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The Virgin Islands became the first Caribbean Territory and a leader amongst small island states globally in establishing the policy and financing framework needed to address the causes and impacts of climate change. Advisor to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour, George deBerdt Romilly said, 'This is the culmination of years of partnership between the Virgin Islands and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre’...
The exercise is geared towards improving tsunami preparedness efforts in the Caribbean and adjacent regions, including U.S. and Canadian Gulf as well as the east coasts. The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) is coordinating BVI’s participation in the exercise...
This document sets out the government's disaster management policy for the British Virgin Islands (BVI).
This policy document presents British Virgin Islands’ vulnerability to hazards and the challenges to the implementation of hazard mitigation.
This act provides for the functioning and powers of the Department of Disaster Management of British Virgin Islands, and regulates the establishment of National Disaster Management Council, the functioning of emergency operations centres and shelt
This report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by British Virgin Islands during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR).
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in British Virgin Islands, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as hurricane, earthquake, tsunami, land slide and flood.
The 'Islands and Adapting to Climate Change' workshop included examples of work carried out in overseas territories to address coral reef monitoring, climate change adaptation and the creation of vulnerability assessments, says a BVI government press release. Continue the discussion at the Global Platform...
Voluntary Commitments
The organization has no registered commitments.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.
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