Dominican Republic: Technical Assistance Report-Climate Policy Diagnostic

Technical Assistance Reports, January 17, 2025

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This is a summary of a technical assistance report requested by the Dominican Republic from the Fiscal Affairs Department.
The report is available only in Spanish.
The report focuses on:
- Improving adaptation and resilience to extreme weather events on the island, including tropical storms, hurricanes, floods and droughts.
- Emphasis on reforms to water resource management and disaster risk management financing.
- Proposing mitigation policies and reforms to the electricity sector, aligned with the country's development strategy and its international emission reduction commitments.
- Institutional and governance recommendations to better integrate climate considerations into public-sector decision-making processes.

Adaptation and resilience:
- Prioritize measures to improve resilience against tropical storms, hurricanes, floods and droughts.
- Strengthen water resource management frameworks.
- Enhance disaster risk management financing mechanisms.
Mitigation and electricity sector reforms:
- Propose mitigation policies aligned with the country’s development strategy.
- Recommend electricity sector reforms consistent with international emission reduction commitments.
Institutional and governance integration:
- Offer recommendations to integrate climate considerations into public-sector decision-making and governance structures.

Adaptation and resilience reforms centered on water resource management and disaster risk financing.
Mitigation measures focused on electricity sector reforms aligned with development strategy and international commitments.
Institutional reforms to mainstream climate policy and improve governance for climate-related decisions.

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