Dominica

The National Disaster Plan (2001) revised, is the latest revision of a draft plan that has been in existence since 1987. The format and content have been extensively modified to reflect up-to-date thinking and technologies relating to disaster management

To understand disaster risk better, and tackle it effectively and in a gender- and age responsive manner, it is important to delve into the complexities and inequalities in a given location, the differences within and between broad categories of women

In response to the destruction of Hurricane Maria, in 2018, Dominica released a climate resilience policy framework to guide its recovery journey in the form of National Resilience Development Strategy 2030 (NRDS). The NRDS articulates the overall policy

The project ‘Strengthening resilience and coping capacities in the Caribbean through integrated early warning systems’ was aimed at reducing the vulnerability of communities facing multiple hazard risks in Caribbean small islands. This goal was achieved

This document analyzes the drivers of risk, using the example of Dominica, where processes set in motion during the colonial period have shaped the location of people and assets, the societal repercussions of that harm and the prospects for recovery.

The Social and Livelihood Assessment (SLA) following the impact of tropical storm Erika situates itself within the framework of social vulnerability and disaster risk reduction. In keeping with the post-disaster needs assessment methodology, this

This Results in Resilience story describes how the Africa Caribbean Pacific-European Union Natural Disaster Risk Reduction (ACP-EU NDRR) Program has supported Dominica following Hurricane Maria in September 2017, through a first project to conduct a Post

A new UNISDR study of the private sectors in Dominica and the British Virgin Islands finds that even though most businesses had disaster continuity plans, Maria and Irma revealed that they were unprepared for a level 5 hurricane. Businesses must recognize