Climate change is a naturally occurring phenomenon in which the earth‘s climate goes through cycles of warming and cooling; these changes usually take place incrementally over millennia. Over the past century, there has been an anomalous increase in global temperature, giving rise to accelerated climate change. It is widely accepted that greenhouse gas emissions from human activities such as industries have contributed significantly to the increase in global temperatures.
The existence and survival of all living organisms is predicated on the ability of the environment in which they live not o…
Water security which is essential to life and livelihood, health and sanitation, is determined not only by the water resource, but also by the quality of water, the ability to store surplus from precipitation and runoff, as well as access to and affordability of supply. All of these measures have financial implications for national budgets.
The water sector in the context of the assessment and discussion on the impact of climate change in this paper includes consideration of the existing as well as the projected available water resource and the demand in terms of: quantity and quality of surfa…
Changing precipitation patterns and temperature relate directly to water resources and water security. This report presents the findings of an assessment of the water sector in Grenada with respect to the projected impact of climate change.
Grenada‘s water resources comprise primarily surface water, with an estimated groundwater potential to satisfy about 10%-15% of the present potable requirement. On the smaller islands Carriacou and Petite Martinique, domestic water is derived exclusively from rainwater catchments. Rainfall seasonality is marked and the available surface water during the dry…
The best description of water resources for Grand Turk was offered by Pérez Monteagudo (2000) who suggested that rain water was insufficient to ensure a regular water supply although water catchment was being practised and water catchment possibilities had been analysed. Limestone islands, mostly flat and low lying, have few possibilities for large scale surface storage, and groundwater lenses exist in very delicate equilibrium with saline seawater, and are highly likely to collapse due to sea level rise, improper extraction, drought, tidal waves or other extreme event.
A study on the impact o…
The Bahamas is at great risk and vulnerability given its geographical features as a low-lying, sea encircled country. If projected sea level rise is reached by 2050, between 10-12% of territory will be lost, especially in coastal zones where the main tourism assets are located. Vulnerability could also be manifested if flight carbon emission taxes are established in the main source markets, representing an economic threat to the tourism sector for the islands.
The impact of climate change on main tourism demand variables will cause some losses to the country‟s income and government revenues. T…
Climate change is a continuous process that began centuries ago. Today the pace of change has increased with greater rapidity because of global warming induced by anthropogenically generated greenhouse gases (GHG). Failure to effectively deal with the adverse outcomes can easily disrupt plans for sustainable economic development.
Because of the failure of export agriculture over the last several decades, to provide the economic stimuli needed to promote economic growth and development, Jamaica, like many other island states in the Caribbean subregion, has come to rely on tourism as an instrume…
Owing to their high vulnerability and low adaptive capacity, Caribbean islands have legitimate concerns about their future, based on observational records, experience with current patterns and consequences of climate variability, and climate model projections. Although emitting less than 1% of global greenhouse gases, islands from the region have already perceived a need to reallocate scarce resources away from economic development and poverty alleviation, and towards the implementation of strategies to adapt to the growing threats posed by global warming (Nurse and Moore, 2005).
The objective…
Montserrat is at great risk from the economic impact of climate change on its international transportation sector, which brings nearly all of its visitors (mainly tourists) from the main markets in North America and Western Europe and moves virtually all of its merchandise trade. The presence of a ‘persistently active’ Soufrière volcano into, at least the next decade worsens the situation.
The total cost of climate change on international transportation in Montserrat was calculated by combining the impacts of changes in temperature and precipitation, new climate change policies in advanced cou…
Owing to their high vulnerability and low adaptive capacity, Caribbean islands have legitimate concerns about their future, based on observational records, experience with current patterns and consequences of climate variability, and climate model projections. Although emitting less than 1% of global greenhouse gases, islands from the region have already perceived a need to reallocate scarce resources away from economic development and poverty reduction, and towards the implementation of strategies to adapt to the growing threats posed by global warming (Nurse and Moore, 2005).
The objectives …
This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the likely effects of climate change on the tourism sector in Montserrat. Clayton (2009) identifies three reasons why the Caribbean should be concerned about the potential effects of climate change on tourism: (a) the relatively high dependence on tourism as a source of foreign exchange and employment; (b) the intrinsic vulnerability of small islands and their infrastructure (e.g. hotels and resorts) to sea level rise and extreme climatic events (e.g. hurricanes and floods); and, (c) the high dependence of the regional tourist industry on carb…
This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the likely effects of climate change on the tourism sector in Saint Lucia. Clayton (2009) identifies three reasons why the Caribbean should be concerned about the potential effects of climate change on tourism: (a) the relatively high dependence on tourism as a source of foreign exchange and employment; (b) the intrinsic vulnerability of small islands and their infrastructure (e.g. hotels and resorts) to sea level rise and extreme climatic events (e.g. hurricanes and floods); and, (c) the high dependence of the regional tourist industry on car…
In this study, an attempt is made to assess the economic impact of climate change on Aruba. This
study has three main objectives. The first is to examine the factors that influence the demand and
supply of tourism in Aruba. The second is to forecast the cost of climate change to the tourism
sector until 2050 under the A2 and B2 climate scenarios with the Business as Usual (BAU) as a
comparator climate scenario, and the third is to estimate the cost of adaptation and mitigation
strategies that can be undertaken by Aruba to address climate change in the tourism sector.…
In this study, an attempt is made to estimate the economic impact of climate change on the tourism sector
in the (former) Netherlands Antilles. There are three main objectives in this study. The first is to
examine the factors that influence the demand and supply of tourism in Netherlands Antilles. The second
is to forecast the cost of climate change to the tourism sector until 2050 under the A2 and B2 climate
scenarios with the (Business as Usual) as a comparator climate scenario, and the third is to estimate the
cost of adaptation and mitigation strategies that can be undertaken by the touri…
(14 de octubre, 2011) La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, participó en Abu Dhabi, Emiratos Árabes Unidos, en la Cumbre sobre la Agenda Global 2011, que reúne a representantes del sector académico, empresarial, gubernamental y de la sociedad civil de todo el mundo.
Este espacio de debate, creado en 2008 por el Foro Económico Mundial, congrega anualmente a los miembros de la Red de Consejos de la Agenda Global (Network of Global Agenda Councils) para intercambiar ideas sobre temas clave como la estabilidad financiera, la segur…
Durante décadas, las Naciones Unidas han trabajado para librar a las personas de la pobreza.
Hemos hecho grandes progresos, pero hoy esos logros están en peligro.
Demasiadas personas viven con miedo:
Miedo de perder sus empleos;
Miedo de no ser capaces de alimentar a sus familias;
Miedo de quedar atrapadas para siempre en la pobreza, privadas del derecho humano a vivir con salud y dignidad y esperanza en el futuro.
Podemos hacer frente a las dificultades que afrontamos: la crisis económica, el cambio climático, el aumento de los costos de alimentación y energía, los efectos de los desastres na…
Cada vez que sufrimos un desastre, solemos culpar a la naturaleza. Rara vez pensamos en los actos humanos que aumentan los riesgos y transforman un peligro en catástrofe.
La vulnerabilidad a los desastres aumenta a un ritmo mucho mayor que la capacidad de superarlos. El último año hemos presenciado inundaciones, terremotos, tsunamis y sequías devastadoras.
A ello se suman, aumentando la urgencia del problema, los riesgos de la seguridad nuclear y la amenaza de múltiples riesgos tecnológicos.
La buena nueva es que algunos países han encontrado la forma de reducir los riesgos de las inundaciones…