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

12 Nov 2021 | Event

Work area(s)

Statistics

Topic(s)

Public policies Disasters Environmental statistics Climate change
<span>Saint Lucia: National workshop on generating climate change and disasters indicators for policy decision-making</span>

Event information

Organized by Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science Technology, in the framework of the Development Account 12 project.

Date

12 - 16 Nov 2021, 06:00 - 09:00

Event type

Meetings and technical symposiums

Participation

By invitation

Address

Plataforma de conexión / Connection platform: ZOOM
Hora/Time Saint Lucia: 09:00 - 12:00
Reunión virtual / Virtual meeting
St. Lucia
View Programme of work

The Caribbean region is acutely threatened by climate change, particularly the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Saint Lucia is no exception. It 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. In this regard, Saint Lucia has put in place a National Environmental Information System (NEIS), and it has a dedicated section on environment statistics on the Central Statistical Office website. However, like other Caribbean SIDS, Saint Lucia faces statistical and institutional challenges. There is a need to enhance the production and use of environment, climate change and disasters indicators to draw attention to national priorities and better engage in adaptation to climate change processes.

Against this backdrop, the ECLAC´s Statistics Division, Subregional 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 improve the 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 three prioritized climate change or disasters indicator and its metadata is available at theend of the workshop.
  2. A list of relevant and prioritized climate change and disasters indicators for Saint Lucia that are alsolinked to the Paris Agreement and the Global Set on Climate Change Indicators and Statistics of theUNSD.
  3. Follow up steps to build further selected climate change and disasters indicators is agreed with theCSO and key stakeholders.

Programme of work

16 November 2021

  • Inaugural session and introduction to the workshop

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    » Moderator: Karina Cázarez, Statistics Division of ECLAC

    Opening remarks

    ▪ Anita Montoute, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science Technology and Vocational Training

    ▪ Richard Harris, Deputy Director, Central Statistical Office of Saint Lucia

    ▪ Reena Shah, Chief, Environment Statistics Section, UNSD

    ▪ Barbara Adams, Deputy Program Manager, CARICOM Secretariat

    ▪ Chamberlain Emmanuel, Head of Environmental Sustainability Division, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, OECS

    ▪ Rolando Ocampo, Director, Statistics Division of ECLAC

    Detailed agenda (PDF) of the national workshop

    Presentation(s)

  • 1. Environment, climate change and disasters indicators for Saint Lucia: Needs and priorities

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    Presentation(s)

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

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    Presentation(s)

17 November 2021

  • 3. Recap from day 1 and introduction to day 2

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    » Moderator: Alberto Malmierca, Statistics Division of ECLAC

    Presentation(s)

    • What are the most relevant climate change and disasters indicators for Saint Lucia? Results from homework exercise

      Karina Cázarez, ECLAC

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

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    Presentation(s)

    • From data to environment, climate change and disaster statistics and indicators

      Janet Geoghagen, ECLAC

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

      Kika Klimsza, ECLAC

    • » Questions and Answers Session

  • 5. Building selected environment climate change and disasters indicators with national data (Part I)

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    Presentation(s)

    • Instructions for break out groups exercise

      Karina Cázarez, ECLAC

    •  1) Break out groups: building selected climate change and disasters indicators

    •  2) Insights from the groups and Questions and Answers Session

    • » Conclusion of the day, homework and what to expect for day 3

18 November 2021

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

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    » Moderator: Teshia Jn Baptiste, ECLAC

    Presentation(s)

    • Interactive quiz on Methodological Sheet

      Alda Díaz and Danielle C. Gordon, ECLAC

  • 7. Methodological Sheets for environment, climate change and disasters indicators

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    Presentation(s)

  • 8. Building selected indicators with national data (Part II)

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    Presentation(s)

    • Instructions for break out groups exercise

      Karina Cázarez, ECLAC

    •  1) Break out groups: filling out the methodological sheet of the selected indicators

    •  2) Reporting back and Questions and Answers Session

    • » Evaluation of the workshop

    • » Closing remarks

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