Adaptation communication for Antigua and Barbuda

This Adaptation Communication (ADCOM) is Antigua and Barbuda’s first ADCOM to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and is being submitted in compliance with the
reporting requirements under the Paris Agreement and its Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF). It captures information on the key climatic drivers and their impacts on the country; national adaptation responses, both planned and ongoing; the adaptation framework in which these responses are situated; and the needs and challenges to be addressed.

Antigua and Barbuda is extremely vulnerable to projected climate change impacts, which will result in higher-intensity hurricanes, more frequent droughts, higher temperatures, and sea level rise. Looking forward, the country is prioritizing building resilience in key economic sectors in the country, climate-proofing key infrastructure, establishing systems for a debt for climate swaps, designing innovative risk financing solutions for climate-vulnerable economic sectors, supporting a just transition, and financing concrete adaptation actions through mechanisms such as small consessional loans, grants, and equity to reduce the impact of climate change on the most vulnerable communities and groups.