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Six Caribbean islands, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Sint Maarten, Montserrat and Turks and Caicos Islands, benefit from an 18-month project designed to build the energy resilience of these islands while reducing their vulnerability.

UNICEF's Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office and CDEMA signed a MoU to co-operate on the development of more resilient communities.

Cette étude porte sur les changements côtiers et les inondations suite au passage d’un ouragan de catégorie 5 (Irma) les 5 et 6 septembre 2017 sur les îles de Saint-Martin et Saint-Barthélemy aux Antilles. Selon l'étude, les systèmes côtiers ont répondu

Caribbean leaders have claimed that their nations, weighed down by debts, must find ways to restructure what they owe to free up money for investment in climate change resilience and disaster protection. Debt restructuring could be the best option or a last resort, and other strategies to raise money could be more beneficial.

The onset of hurricane season this week could prove disastrous for Caribbean nations that were slammed by storms last year and are struggling to rebuild because of funding issues. Countries need to focus on preparing for storms by tackling poverty, and strengthening social safety nets and emergency response systems rather than just reacting to storms after they strike.

Despite a massive humanitarian effort over the past six months in the Eastern Caribbean, Cuba and Haiti, there is still much work to be done to rehabilitate water and sanitation and other infrastructure damaged by powerful hurricanes Irma and Maria, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Tuesday.

Six months after two of the most powerful hurricanes recorded over the Atlantic wreaked havoc in the Caribbean, women and men in island countries like Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, British Virgin Islands and St. Maarten are working around the clock to build back better, with another hurricane season only four months away.

The UK government has dedicated far less financial resources for uninsured losses from Hurricane Irma in UK territory in the Caribbean. The government needs to start investing in making the territories more resilient and reduce the need for post-disaster expenditure in the future.