National Climate Change Adaptation Plan (NAP) Haiti 2022-2030
Summary — Haiti's National Adaptation Plan (NAP) for 2022-2030 presents a comprehensive strategy to address climate change impacts across priority sectors including agriculture, health, infrastructure, and water resources.
Key Findings
- Haiti experiences an average of 2.8 tropical storms and 0.8 major hurricanes per year within 500 km radius, causing damages exceeding 20% of national GDP.
- Climate change impacts negatively affect agriculture, food security, water resources, marine and coastal ecosystems, energy, health, infrastructure and tourism.
- The NAP contains 340 national-scale adaptation actions, including 21 highly prioritized actions.
- Priority actions focus on climate-smart agriculture, irrigation infrastructure, integrated water resources management, reforestation and agroforestry.
- The plan aligns with key national strategic documents and promotes low-carbon economic sectors while strengthening climate resilience.
Full Description
The National Climate Change Adaptation Plan (NAP) for Haiti 2022-2030 represents a comprehensive response to the country's extreme vulnerability to climate change impacts. Haiti faces significant challenges from rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, droughts, sea level rise, and extreme weather events, with hurricanes causing damages exceeding 20% of national GDP. The plan was developed through an inclusive and participatory process involving government institutions, private sector, civil society, territorial communities, and universities.
The NAP covers a nine-year period (2022-2030) and focuses on four priority sectors chosen for their socio-economic importance and climate vulnerability: agriculture, health, infrastructure, and water resources. The plan is anchored in a vision of a country increasingly resilient to climate change where adaptive capacity building and climate adaptation are central to national development planning processes.
The document comprises 340 adaptation actions at the national scale, including 21 highly prioritized actions focusing on climate-smart agriculture, irrigation infrastructure, integrated water resources management, reforestation and agroforestry, watershed management, and capacity building. The plan aligns with key national strategic documents including the Strategic Development Plan of Haiti (PSDH), the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), and the National Climate Change Policy (PNCC).