National policies, plans and risk and governance profile(s)

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Policies and plans
The Barbados Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Policy 2022 ensures that there is a strategic direction to keeping people safe and making communities more resilient to disaster and climate related risks and impacts.
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Documents and publications
This seismic risk profile of Barbados, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.
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This study provides an updated assessment of the status of MHEWS for all CDEMA Participating States (PS).
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Documents and publications
This is a short brief country profile of Barbados, in relation to hurricanes and earthquakes.
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This is Barbados' Voluntary National Report for the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (MTR SF).
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This report provides an overview of the Situational Analysis of Disaster Risk Reduction efforts in Barbados.
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This study supports the implementation of the Country Work Programme for countris in the Caribbean, as well as the design and revisions of other critical national instruments including the National Adaptation Plan.
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Documents and publications
Mostly a low-lying country, Barbados faces flash floods, droughts, small-scale landslides, earthquakes, and fires. Its disaster and emergency management legislation and structure and data collection are strong but implementation is still lacking.

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