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Identifying local governance capacity needs for implementing climate change adaptation in Mauritius

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  • David Samuel Williams
  • Sérgio Rosendo
  • Oocheetsing Sadasing
  • Louis Celliers

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The IPCC 1.5°C Report lists identifying local capacity needs as key for enabling multi-level governance to effectively respond to climate change. Mauritius, as a Small Island State, is disproportionately affected by climate change, primarily due to its exposure to impacts, as well as various constraints in size and resources. Identifying and integrating local capacity needs into recommendations for policy measures is therefore urgently required to support the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its National Adaptation Plan process. This study carries out a local governance assessment based on evaluative criteria to identify local capacity needs for implementing climate change adaptation in Mauritius. Results from the assessment indicate that local governance suffers from issues inherent to Small Island States, such as lack of technical know-how, financial and human resources, stringent legislation and effective monitoring mechanisms, preventing effective climate change adaptation. Through participatory, bottom-up stakeholder engagement with local and national government representatives, eight recommendations for policy formulation were then co-developed to address the identified capacity needs, and to improve cooperation between local and national institutions for more effective implementation of climate change adaptation.Key policy insights Local climate change adaptation needs have to be integrated into policy formulation for an effective response to climate change impacts.Roles and responsibilities of government levels for climate change adaptation in Mauritius are currently in need of clarification.Capacity building measures at the local level for implementing climate change actions from national government are urgently required.Stringent legislation and effective monitoring mechanisms need to be implemented to ensure planning regulations are adhered to.Increased collaboration between local and national levels of government in Mauritius is necessary for synthesizing a common approach to climate change adaptation.

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  • David Samuel Williams & Sérgio Rosendo & Oocheetsing Sadasing & Louis Celliers, 2020. "Identifying local governance capacity needs for implementing climate change adaptation in Mauritius," Climate Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(5), pages 548-562, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:tcpoxx:v:20:y:2020:i:5:p:548-562
    DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2020.1745743
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    1. Daniel Etongo & Kelsy Gill, 2022. "Local Governance Capacity Needs for Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Seychelles: An Assessment Based on the Capital Approach," Challenges, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-24, September.
    2. Rana Orhan & John Middleton & Thomas Krafft & Katarzyna Czabanowska, 2021. "Climate Action at Public Health Schools in the European Region," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-16, February.
    3. Meenakshi Shankar Poti & Jean Huge & Kartik Shanker & Nico Koedam & Farid Dahdouh-Guebas, 2022. "Learning from small islands in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO): A systematic review of responses to environmental change," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/346937, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    4. Zhanna A. Mingaleva, 2020. "Institutional Features of International Financing for Climate Change Adaptation Programs," Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal, Financial Research Institute, Moscow 125375, Russia, issue 4, pages 10-25, August.

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