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Displaying 45 of about 134 resultsThis document presents Grenada’s action plan in case of disasters and describes disaster prevention and preparedness measures against country's natural hazards, such as cyclone. It outlines institutional organization of national disaster management system, responsibilities and functions of national disaster management committees and government agencies,…
This paper explains the excess rainfall parametric insurance product of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) and Swiss Re Excess Rainfall (XSR), which helps to mitigate the short-term cash flow problems small developing economies suffer after major natural disasters. The product is aimed primarily at extreme high rainfall events of…
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This paper explains the parametric insurance system of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) in the event of a hurricane or an earthquake. The paper explains the differences between parametric insurance systems and indemnity-based systems, how payments are calculated, and the CCRIB catastrophe model.…
This paper presents a systematic approach to assess the protective role of coral reefs and to examine solutions based on the reef's influence on wave propagation patterns. Portions of the shoreline of Grenville Bay, Grenada, have seen acute shoreline erosion and coastal flooding. This paper (i) analyzes the historical changes in the shoreline and the lo…
Press release: 2012/004/SDN
Countries get $534 million for bold plans to climate-proof water, farming, forests, and cities
Cape Town - The Climate Investment Funds (CIFs), a partnership of five multilateral development banks, approved $444 million in grants and near-zero-interest loans to support Cambodia, Mozambique, Nepal, St. Lucia, and Zambia in t…
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved today a US$30.6 million regional health project to improve regional coordination and resilience for public health emergencies and extreme weather events in four member states of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).
“Countries in the Eastern Caribbean are taking concrete steps to bui…
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.
The Caribbean Net News reports that islands have been requested by an Organisation of East Caribbean States (OECS) official to start preparing for the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season, which forecasters have predicted will be above average.
“Every country has to take responsibility. Then again the disaster preparedness offices, the NEMOS or the equivalen…
Up to half a million people in the Pacific will lose their homes and their countries to rising sea levels because small island nations cannot persuade the rest of the world to reduce greenhouse gas emissions sufficiently, campaigners say.
The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) is calling for a significant reduction in global emissions so the world…
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…
NEW YORK -- Willis Towers Watson, a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, has developed the Global Ecosystem Resilience Facility (GERF), the first global insurance facility of its kind to provide innovative finance and risk management solutions to build the resilience of ecosystems and the communities they support. The GERF is being la…
This poster describes the setting for the Caribbean drought of 2009-10 and its impacts. It provides lessons learned that include a need for improvements in rainfall forecasting and monitoring and a coodinated effort between multiple stakeholder to develop an effective early warning system. It concludes with recommended policy interventions highlightin…
The disaster risk reduction (DRR) - PFM (public financial management) review focuses on five key elements of the PFM system in Grenada: legal and institutional foundations; budget appropriation arrangements; financial management controls; procurement arrangements; and public investment and asset management. Effective institutions and systems of public f…
The assessment analysed and computed the direct and indirect effects of Emily on the economy. This allowed the team to project the impact of the damages on overall macro economic performance and to identify recommendations as the basis to guide the continued rehabilitation and recovery of the economic, social and environmental sectors. Every attempt was…