Dominican Republic: The government bolsters platform on climate change

The environment is the fourth National Strategic Development axis, which poses an "adequate adaptation to climate change and specifically reduced vulnerability, progress in adapting to the impacts of climate change and contribute to the mitigation of its causes," said Jeffrey Lizardo, director of the Economy Ministry’s Economic and Social Development Department of the Dominican Republic at the start of the consultation process to design the national climate change policy aimed at reducing the country's vulnerability to natural phenomenon, reports Dominican Today...