The policy provides strategic directions and coordination on issues of climate change, cognizant of its linkages with sustainable development. It identifies major vulnerable areas and risks presented by climate change. It then describes 22 policy directions/statements, of pivotal importance and focus, on which various sector adaptation and mitigation interventions will be anchored to address fundamentally critical issues.
The Policy statements are based on key thematic areas identified by the consultative process. The policy sets out implementation strategies that include legal and other institutional arrangements. Furthermore, it identifies resources mobilization strategies and advocates for private sector investment in climate change adaptation and mitigation. Finally, the policy recommends a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework.
The objective of the Framework is to enhance effective policy implementation; ensuring appropriate utilization of resources; communication of results to decision makers and stakeholders for future action specifying performance indicators and targets for each policy priority and strategic action to be monitored.
In addition, the implementation of this policy will undergo an independent external evaluation in five years’ time. The recommendations resulting from this evaluation will then feed into the revision process for the new policy.
