Jamaica

This poster describes the setting for the Caribbean drought of 2009-10 and its impacts. It provides lessons learned that include a need for improvements in rainfall forecasting and monitoring and a coodinated effort between multiple stakeholder to

This brochure presents the products combining risk reduction and insurance for low income groups such as small-holding farmers and day labourers that will be designed and implemented by the Climate Risk Adaptation and Insurance in the Caribbean programme

This document describes drought and precipitation monitoring in the Caribbean. It explains the roles of the The Caribbean Drought and Precipitation Monitoring Network, established to improve the management of water resources and aid in planning and

This report describes water resource management in the Caribbean. It looks at ways of ways of dealing with the impacts of climate variability in the region. Establishing monitoring and early warning systems for extreme events like floods and drought in

This study details the risks global cities may face due to a warming world. It examines mitigation and adaptation strategies for developing and developed cities, enabling readers to utilize information on both, and leverage co-benefits between the two.

Brief overview of the disaster risk management (DRM) strides made in several Latin America and the Caribbean Region countries to date. It includes a set of country notes organised by country priority levels determined by the GFDRR.

A review of the one day disaster preparedness and first aid training programme after Hurricane Tomas

This report describes a disaster preparedness project started in 2009 that was carried out by the Order of St John local organizations in seven countries

The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2009-11 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.