Seychelles

The Seychelles archipelago, an island state in the Indian Ocean, is among the most affected by the negative consequences of climate change. In 2018 the then Italian Ministry of the Environment, Land and Sea, (today MASE), and the Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate Change of the Republic of Seychelles signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the cooperation in the field of sustainable energy and for climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Meeting with the Seychelles Minister of Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment

On the occasion of COP 27, a bilateral meeting was held between the MASE delegation, composed by the Director General of European and International Affairs Alessandro Modiano and the Director of the International Environmental Cooperation Division Roberta Ronzitti, with the Minister of Agriculture, Climate Change and Seychelles Environment, Mr. Flavien Jubert.

Cooperation on Sustainable Development

Counterpart: Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change of the Republic of Seychelles

Allocation: 2 million Euros

Intervention areas:

• support for the definition of policies, regulations and strategies related to renewable energy;

• promotion and development of renewable energies, in particular those deriving from solar, wind, hydroelectric and biomass sources;

• monitoring and support for the implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions, (NDCs);

• promotion of energy efficiency;

• installation of off-grid systems to supply electricity to remote areas that do not have access to the electricity grid.