“There is no question that the Caribbean is shouldering an unsustainable debt burden which compromises the capacity of the economies for sustained growth and restricts the options available to governments to introduce important social and welfare programmes” the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, said via video conference in opening the 17th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC)…
El cambio climático es, sin duda, uno de los desafíos más importantes que enfrenta la humanidad durante este siglo. La magnitud de sus impactos en las actividades económicas y sociales, en los ecosistemas y sus orígenes globales lo convierten en un tema de alcance planetario donde su posible solución requiere la participación organizada del conjunto de los gobiernos nacionales, de la sociedad civil y de diversas instituciones y organismos internacionales.…
ECLAC and the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) have convened a four-day training course in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, to improve the ability of policymakers from eight Caribbean countries to prepare for disasters and to assess their effects and impacts.…
The workshop seeks to learn more about Colombia's experience in the design, construction and implementation of municipal and departmental public policies related to climate change and to disaster risk.…
El taller buscó conocer más de cerca la experiencia de Colombia en el diseño, construcción e implementación de políticas públicas municipales y departamentales ante el cambio climático y el riesgo de desastres socionaturales.…
Este evento hace parte de las actividades que CEPAL realiza como una de las agencias implementadoras del componente Gobernanza Climática del Programa EUROCLIMA+.…
Resultados Al terminar el proyecto se espera que las ciudades seleccionadas cuenten con un plan para mejorar la gestión del riesgo de desastres y que los gobiernos locales hayan generado estrategias para reducir su vulnerabilidad ante amenazas naturales y técnicas.…
The Caribbean is considered one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world. Indeed, the financial impact of disasters such as hurricanes on Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) is invariably several times greater than their gross domestic product (GDP). Governments of the subregion therefore must continue to seek innovative approaches to mobilize both domestic and external sources to finance their sustainable development and resilience efforts.…
This workshop is the second of a two-part series and is designed for technical officers responsible for GIS and application developers supporting DRM.…
This workshop is the first of a two-part series and is designed for senior technical officers having responsibilities in selecting and using technologies to support DRM.…
The Caribbean region is acutely threatened by climate change, particularly the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Grenada is 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.…
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