With the goal of closing the digital divide in land management, CARIGEO initiative launched a series of four webinars in 2021, crucial for the future of the Caribbean. The first session in this series not only celebrated the launch and implementation of the Caribbean Geoportal, but also solidified a community of practice dedicated to open data sharing. Through these sessions, the technical foundations were laid that now allow the region to address critical challenges such as climate change and natural disaster management with better tools.
The Second webinar on the Caribbean Geoportal: Leveraging the Caribbean Geoportal for Disaster Planning and Management was a strategic technical session held on June 22, 2021. Organized by the CARIGEO initiative in collaboration with Esri, NASA, and the UN-GGIM Working Group on Disasters, the event focused on empowering Caribbean nations to use geospatial data for crisis preparedness and response.
Context and urgency: The session was timed to support preparedness for the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season. It featured a special focus on real-world response efforts following the La Soufrière volcanic eruptions in St. Vincent & the Grenadines (April–May 2021) and the resulting ashfall impacts on Barbados.
Data resources: Participants explored critical datasets available through the portal from NASA and NOAA, including information on precipitation, soil moisture, flooding, cyclones, and earthquakes.
Core objectives:
Speakers:
The webinar included expert perspectives from across the region:
This was the concluding session of the 2021 CARIGEO webinar serie of four meetings to present and launch the Caribbean Geoportal. Initiated in April 2...
This was third of four sessions of the 2021 CARIGEO webinar series organized to present and launch the Caribbean Geoportal. Initiated in April 2021, t...
This was first of four sessions of the 2021 CARIGEO webinar series organized to present and launch the Caribbean Geoportal. Initiated in April 2021, t...
