables the COP to monitor national progress towards the implementation of the UNFCCC.
Since becoming a signatory, GOSL has submitted its Initial National Communication (INC) and its Second National Communication (SNC) in November 2002 and April 2012 respectively. The preparation of the Third National Communication (Third NATCOM) was initiated in August of 2013.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), through its Umbrella Programme, will function as the implementing agency. At the national level, the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Energy, Science and Technology (MSDEST), through the Sustainable Development and Environment Division (SDED), is the executing agency on behalf of the GOSL.
The UNFCCC promotes the development and transfer of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries as a means of enabling the international community to fulfill the requirements of the convention. As such the development of a climate change technology needs assessment, assists in identifying environmentally sustainable technologies for Saint Lucia and prioritizing those based on the adaptation and mitigation responses which Saint Lucia will pursue. The first such report for Saint Lucia was produced in 2004.
Given the advances in technology since 2004, and the new scientific information made available through the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and other scientific bodies, the government of Saint Lucia through the MSDEST seeks to engage a Consultant to produce an assessment report capturing the technology needs for Saint Lucia which are key to assisting with achieving the objectives of the UNFCCC and Saint Lucia’s adaptation and mitigation priorities.