Subregional seminar on strengthening environment, climate change and disaster information in the Caribbean

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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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Date:

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Event type:

Meetings and technical symposiums

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:

August 23, 2022

Opening session

05:00 - 07:00

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.

August 23, 2022

Session 2: ECLAC dialogue on online training tool and regional network on environment and climate change statistics

07:30 - 09:00

Moderator: Alberto Malmierca, ECLAC

Presentations:

Georgina Alcantar, ECLAC Statistics Division

Launch: “Regional Network of Environment and Climate Change Statistics


Alexander Loschky, UNSD

Presentation: “Overview of the Global Network of Data Officers and Statisticians, and the Global Network Webinars, and what they offer”


Georgina Alcantar, ECLAC Statistics Division

Launch: Online course “Introduction to Environment Statistics - Caribbean Region 2022”


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Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines


August 23, 2022

Session 3: Mapping climate change data needs, gaps and key actors to develop capacities that enable a coherent and inclusive climate change data ecosystem

10:30 - 11:45

Moderator: Johannes Jütting, PARIS 21

Presentations:

Karina Cázarez, PARIS21

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


August 23, 2022

Session 4: Country perspectives on current climate change data approaches

12:30 - 13:45

Moderator: Abdullahi Abdulkadri, ECLAC

Presentations:

Jaabari Reynolds, Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment and Deborah Barnes, Ministry of Finance and Corporate Governance, Antigua and Barbuda

Environmental data and information: Supporting evidence-based policies


Kate Wilson, Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science Technology and Vocational Training of Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia: Environmental, Climate Change and Disaster Information Systems


Anjali De Abreu-Kisoensingh, General Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

Environment and Climate Change Statistics in Suriname


- Q&A Session


- Closing remarks day 1


August 24, 2022

High-level comments and recap from day 1

05:30 - 05:45

Presentations:

Johannes Jütting, PARIS21


August 24, 2022

Session 5: The way forward: building capacities for greater impact on climate change reporting, disaster management, and decision-making

05:45 - 07:15

Moderator: Georgina Alcantar, ECLAC Statistics Division

Presentations:

Presentations about the future work plans for the Caribbean Region:


2. OECS - Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
3. CDEMA - The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management
4. UNSD - United Nations Statistics Division

- Q&A Session


August 24, 2022

Concluding remarks of the session

07:15 - 09:00

 ▪ Rolando Ocampo, ECLAC
 ▪ Johannes Jütting, PARIS21

Presentations:

Break and Photo day 2 Room Raúl Prébisch


Media interviews and dialogues


August 24, 2022

Beyond GDP: statistical challenges of measuring development

10:30 - 13:30

Seminar 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

 

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Organizing institution:

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

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ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean

  • http://www.cepal.org/en/headquarters-and-offices/eclac-caribbean
  • (868)224-8000

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PARIS21 (Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century)

  • https://www.paris21.org/
  • +33 1 45 24 90 51.

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