United Nations
Saint Vincent and The Grenadines: National workshop on generating climate change and disasters indicators for policy decision-making
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Teaser
The Caribbean region is acutely threatened by climate change, particularly the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Saint Vincent and The Grenadines are no exception. Availability of quality statistics and indicators are crucial to effectively respond to the effects of climate change and build resilience.
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Background
The Caribbean region is acutely threatened by climate change, particularly the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Saint Vincent and The Grenadines are 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
- Train the participants to build selected environment, climate change and disaster indicators and its metadata.
- Identify data and capacity gaps to develop an Environmental Information System (EIS) and build a regional resilience platform.
- Have a better understanding of how geospatial data can enhance the use of environment, climate change and disaster indicators for effective decision making./li>
Expected outcomes
- At least five prioritized climate change and disasters indicator and its metadata are available at the end of the workshop.
- A selection of prioritized indicators from the Global Set of Climate Change Indicators are identified for Saint Vincent and The Grenadines.
- Follow up steps to build further selected climate change and disasters indicators are agreed with the national focal points from the Statistical Office and the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Information Technology.
Programme of work
Inaugural session and introduction to the workshop
Facilitator: Georgina Alcantar, ECLAC Statistics Division, Environmental Statistics and Climate Change Unit
▪ Jamal Byron, Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Information Technology
▪ Yasa Belmar, Sustainable Development Unit, Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Sustainable Development and Culture
▪ Faustina Wiggins, Project Officer, CARICOM Secretariat
▪ Chamberlain Emmanuel, Head of Environmental Sustainability Division, OECS
▪ Reena Shah, Chief, Environment Statistics Section, UNSD
▪ Rolando Ocampo, Director, Statistics Division, ECLAC
Presentation(s)
1. Environment, climate change and disasters indicators for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Needs and priorities
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1.1 National policies and plans where environment, climate change and disaster indicators are required
1.2 Group dynamic: demand and priorities of indicators along the policy-making cycle
2. Global and regional enabling frameworks and strategies for national indicators
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2.1 Regional work on environment statistics as a guiding force to improve availability of climate change and disasters statistics and indicators
2.2 Regional strategy to strengthen capacity development for environment and climate change statistics in the Caribbean
2.3 Global Set of Climate Change Statistics and Indicators: a tool to identify multi-purpose indicators on climate change
2.4 Choosing the indicator to be built during the workshop
Conclusion of the day, and what to expect for day 2
2. Global and regional enabling frameworks and strategies for national indicators (cont.)
Facilitator: Karina Cázarez, ECLAC
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2.5 The Escazú Agreement: a pathway to developing an Environmental Information System (EIS)
Q&A Session
3. What is needed to produce environment, climate change and disaster statistics and indicators?
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3.1 Types of data sources used in Saint Vincent and The Grenadines: strengths and weaknesses
3.2 Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics (FDES)
4. How to produce environment, climate change and disaster statistics and indicators?
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4.1 From data to environment, climate change and disaster statistics and indicators and statistical classifications and typologies
4.2 The geospatial dimension of environment, climate change and disaster statistics and indicators
4.3 ECLAC´s methodology to produce environment, climate change and disasters indicators
4.4 How to develop a methodological sheet & examples of methodological sheets
Q&A Session
5. Building selected environment climate change and disasters indicators with national data
5.1 Instructions for group work
Conclusions of the day and what to expect for day 3
End of day 2. Abdullahi Olabode Abdulkadri
6. Recap from day 2 and introduction to day 3
Facilitator: Alda Díaz, ECLAC
Welcome to day 3 + interactive session with Slido
7. Towards an environmental information system in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
7.1 Instructions for group work
7.2 Group work: dissemination and sustainability of the new indicators: challenges & potential solutions
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7.3 Recommendations to establish an Environmental Information System
7.4 Evaluation of the workshop
Closing remarks
▪ Yasa Belmar, Sustainable Development Unit, Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Sustainable Development and Culture
▪ Georgina Alcantar, ECLAC
End of the workshop
