Antigua and Barbuda

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This document outlines a project led by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office to support the OECS to develop, prepare to implement, and finance an Eastern Caribbean Climate Change Implementation Plan. The project considers both mitigation and adaptation

Hurricane Irma and Maria Barbuda and Antigua PDNA
The PDNA report covers the damage, losses, and recovery needs following hurricanes Irma and Maria, which impacted Barbuda and Antigua in 2017. A recovery strategy and summary of identified priority actions for recovery is included in the report.
 Country document for disaster risk reduction: Antigua and Barbuda, 2016
The Country Document for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) presents a 2016 analysis of the status of DRR in Antigua and Barbuda.

This document charts the initial formation of Hurricane Irma in the Atlantic Ocean in late August 2017 and tracks its development as the storm moved towards the Caribbean in September. 

It presents the exposed values for the affected countries, including

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

This report reviews information on drought characteristics and management in the Caribbean region, identifies the relevant national and regional agencies and focal points involved in drought management, and brings together information on their work at

This new publication from the World Meteorological Organization provides a wide-ranging description of how small island States and territories in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific regions are using seasonal predictions and other climate information

Scientific Reports 5, Article no.: 11972, doi:10.1038/srep11972:

This paper aims to elucidate risk factors for mortality due to storms and floods i.e the lethality of these events in CARICOM countries. The authors conducted an ecological study

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