Saint Kitts and Nevis: National workshop on generating climate change and disasters indicators for policy decision-making

Event

Teaser

The Caribbean region is acutely threatened by climate change, particularly the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Saint Kitts and Nevis 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

Date

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Event type

Meetings and technical symposiums
Background

The Caribbean region is acutely threatened by climate change, particularly the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Saint Kitts and Nevis 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 and the Subregional Headquarter 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 five 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis
  3. Follow up steps to build further selected climate change and disasters indicators are agreed to with the national focal points from the Department of Statistics and the Ministry of Environment and Cooperatives.

 

Programme of work

22 June 2022

Inaugural session and introduction to the workshop

5am - 6am
Inaugural session and introduction to the workshop

Facilitator: Georgina Alcantar, ECLAC Statistics Division, Environmental Statistics and Climate Change Unit

▪ Carlton Phipps, Department of Statistics, Ministry of Sustainable Development
▪ June Hughes, Department of Environment, Ministry of Environment and Cooperatives
▪ Faustina Wiggins, CARICOM Secretariat
▪ Chamberlain Emmanuel, Environmental Sustainability Division, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
▪ Reena Shah, UNSD, Environment Statistics Section
▪ Abdullahi Abdulkadri, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, ECLAC

Presentation(s)

Francisco Jiménez, ECLAC

Presentation of the participants


Georgina Alcantar, ECLAC

Introduction and objectives of the workshop


22 June 2022

1.- Environment, climate change and disasters indicators for Saint Kitts and Nevis: needs and priorities

6am - 7am
1.- Environment, climate change and disasters indicators for Saint Kitts and Nevis: needs and priorities

Presentation(s)

Derionne Edmeade, Environmental Education Officer, Department of Environment, Ministry of Environment and Cooperatives

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


Iskuhi Mkrtchyan, ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean and Participants

1.2 Group dynamic: demand and priorities of indicators along the policy-making cycle


22 June 2022

2. Global and regional enabling frameworks and strategies

8am - 9am
2. Global and regional enabling frameworks and strategies

Presentation(s)

Faustina Wiggins, CARICOM Secretariat

2.1 Regional work on environment statistics as a guiding force to improve availability of climate change and disasters statistics and indicators


Gale Archibald, OECS

2.2 Regional strategy to strengthen capacity development for environment and climate change statistics in the Caribbean


Reena Shah, UNSD

2.3 Global Set of Climate Change Statistics and Indicators: a tool to identify multi-purpose indicators on climate change


David Barrio, ECLAC

2.4 The Escazú Agreement: a pathway to developing an Environmental Information System (EIS)


Francisco Jiménez, ECLAC

   » Q&A Session


Iskuhi Mkrtchyan, ECLAC

2.5 Dynamic: Review the Global Set of Climate Change Indicators and select priority indicators for the country, All participants by group


Iskuhi Mkrtchyan, ECLAC

2.6 Choosing the indicator to be built during the workshop


Georgina Alcantar and Abdullahi Abdulkadri, ECLAC

Conclusion of the day, homework and what to expect for day | End of day 1


23 June 2022

3. Recap from day 1 and introduction to day 2

5am - 5am
3. Recap from day 1 and introduction to day 2

Facilitator: Karina Cázarez, ECLAC

Presentation(s)

Carlton Phipps, Department of Statistics of Saint Kitts and Nevis

3.1 Types of data sources used in Saint Kitts and Nevis: strengths and weaknesses


Emil Ivanov, UNSD

3.2 Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics (FDES)


23 June 2022

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

5am - 7am
4. How to produce environment, climate change and disaster statistics and indicators?

Presentation(s)

Janet Geoghagen-Martin, ECLAC

4.1 From data to environment, climate change and disaster statistics and indicators and statistical classifications and typologies


Francisco Jiménez, ECLAC

4.2 The geospatial dimension of environment, climate change and disaster statistics and indicators


Georgina Alcantar, ECLAC

4.3 ECLAC´s methodology to produce environment, climate change and disasters indicators


Alda Díaz, ECLAC

4.4 How to develop a methodological sheet & examples of methodological sheets


   »Q&A Session


Analía Pérez and Paula Fuenzalida, ECLAC

4.5 Interactive quiz on Methodological Sheet (Slido)


23 June 2022

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

7am - 7am
5. Building selected environment climate change and disasters indicators with national data

Presentation(s)

Karina Cázarez, ECLAC

5.1 Instructions for group work


Participants

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


Insights from the working groups


Karina Cázarez and Abdullahi Abdulkadri. ECLAC

Conclusions of the day and what to expect for day 3 | End of day 2


24 June 2022

6. Recap from day 2 and introduction to day 3

5am - 5am
6. Recap from day 2 and introduction to day 3

Presentation(s)

Analía Pérez and Karina Cázarez, ECLAC

Welcome to day 3 + Slido


24 June 2022

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

5am - 7am
7. Presentation of group work results: indicators and methodological sheets

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


24 June 2022

8. Towards an environmental information system in Saint Kitts and Nevis

7am - 11am
8. Towards an environmental information system in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Presentation(s)

Alda Díaz, ECLAC

8.1 Instructions for group work


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


Georgina Alcantar, ECLAC

8.3 Recommendations to establish an Environmental Information System


8.4 Evaluation of the workshop


24 June 2022

Closing remarks

10am - 11am
Closing remarks

▪ Carlton Phipps, Director, Department of Statistics, Ministry of Sustainable Development 
▪ June Hughes, Director, Department of Environment, Ministry of Environment and Cooperatives
▪ Georgina Alcantar, ECLAC Statistics Divis

Presentation(s)

Abdullahi Abdulkadri and Georgina Alcantar, ECLAC

End of the workshop


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