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Displaying 14 of about 14 resultsThe Sectoral Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan for the Fisheries Sector (Fisheries SASAP) 2018-2028 seeks to strengthen the sustainability of Saint Lucia’s fisheries and fishery-dependent businesses and the security of fisheries-dependent livelihoods under a changing climate. The Fisheries SASAP, funded with the support of the United States In-Co…
At the request of the governments of Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, FAO has formally granted livelihood rehabilitation and resilience building assistance totalling US$630,000, report Guardian Media. The assistance will facilitate recovery efforts in the aftermath of severe weather brought on by a low-pressure trough which passed throu…
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. CCRIF SPC and the World Bank are pleased to announce that on July 1, the Facility issued the Caribbean Oceans and Aquaculture Sustainability FaciliTy (COAST) fisheries parametric insurance policy to two of its member governments – Grenada and Saint Lucia. The COAST insurance policies provide coverage for fisherfolk and…
This meeting will bring together technical experts together with Government representatives of the 16 countries within CARIFORUM, including Cuba in the field of climate change and will provide a forum in which international consultants who have been recruited to conduct assessments of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the agriculture,…
This booklet provides a snapshot of some of the preliminary results of the Economics of Climate Adaptation (ECA) study. In an easy-to-understand manner using graphs, maps and diagrams, the booklet presents the following: ECA methodology Preliminary results for three of the pilot countries: Bermuda, Jamaica and Saint Lucia Analysis of the agriculture sec…
This report presents the findings of a study commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to review the status of development and implementation of disaster risk management (DRM) plans for the agriculture sector throughout the Caribbean. The report is divided into four sections: (i) the first section introduces the b…
This report provides an overview for all CARICOM member states of the risks from climate change and includes a section on the common threats of climate change for Pacific island countries. It focuses on: (i) climate change projections for the Caribbean region under +1.5°and +2°C global warming scenarios; (ii) the implications of ice sheet melt for globa…
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By Desmond Brown
Kingstown, St. Vincent - Colleen James arrived in St. Vincent and the Grenadines from Canada two days before Christmas hoping to enjoy the holiday season with her family. Now she's getting ready to bury her two-year-old daughter and 18-y…
The Sectoral Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan for the Agriculture Sector (Agriculture SASAP) 2018-2028 aims to facilitate the adoption and scaling up of climate-resilient agriculture in Saint Lucia. The Agriculture SASAP, funded with the support of the United States In-Country NAP Support Program, through the NAP Global Network, builds on previous ef…
This report aims to provide an overview of the gender and climate resilience nexus in the Caribbean and provide gender-inclusive recommendations for climate resilience programmes in the region. This report has been developed within the context of the Caribbean Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR) to support gender mainstreaming into the regiona…
Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems among areas to be addressed
Georgetown - Guyana, like Small Island and Developing States (SIDS) face the effects of climate change and has realised the increasing need for an efficient hydro-meteorological operating center and, multi-hazard early warning systems which are important tools in disaster risk reduction man…
This new publication from the World Meteorological Organization provides a wide-ranging description of how small island States and territories in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific regions are using seasonal predictions and other climate information to improve their economies and better manage their resources.
A growing number of businesses a…
Background
Disasters cause loss of productive assets and disruption of markets, affecting availability and access to food and thwarting people’s efforts to build sustainable livelihoods. Living with high levels of risk undermines Caribbean people’s ability to develop their livelihoods greatly. Predominantly, disasters tend to have the most severe conseq…
Geneva (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction) — As disaster risk reduction experts met in Geneva this afternoon on strengthening partnerships for small island developing States, there were many calls for inter-island cooperation, as well as adequate financial and technical resources.
Gyan Chandra Acharya, United Nations High Representative…