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Seychelles: Climate Change Policy Assessment

June 20, 2017

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Summary

This paper takes stock of Seychelles’ plans to manage climate change, from the perspective of its macroeconomic implications. It suggests macro-relevant reforms that could strengthen the plans’ likelihood of success. It highlights high public awareness and a body of existing sustainable development planning, which puts Seychelles several steps ahead toward preparedness. Next steps would be to ensure that climate change planning is integrated with the forthcoming National Development Plan. Disaster preparedness is a relatively strong point, but there is much still to be done—from improving warning systems to resilience building to contingency financing.

Subject: Carbon tax, Climate change, Environment, Expenditure, Natural disasters, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), Renewable energy, Taxes

Keywords: Carbon tax, Caribbean, Climate change, Climate change, Climate change Risks, CR, Disaster risk reduction effort, Energy security, Financial support, Financing gap, Global, Government financing, Import bill, Investment strategy, ISCR, Mitigation plan, Natural disasters, Near-to-full employment, PIM practice, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), Renewable energy, Seychelles' NDC

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    60

  • Volume:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2017/162

  • Stock No:

    1SYCEA2017004

  • ISBN:

    9781484304808

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685