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This desk review aims at evaluating gender-responsive disaster preparedness and recovery efforts in the nine CFR Caribbean countries.

The disaster risk reduction (DRR) - PFM (public financial management) review focuses on five key elements of the PFM system in Guyana: legal and institutional foundations; budget appropriation arrangements; financial management controls; procurement

Acclimatise was commissioned to implement aspects of readiness support projects in Belize (2018 – 2019), The Bahamas (2018 – 2019) and Guyana (2016 – 2017), and prepare their country strategic frameworks. This support, as seen had three main objectives:

This profile provides an overview of climate risk issues in the Amazon Basin, including how climate change will potentially impact ecosystems, water, agriculture, health, infrastructure, and tourism.

This study summarises a Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) Survey that addressed climate change awareness and education in Guyana.

In addressing sustainable climate change adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk programming it is vital that where

This document summarises the key strategic actions that need to be taken to deliver the Climate Resilience Strategy and Action Plan (CRSAP) and increase Guyana’s resilience to a variable and changing climate. It also articulates a timeframe for action

The profile summarizes how climate change will potentially impact six key sectors across the region: coastal resources, human health, water resources, tourism, fisheries, and agriculture.

This report reviews the availability of data in Guyana to report against the indicators recommended to measure the global targets of the Sendai Framework, and identify current gaps.

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