. Needs-driven and customised - Employing a wide range of different types of adaptation and mitigation approaches, policies, measures, programmes, interventions and actions consistent with the principles outlined above, but in particular, that meet the special needs and circumstances of those most vulnerable as well as being specifically tailored to the potential, best available solutions and other relevant conditions related to the specific actor, organisation, sector or sub-sector concerned; Developmental - Prioritising climate change responses that have both significant mitigation and adaptation benefits and that also have significant economic growth, job creation, public health, risk management and poverty alleviation benefits; Transformational, empowering and participatory - Implementing policies and measures to address climate change at a "scale of economy" that enables and supports the required level of innovation, sector and skills development, finance and investment flows needed to reap the full benefit of a transition to a lower-carbon, efficient, job-creating, equitable and competitive economy. The transition will necessarily be supported and enabled by policies and measures to empower and promote the participation of all citizens through changing their behaviour to more sustainable lifestyles and livelihoods. This policy is therefore part of the broader social and economic transformation as envisaged by the New Growth Path (NGP) and is fundamentally underpinned by a major shift towards sustainable consumption and production patterns, which decouples growth and development from any negative impacts on the environment and society. Dynamic and evidence-based - Recognising that this policy has not been developed in a vacuum and many sectors have already researched and have experience in implementing policies and measures to address the challenges of climate change. Therefore, this policy takes an approach of: - Immediate implementation of Near-term Priority Flagship Programmes comprising of - o Continued implementation of existing successful policies and measures with only policy alignment and integration intervention as required;