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Displaying 135 of about 874 resultsThis report summarizes the resilience situation in Grenada. The three islands of Grenada, Carriacou, and Petit Martinique comprise the country of Grenada, which enjoys a high status on the United Nations Human Development Index. Despite this, more than 37 percent of the population falls below the poverty line and unemployment rates are high. Additionall…
This report summarizes the resilience situation in Barbados. The country is one of the most populated and prosperous Caribbean nations, scoring high on many United Nations Human Development Index indicators. However, the country is challenged by youth poverty and impacts from natural disasters. Tourism is the primary source of income for the country, wh…
This WHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for the Commonwealth of Dominica provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities, health impacts and progress to date in health sector efforts to realize a climate-resilient health system. The WHO and UNFCCC Health and Climate Change Country Profile Projec…
This is a comic for youth and adults to raise awareness on the importance of leaving no one behind in times of COVID-19 during hurricane season. This comic has been designed for the Caribbean, but can be used in other parts of the world.
This comic is part of a regional awareness campaign of the READY Together programme implemented by PIRAC / Fre…
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Cuba, the largest island in the Caribbean, faces increased frequency and intensity of extreme hydrometeorological events – not only tropical cyclones, but also drought, major floods, rising temperatures and sea level rise, which scientists currently project to reach 29.3 centimetres by 2050 and 95 centimetres by 2100.
Of the country’s 262 coasta…
La Universidad José Martí de la provincia de Sancti Spíritus acogerá el Primer Taller Científico Nacional de Gestión de Riesgos en el marco del proyecto FORSAT, apoyado por DIPECHO y PNUD. Este evento se realiza como parte de las actividades por el Día Mundial del Medioambiente, del 90 cumpleaños del Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz y el proyecto de…
"The signing represents a commitment to re-establish, strengthen and formalize a partnership of engagement between the UWI and the CDERA disaster management community towards building resilient communities", said Jeremy Collymore, Coordinator of CDERA.
El Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (Indotel) y el Centro de Operaciones de Emergencia (COE) informaron que probaron “con éxito” el “Sistema de información de Alerta” que permitirá utilizar el espectro radioeléctrico (teléfonos, celulares, televisión y radio) para prevenir situaciones de desastres.
El “Sistema de Información de Alerta”…
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 part of the new regional strategy focusing on disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), USAID/OFDA recently awarded funding to support DRR projects in the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, and Peru, as well as a series of workshops on DRR and protection and gender issues.
Through the Regional Disaster Assis…
This draft report has been prepared by Environmental Resources Management on behalf of the Department for International Development. The objective of the report is to present a high-level, desk-based assessment of the economic costs of disasters, and of the costs and benefits of various approaches to managing the risks of natural disasters, normally kno…
The Diocese of North Eastern Caribbean & Aruba (NECA) in the Church in the Province of the West Indies is looking to tap into effective strategies in disaster risk reduction and management as part of the response to Tropical Storm Erika on the island of Dominica.
In a phone call with the Anglican Alliance on 5 November, Bishop Leroy Brooks noted th…
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) has made a payment of EC$6.5 million (approximately US$2.4 million), the maximum payable under the policy, to the Government of Dominica under the Facility’s Excess Rainfall Programme – as a result of rains that occurred during Tropical Storm Erika on A…
By Sarah Marsh
Hurricane Matthew reduced much of the Cuban town of Baracoa to rubble, whipping up giant waves that demolished cement buildings and winds that tore off roofs, but there's one thing it didn't do: take lives.
Largely thanks to a rigorous evacuation scheme, Cuba managed to avoid the fate of neighboring Haiti, where nearly 900 deaths have b…
Discussions are underway with the World Bank to redirect funds approved under the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP).
The Hon. Prime Minister made the announcement when he addressed the nation on Monday September 7th.
“Confirmation has been given that an amount of US $14.7m can be reallocated for Erika reconstruction projects. The bank is…