Saint Lucia: Hazard Mitigation Policy and Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan

The Hazard Mitigation Policy (HMP) and Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan (NHMP) are designed to work in tandem with the National Emergency Management Plan of 2007. The HMP has been designed to reinforce the institutional and popular hazards mitigation, and notably climate-change related catastrophes. The NHMP details the HMP orientations with more specific measures, such as the maintenance of a NEMO database used in the case of extreme weather events. 

In view of the deleterious impact of hazards, the Government of Saint Lucia has already undertaken several initiatives at the national, regional and international level to reduce the impacts of natural and man-made hazards. However, insufficient emphasis is being placed on multi-hazard mitigation that could minimise the impact and consequently, reduce the cost of future hazardous events. It is against this background that the National Hazard Mitigation Policy has been developed to express Government’s intention for the promotion of hazard mitigation in Saint Lucia.