Subregional seminar on strengthening environment, climate change and disaster information in the Caribbean
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
23 Aug 2022
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Opening session
09:00 to 11:00Moderator: 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, CDEMAPresentation of the participants.
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Session 1: Climate change and disaster data for effective action: where do we stand?
11:00 to 11:30Moderator: Alda Díaz, ECLAC
- Rolando Ocampo, ECLACState of the art 12th tranche of the United Nations Development AccountJohannes Jütting, PARIS21Partnering to unlock data for climate action
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Session 2: ECLAC dialogue on online training tool and regional network on environment and climate change statistics
11:30 to 13:00Moderator: Alberto Malmierca, ECLAC
- Georgina Alcantar, ECLAC Statistics DivisionLaunch: “Regional Network of Environment and Climate Change StatisticsAlexander Loschky, UNSDPresentation: “Overview of the Global Network of Data Officers and Statisticians, and the Global Network Webinars, and what they offer”Georgina Alcantar, ECLAC Statistics DivisionLaunch: Online course “Introduction to Environment Statistics - Caribbean Region 2022”» Comments:Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines
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Session 3: Mapping climate change data needs, gaps and key actors to develop capacities that enable a coherent and inclusive climate change data ecosystem
14:30 to 15:45Moderator: Johannes Jütting, PARIS 21
- Karina Cázarez, PARIS21Towards integrated, inclusive, and sustainable climate change data ecosystems for better climate action: An assessment frameworkComments from countriesInteractive discussion among participants using app- Q&A session
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Session 4: Country perspectives on current climate change data approaches
16:30 to 17:45Moderator: Abdullahi Abdulkadri, ECLAC
- Jaabari Reynolds, Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment and Deborah Barnes, Ministry of Finance and Corporate Governance, Antigua and BarbudaEnvironmental data and information: Supporting evidence-based policiesKate Wilson, Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science Technology and Vocational Training of Saint LuciaSaint Lucia: Environmental, Climate Change and Disaster Information SystemsAnjali De Abreu-Kisoensingh, General Bureau of Statistics (ABS)Environment and Climate Change Statistics in Suriname- Q&A Session- Closing remarks day 1
24 Aug 2022
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High-level comments and recap from day 1
09:30 to 09:45- Johannes Jütting, PARIS21
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Session 5: The way forward: building capacities for greater impact on climate change reporting, disaster management, and decision-making
09:45 to 11:15Moderator: Georgina Alcantar, ECLAC Statistics Division
- Presentations about the future work plans for the Caribbean Region:1. CARICOM - Caribbean Community2. OECS - Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States3. CDEMA - The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management4. UNSD - United Nations Statistics Division5. ECLAC - Caribbean- Q&A Session
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Concluding remarks of the session
11:15 to 13:00▪ Rolando Ocampo, ECLAC
▪ Johannes Jütting, PARIS21- Break and Photo day 2 Room Raúl PrébischMedia interviews and dialogues
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Beyond GDP: statistical challenges of measuring development
14:30 to 17:30Seminar within the framework of the twenty-first meeting of the Executive Committee of SCA-ECLAC
The seminar is presented as a space for dialogue with the authorities of national statistical offices and other statistical institutions on the various statistical challenges related to the improvement of GDP measurement and the production of complementary indicators to account for economic, social and environmental development.
The seminar agenda is available at this link