This brief is intended to provide general information on the upcoming United Nations Ocean Conference on scaling up ocean actions based on science and innovation for the
implementation of Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14), with a view to stimulating more active, engaged participation of the Caribbean in the discussions. The
United Nations Ocean Conference will be co-chaired by Kenya and Portugal, and hosted by the Government of Portugal in Lisbon, during 2021. The objective of this conference is consistent with the 2017 UN General Assembly proclamation on the Decade of Oce…
Un desastre puede suponer retrocesos en los avances económicos y sociales logrados por los países a lo largo de las décadas, y sus efectos pueden verse exacerbados en el caso de los grupos más vulnerables. La gravedad del impacto dependerá de la capacidad de los países para detectar y superar sus vulnerabilidades. Este documento, especialmente dirigido a los encargados de la formulación de políticas, pone de manifiesto cómo, a través de la planificación para el desarrollo, pueden sentarse las bases para un abordaje integral, transitando de la gestión de los desastres a la gestión del riesgo de…
The Caribbean subregion is exceptionally vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. Vulnerability is a key multidimensional concept at the heart of resilience building, relating to each country’s multiple spatial and socioeconomic risks and conditions. In fact, due to its geographical location and concentration of population and activities in low-lying coastal areas, the Caribbean is the second most hazard-prone region in the world...Moreover, impacts of extreme weather events on Caribbean small economies are of national proportions. For example, in the hurricane s…
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