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This seminar is organized by Statistics Division and Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in collaboration with PARIS21, in support of the United Nations Development Account and Escazú Agreement.
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This event will bring stakeholders from Statistical Offices and Ministries of Environment of Caribbean countries to discuss the assessment and strategic capacity development of their climate change data ecosystems (CCDEs).
The subregional event will adopt a hybrid format with face-to-face sessions for country representatives and virtual participation of regional and global experts on climate change data.
The objectives of the meeting:
- Understand better the critical climate change data capacity development areas that enable a coherent and sustained functioning of a climate change data ecosystem in low-resource and low-capacity contexts
- Identify emerging good practices in the Caribbean region and promote knowledge sharing
- Showcase new innovative tools developed by ECLAC to promote sustained technical capacity building for climate change and environment indicators
Programme of work
Opening session
Moderator: Rolando Ocampo, Chief of the Statistics Division of ECLAC
▪ Mario Cimoli, Acting Executive Secretary of ECLAC
▪ Johannes Jütting, PARIS21
▪ Reena Shah, UNSD
▪ Faustina Wiggins, CARICOM
▪ Chamberlain Emmanuel, OECS
▪ Muhammad Anwar Baksh, CDEMA
Presentation of the participants.
Session 1: Climate change and disaster data for effective action: where do we stand?
Moderator: Alda Díaz, ECLAC
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State of the art 12th tranche of the United Nations Development Account
Partnering to unlock data for climate action
Session 2: ECLAC dialogue on online training tool and regional network on environment and climate change statistics
Moderator: Alberto Malmierca, ECLAC
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Launch: “Regional Network of Environment and Climate Change Statistics
Presentation: “Overview of the Global Network of Data Officers and Statisticians, and the Global Network Webinars, and what they offer”
Launch: Online course “Introduction to Environment Statistics - Caribbean Region 2022”
Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines
Session 3: Mapping climate change data needs, gaps and key actors to develop capacities that enable a coherent and inclusive climate change data ecosystem
Moderator: Johannes Jütting, PARIS 21
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Towards integrated, inclusive, and sustainable climate change data ecosystems for better climate action: An assessment framework
Comments from countries
Interactive discussion among participants using app
- Q&A session
Session 4: Country perspectives on current climate change data approaches
Moderator: Abdullahi Abdulkadri, ECLAC
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Environmental data and information: Supporting evidence-based policies
Saint Lucia: Environmental, Climate Change and Disaster Information Systems
Environment and Climate Change Statistics in Suriname
- Q&A Session
- Closing remarks day 1
High-level comments and recap from day 1
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Session 5: The way forward: building capacities for greater impact on climate change reporting, disaster management, and decision-making
Moderator: Georgina Alcantar, ECLAC Statistics Division
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Presentations about the future work plans for the Caribbean Region:
- Q&A Session
Concluding remarks of the session
▪ Rolando Ocampo, ECLAC
▪ Johannes Jütting, PARIS21
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Break and Photo day 2 Room Raúl Prébisch
Media interviews and dialogues
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Organizing institution
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- http://www.cepal.org/es
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ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean
- http://www.cepal.org/en/headquarters-and-offices/eclac-caribbean
- (868)224-8000
PARIS21 (Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century)
- https://www.paris21.org/
- +33 1 45 24 90 51.
