Barbados Voluntary National Review 2023

Within the last two decades, Barbados has made significant progress in achieving the SDGs, including the implementation of numerous policies and initiatives aimed at promoting resilience, which allows the country to better face shocks and disasters, and enables faster, more comprehensive responses and recovery. Some of the policies and initiatives on which the country’s sustainable development agenda rests, which are aligned with the SDGs and contribute to Barbados’ efforts to achieve the 17 Global Goals, include the BNEP, the Public Sector Smart Energy Project, Barbados Blue Economy Initial Action Plan, Barbados Growth and Development Strategy, BERT, the R2RP, Barbados National Green Economy and the Barbados Sustainable Development policies, as well as policies for sustainable agriculture, food security and water resources protection, all of which are of critical importance in a country that is water scarce and is heavily reliant on food imports.