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Displaying 60 of about 129 resultsGeneva, 9 October 2017 - Visiting hurricane devastated islands in the Caribbean at the weekend, the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres Guterres, stated that “the link between climate change and the devastation we are witnessing is clear, and there is a collective responsibility of the international community to stop this suicidal development.”
“And…
A successful three and a half-year project in the Caribbean has demonstrated the benefits of strong collaboration between development agencies and local partner and of better weather, water and climate services to save lives and livelihoods of vulnerable communities.It showcases practical tools and policy-making priorities to ensure the achievement of t…
The aim of the Enabling Gender-Responsive Disaster Recovery, Climate and Environmental Resilience in the Caribbean (EnGenDER) Project is to identify and address any gaps to ensure equal access to disaster risk resilience, climate change and environment solutions for women, men, boys and girls in nine beneficiary Caribbean countries, including Antigua an…
This report reviews information on drought characteristics and management in the Caribbean region, identifies the relevant national and regional agencies and focal points involved in drought management, and brings together information on their work at national and regional level.
Climate-related hazards are the most frequently occurring natural hazards…
Scientific Reports 5, Article no.: 11972, doi:10.1038/srep11972:
This paper aims to elucidate risk factors for mortality due to storms and floods i.e the lethality of these events in CARICOM countries. The authors conducted an ecological study investigating risk factors for flood and storm lethality in CARICOM nations for the period 1980–2012. They exa…
This report presents Antigua and Barbuda’s disaster risks and natural hazards, such as cyclone, earthquake, volcano and drought, and discusses country’s physical, economic and social vulnerability to disasters. It analyses the assessment of existing early warning systems and stats out an action plan to strengthen country’s capabilities.
This paper critically reviews the ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) to climate change in Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS), focusing on the need to integrate local and external knowledge. An analysis of current EbA in the Caribbean is undertaken alongside a review of methodologies used to integrate local and external expertise for EbA. F…
This desk review recognizes the importance of evidence-based approaches to disaster risk management (DRM), and aims at evaluating gender-responsive disaster preparedness and recovery efforts in the nine CFR Caribbean countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Suriname. T…
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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Islands in the sub-region have recognised the need for, and continue to support efforts to enhance regional and national capacities for disaster risk reduction and effective recovery, particularly within the context of climate change. This project seeks to address the risk and exposure of the small island OCTs by developing the capacity, kno…
Background
Islands in the sub-region have recognized the need for, and continue to support efforts to enhance regional and national capacities for disaster risk reduction and effective recovery, particularly within the context of climate change. This project seeks to address the risk and exposure of the small island OCTs by developing the capacity, kno…
Small island developing states (SIDS) are a special case for sustainable development and climate action due to the acute challenges they face. SIDS tend to share unique structural constraints which are often beyond their control, including small populations, remoteness to markets, high transaction costs, and vulnerability to climate change - despite bea…
Charting the Course Toward Resilient ProsperitySmall Island Developing States (SIDS) are in the crossfires of multiple crises: climate change, the economic and social repercussions of COVID-19, and a crisis of debt. The pandemic hugely impacted all island nations, especially those dependent on tourism. Global lockdowns left large holes in islands’ coffe…
The last two decades have seen intense global actions towards increasing the profile of disaster risk reductions in development planning and practice. Following the actions initiated by the United Nations in its International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (1990-2000), two world conferences have taken place; in Yokohama (1994) and in Kobe (2005),…
Following the devastating tsunami that struck Japan, 33 countries* are preparing to participate on 23 March in the first full-scale simulated tsunami alert exercise in the Caribbean. The goal is to test the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions, which was established in 2005 by the countries of the regio…