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Displaying 15 of about 72 resultsTrinidad and Tobago stands to benefit from a Disaster Risk Information Exchange (RiX) Platform through the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management’s (ODPM) ongoing partnership with the Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean of the United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction Centre (UNDRR).
On September 29-30, 2022, the ODPM, as the Nation…
The CEO of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM), Dr Stephen Ramroop, told the Guardian that flooding is inevitable but that ODPM is better prepared this year, having mapped areas where disasters had happened and applying an internationally accepted system to improve its efforts. "In my opinion, I think we are much better ready than…
"Climate change is one of the greatest challenges that we are facing in today’s world; it is particularly important for us in the Caribbean and for a country like Trinidad and Tobago," says Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) Director and Trinidad-native Roger-Mark De Souza in an upcoming documentary by Sustain T&T, a non-profit based i…
The Government of Australia signed an agreement last Friday with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) to facilitate the handing over of an initial AUS$1 million for humanitarian assistance to earthquake ravaged Haiti. This was done during a visit to the Coordinating Unit by Australian High Commissioner, Mr. Philip Kentwell where he…
The Security Council, convening today to discuss the nexus between climate change and conflicts around the globe, considered several concrete proposals to guide the 15-member organ’s efforts — or those of other United Nations entities — on that evolving and increasingly critical issue.
Among other ideas, delegates proposed the appointment of a new Spec…
The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) joins the United Nations in commemorating World Teachers Day 2011. This day is flagged in our calendar because we at the ODPM, understand the important role that teachers and educators play in disaster risk reduction. Each year, the ODPM partners with the Ministry of Education to host two Disaste…
Ensuring the safety of residents and tourists is vital to one of the region's top economic earners - tourism and in this regard, the Government of Barbados is committed to assisting in the establishment and implementation of a sustainable tourism development programme.
According to the Minister of Tourism, Richard Sealy, his ministry has already collab…
As unusually heavy rainfall battered Trinidad's east coast a year ago, a lagoon here was overwhelmed, flooding a major access road to the island’s south-eastern communities. As the flood waters poured over Manzanilla beach, they washed sand away, caved in sections of road and collapsed a seawall at a tourist beach facility. Further damages were also inc…
Children, a priority in disaster emergency management and response.
UNICEF's Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), signed a Memorandum of Understanding to co-operate on the development of more resilient communities, states and regional actors in preparation for disasters or emergenci…
On Wednesday 12th January 2021, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) hosted the inaugural National Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Month (NDPPM) Multi-Sectoral Committee Meeting. The highly anticipated meeting was coordinated from the ODPM’s Alternate National Emergency Operations Centre (ANEOC) at Mausica and brought together…
Disaster risk reduction and climate change stakeholders meet to discuss integrated planningThe Workshop was a collaborative initiative of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, through the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM), the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Regional Office for the Americas and the Car…
On Wednesday January 18, 2023, Minister of National Security the Honourable Fitzgerald Hinds M.P. presided over the signing of a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Ministry of National Security and The University of the West Indies (The UWI) St. Augustine Campus.
The Signing Ceremony took place at the Ministry of National Security,…
The Jamaica Observer reports that Dr Barbara Carby will focus on risk management, with an emphasis on risk reduction, which she regards as a critical component of any effort to achieve sustainable development for the region.
ISDR system partner Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) to participate in a panel on challenges for the Caribbean’s coastal tourism environment at the 10th annual Caribbean conference on sustainable tourism development.
Press Release 10-176: NSF Awards Grant for Continuously Operating Caribbean GPS Natural Hazards Observational Network
COCONet will transform understanding of earthquakes, hurricanes in vulnerable region
How can we better understand and assess seismic and other natural hazards in the Caribbean and Central America?
What are the slip rates along active…