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Displaying 105 of about 129 resultsAs the hurricane season approaching, disaster prevention officials in Antigua & Barbuda would like to see the public and private sector stakeholders to embrace a comprehensive disaster plan, and not a common hurricane plan, reports the Observer. Comprehensive disaster plans include management framework of institutional structures and operational mec…
Basseterre, St. Kitts, – The World Bank and International Monetary Fund have been told that recent experience in the Caribbean is a reminder that that poverty reduction is even more difficult in societies facing disasters, shocks and crises, whether natural, environmental or economic.
“Poor families suffer the brunt of catastrophe and face the greatest…
By Deodat Maharaj
As a new hurricane season approaches in the Caribbean, I attended last week’s dialogue focused on “Financing Resilience in SIDS” held in Antigua and Barbuda and sponsored by the host government and Belgium. The gathering sought to identify the main risks facing Small Island Developing States (SIDS), especially in terms of f…
By Sophie Hares
The onset of hurricane season this week could prove disastrous for Caribbean nations that were slammed by storms last year and are still struggling to rebuild in the face of funding shortfalls, said regional leaders.
Countries need to focus on preparing for increasingly ferocious storms rather than just reacting to them after the…
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…
A report released yesterday at the UN climate summit in Cancun, Mexico, suggests that should sea-level rise by one metre, the Caribbean would see substantial loss and damage to tourism resorts. This has prompted a demand from the Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis) for a giant new insurance scheme, funded by developed countries, which would pay com…
In the wake of increased seismic activity in and around the Leeward Islands, acting Deputy Director Sherrod James said residents should not panic, but rather practice earthquake safety activities. "We here at the National Office of Disaster Services have been embarking on public awareness and education campaign of persons being more aware of all the var…
GENEVA, 22 March, 2018 - A comprehensive review on how early warning systems performed in the Caribbean during the record-breaking 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season will highlight in particular how men and women were affected differently by events.
The report will be launched at the Americas Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Cartagena, Colo…
GENEVA, 8 June 2012 - The magnitude 4.0 earthquake recorded off the coast of Antigua on 11 May is "a warning that the Caribbean should prepare for a much more severe earthquake to come," says a leading expert.
Seismologist Joan Latchman of the Seismic Research Unit in Trinidad and Tobago said: "Caribbean islands lie in an area of relatively high earthq…
'Everyday Stories of Climate Change', is a comic that threads together qualitative research about low-income families' experiences and adaptation to climate change across five countries. Readers will start in Australia and then head to Bangladesh where sea-level rise impacts women’s domestic duties. Next, they will travel to South Africa, where drought…
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…
An act to provide for the effective organisation of the preparedness, management, mitigation of, response to and recovery from emergencies and disasters natural and man-made in Antigua and Barbuda.
AEC/2009/DRR.17/INF.011:
This plan aims at guiding the work of the Association of Caribbean States for the next five years, as the body for consultation, cooperation and concerted action for disaster risk reduction in the Greater Caribbean.
It was approved at the 18th meeting of the Special Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction in Santo Domingo, Domini…
Prepared under UNDP Project ANT/97/GC2/99, Climate Change Project:
Antigua and Barbuda’s Initial National Communications to the UNFCCC including chapter 4 on Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation. Other chapters include: National Circumstances; National Greenhouse Gases Inventory; Mitigation Assessment; General Description of Steps Taken; Financi…