3. ENV 3 – Enhance Management of the Environment and Natural Resources – Legal and Regulatory reform to improve land use planning and management; pollution prevention and control; waste management; building national and institutional capacities to conduct and use environmental and social impact assessments (including climate change screening/proofing); promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy options (linked to Climate Adaption interventions above); promoting sustainable use and management of biodiversity; promoting integrated Coastal Zone Management; promoting conservation, management and sustainable use of the marine living and forest resources; and enhancing regional capacity to address ocean governance issues associated with, inter alia, proliferation of alien and exotic species, marine litter and biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction. 2.2.3.4 Key Considerations 1. Building capacity of critical skills will remain a focus over the Plan period. Gaps in expertise still exist in Member States; for example, as it relates to change adaption, natural resource and environmental management in public sector and resource mobilization. These gaps will be addressed through training and development as well as improved transfer of skills from Community Institutions. 2. Climate change and environmental and natural resource management present a significant opportunity for the Region to access resources for development. Building capacity for, and adopting a coordinated approach to, resource mobilization as a Region, will be important in the Plan period. 3. The Region needs access to appropriate technologies that will enhance climate change adaptation, resource efficiency and measuring and monitoring of environmental changes. The issue of transfer of, and access to, affordable technology is critical in this regard. 28 | P a g e