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“Making cities sustainable and resilient: implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 at the local level” is a three-year initiative by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), supported by the European Commission…
The Dominican Republic Country Climate and Development Report (CDRR) employs a version of the MANAGE model. This CCDR further extends the model to incorporate the path of emissions from key sectors (transport, energy, AFOLU), and to incorporate DR‑specific climate damage functions to introduce the impact of climate change on the economy. The Dominican R…
Climate change is part of our daily lives, and its impacts become more evident each year. So, what can we do? How do we respond to this challenge?Climate Change in the Dominican Republic: How do we adapt to the obvious?Adapting to the impacts of climate change, strengthening the resilience of the population, its economy, infrastructure, and territory is…
This declaration maintains the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) as a body for consultation, concerted action, co-operation while stressing the relevance of its work in the domains of trade, sustainable tourism, transport, disaster risk reduction, and therefore agrees that the best way to tackle this vulnerability is by incorporating comprehensive d…
The Climate Change Regional Policy Dialogue on "How to Mainstream Climate Change Adaptation into a Country's Priority Sectors of Action" aims at promoting the dialogue and sharing of experiences between experts and practitioners. One of the main topics to be addressed is sea level rise impacts and adaptation measures. This event will be coordinated with…
The objective is to present some of the adaptation tools that relevant actors (i.e. agencies, organisations, governments) are developing in Latin American countries regarding economic impacts in relevant sectors (agriculture, costal and metropolitan areas).
This report on adaptation to climate variability and change draws together the conclusions of a series of comparative case studies undertaken for the Area-Based Development and Climate Change (ABDCC) project of the Social Development Department of the World Bank. The report contributes to a better understanding of pro-poor adaptation by addressing the g…
Despite Dominican Republic's serious exposition to the impacts of climate change, such as the salinisation of half of its aquifers and more intense natural catastrophes like hurricanes and unusual rainfall patterns, the Caribbean island nation has difficulties overcoming in climate change adaptation policies as risk perception among Dominicans is low. A…
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En un encuentro de alto nivel en la República Dominicana unas 250 expertas internacionales reflexionaron acerca del rol de la mujer profesional ante el desafío mundial de los fenómenos naturales, con la presentación de más de un centenar de investigaciones durante el XI Encuentro Iberoamericano de Mujeres Ingenieras, Arquitectas y Agrimenso…
Vision
For 2030 the Dominican Republic to have improved the quality of life of human beings and to improve the health of ecosystems and their capacity to adapt to climate change. This will reduce vulnerability and contribute to the stabilization of greenhouse gases, without compromising their efforts to fight poverty and its sustainable development, p…
The event will discuss climate change mitigation and adaptation activities in the Carribean.
A declaration adopted by the Member States of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) on September 27, 2012, on the sidelines of the 67th United Nations General Assembly, calling for urgent action to address the climate change crisis which Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are already experiencing with impacts such as sea-level rise and storm su…
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Migración, Medio Ambiente y Cambio Climático: Serie de Notas de Políticas, Número 7, Vol. 1, Noviembre de 2015:
Los flujos migratorios siempre han caracterizado la historia de la República Dominicana. La migración interna es un fenómeno significativo en el país. Sin embargo, aunque la República Dominicana sea uno de los países con mayor vul…
This report addresses three key areas where positive legislation can make a difference and where National Red Cross Societies and governments are working together to develop and roll out effective disaster laws. It does so mainly through case studies from the Dominican Republic, Colombia and Chile. In light of the massive impact of the 2010 Haiti earthq…
This adaptation coalition toolkit was developed to promote the strategic empowerment of people by creating more inclusive, cohesive, and accountable societies in the face of climate change. Its purpose is to guide facilitating groups or teams of development practitioners in pursuing participatory collaboration with communities to research and implement…