This funding acknowledges the urgent need for action in response to the escalating climate risks faced by small island developing states like Saint Lucia, including rising sea levels and increased frequency of natural disasters.

Dawn Pierre-Nathoniel, Acting Chief Sustainable Development Officer, highlighted that the Department of Sustainable Development will lead efforts to develop mitigation plans to address these risks and safeguard the island's future.

“We're also looking at the coastal modelling under this initiative, sea level rise and tropical cyclones. And what is the issue? How will it be impacted? How far will the issue of sea level rise impact us? What do we need to do? What measures do we need to put in place?” she explained.

Countries like Saint Lucia have been placed on high alert for sea swells and saltwater flooding due to its location to the sea. Nathaniel says the government will focus on implementing the plans developed under this project. The project will run for 30 months.

“This is the component at the end where we are looking to see, now that we've identified those priority sectors in all of those areas, including with the private sector. How can we build or develop a significant project for the Green Climate Fund to be able to help us address measures? I can't tell you yet what that project will be like because it will evolve over the 30 months of the project depending on what the stakeholders see for those sectors in which the plans will be developed,” she said.

Saint Lucia’s foreign representatives are continually advocating for greater commitment from the developed world to address climate change.