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Displaying 8 of about 8 resultsThis report presents the results of the Sectoral Recovery Capacity Assessment (SRCA) undertaken in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to assess the capacity of the country’s agriculture sector, inclusive of the fisheries and forestry subsectors, to plan, design, implement, monitor, and evaluate resilient and inclusive recovery projects.These sector and su…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Volcanic ash is an excellent archetype of an ‘extensive hazard’. Ash fall occurs frequently and intermittently during volcanic eruptions, and populations in close proximity to persistently-active volcanoes report ash impacts and distribution that have complex spatial patterns. This is reflected in high-resolution modelling of ash dispersion that integra…