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    Republic of South Sudan National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA) to Climate Change
    (Ministry of Environment, 2016) Ministry of Environment
    South Sudan is a least-developed country located in east-central Africa. It is the world’s newest country, having gained independence from Sudan in July 2011 after a prolonged period of civil war. In addition to the harmful impacts of long-term conflict, communities in South Sudan are also experiencing the negative effects of a changing climate. In general, the country is experiencing substantially warmer and drier weather, and the combination of these effects is leading to more droughts. In addition, rainfall is becoming more erratic, which is increasing the frequency and severity of floods. These climate change effects in turn decrease agricultural productivity, upon which the majority of the population depend for their livelihoods. Unless communities can adapt to these climatic changes and their impacts, climate change will hinder socio-economic development and contribute to existing tensions and conflict in South Sudan. National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) serve as simplified, rapid and direct channels for Least Developed Countries to identify and communicate priority activities to address their urgent and immediate adaptation needs. NAPAs emerged from the multilateral discussions on adaptation measures within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). South Sudan’s NAPA therefore specifies five priority activities (referred to as Priority Adaptation Projects) for effective climate change adaptation across the five identified priority thematic areas, namely: i) Environment; ii) Water Resources; iii) Agriculture; iv) Disaster Risk Reduction; and v) Policy and Institutional Framework.