Dominica: National workshop on generating climate change and disasters indicators for policy decision-making

19 Jul 2022 | Event

Work area(s)

Statistics

Topic(s)

Disasters Environmental statistics Climate change 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

The Caribbean region is acutely threatened by climate change, particularly the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Dominica is no exception. Availability of quality statistics and indicators are crucial to effectively respond to the effects of climate change and build resilience.

Event information

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Date

19 - 21 Jul 2022, 05:00 - 11:30

Event type

Meetings and technical symposiums

Participation

By invitation

Address

Dominica
Plataforma de conexión / Connection platform: ZOOM
Presencial y virtual/Face-to-face and virtual

Background

The Caribbean region is acutely threatened by climate change, particularly the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Dominica is no exception. The country is situated in the tropical cyclone belts and is directly exposed to the forces of the oceans. And as a small geographical area, disasters might affect vast proportions of the country.

Availability of quality statistics and indicators are crucial to effectively respond to the effects of climate change and build resilience.

Against this backdrop, the ECLAC´s Statistics Division, Sub regional Office for the Caribbean, in collaboration with the Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division, are joining forces to enhance the production and use of key indicators and metrics to monitor and adapt to the effects of climate change and strengthen Environmental Information Systems (EIS). These efforts, supported by the Development Account of the United Nations, aim to boost the environmental pillar of the 2030 Agenda and improve policy coherence in the implementation of the Escazú Agreement, the Revised St. George´s Declaration (SGD 2040), the SAMOA Pathway, the Paris Agreement, and the Sendai Framework.

Objectives

  1. Train the participants to build selected environment, climate change and disaster indicators and its metadata.
  2. Identify data and capacity gaps to develop an Environmental Information System (EIS) and build a regional resilience platform.
  3. Have a better understanding of how geospatial data can enhance the use of environment, climate change and disaster indicators for effective decision making.

Expected outcomes

  1. At least four prioritized climate change and disasters indicator and its metadata are available at the end of the workshop.
  2. A selection of prioritized indicators from the Global Set of Climate Change Indicators are identified for Dominica.
  3. Follow up steps to build further selected climate change and disasters indicators are agreed with the national focal points from the Central Statistical Office and the Ministry of Environment, Rural Modernization and Kalinago Upliftment of Dominica.

Programme of work

19 July 2022

  • Inaugural session and introduction to the workshop

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    - Lorna Prevost Stephens, Chief Statistician acting, Central Statistical Office of Dominica

    - Mandra Fagan, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Rural Modernization and Kalinago Upliftment

    - Faustina Wiggins, Project Officer, CARICOM Secretariat

    - Chamberlain Emmanuel, Head of Environmental Sustainability Division, OECS

    - Reena Shah, Chief, Environment Statistics Section, UNSD
    - Rolando Ocampo, ECLAC Statistics Division

    Presentation(s)

  • 1. Global and regional enabling frameworks and strategies

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    Presentation(s)

  • 2. Environment, climate change and disasters indicators for Dominica needs and priorities

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    Presentation(s)

    • 2.1 National policies and plans where environment, climate change and disaster indicators are required

      Kimisha Thomas, Senior Policy Advisor, Ministry of Environment, Rural Modernization and Kalinago Upliftment

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    • 2.2 Group dynamic (3): demand and priorities of indicators along the policy-making cycle

      Iskuhi Mkrtchyan and All participants

    • 2.3 Group work: Review the Global Set of Climate Change Indicators and select priority indicators for the country, All participants by groupile chosen

      Iskuhi Mkrtchyan and All participants

    • 2.4 Choosing the indicator to be built during the workshop

      Karina Cázarez, ECLAC

    • Conclusion of the day and what to expect for day 2

      Georgina Alcantar, ECLAC

    • End of day 1

      Abdullahi Abdulkadri, ECLAC

20 July 2022

  • 3. What is needed to produce environment, climate change and disaster statistics and indicators?

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    Presentation(s)

  • 4. How to produce environment, climate change and disaster statistics and indicators?

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    Presentation(s)

  • 5. Building selected environment climate change and disasters indicators with national data

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    Presentation(s)

    • 5.1 Instructions for group work

      Karina Cázarez, ECLAC

    • 5.2 Exercise example

      Abdullahi Abdulkadri, ECLAC

    • 5.3 Group work: building selected climate change and disasters indicators and their methodological sheets

      All participants

    • Insights from the working groups

    • Conclusions of the day and what to expect for day

      Karina Cázarez, ECLAC

    • End of day 2

      Abdullahi Abdulkadri, ECLAC

21 July 2022

  • 6. Recap from day 2 and introduction to day 3

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    Presentation(s)

    • Welcome to day 3 + Slido

      Analía Pérez and Francisco Jiménez, ECLAC

  • 7. Presentation of group work results: indicators and methodological sheets

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    Presentation(s)

    • All groups present their indicators and methodological sheets

    • Remaining groups present their indicators and methodological sheets and receive feedback from the audience and the ECLAC team

  • 8. Towards an environmental information system in Dominica

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    Presentation(s)

    • 8.1 Instructions for group work

      Karina Cázarez, ECLAC

    • 8.2 Group work: dissemination and sustainability of the new indicators: challenges & potential solutions

      Ishi Mkrtchyan, ECLAC & All participants

    • 8.3 Recommendations to establish an Environmental Information System

      Georgina Alcantar, ECLAC

    • 8.4 Evaluation of the workshop

  • Closing remarks

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    - Lorna Prevost Stephens, Chief Statistician (A.g), Central Statistical Office of Dominica

    - Mandra Fagan, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Rural Modernization and Kalinago Upliftment

    - Georgina Alcantar, ECLAC Statistics Division, Chief of Environmental Statistics and Climate Change Unit

    Presentation(s)

    • Delivery of Certificates & Group photo

      Abdullahi Abdulkadri, ECLAC

    • End of the workshop

      Abdullahi Abdulkadri and Georgina Alcantar, ECLAC

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