The Hummingbird Vol.6 No.8

ECLAC meeting analyses flooding in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago

Intense rainfall, storm surges and hurricanes have resulted in an increased number of flooding events in the Caribbean over recent times. The economic impacts of such events in Jamaica and in Trinidad and Tobago, were at the centre of discussions this morning, when regional technicians gathered for an expert group meeting (EGM) hosted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean. Discussions during the meeting were guided by an upcoming study by ECLAC Caribbean, entitled `An Economic Analysis of Flooding in the Caribbean – T…

Report of the nineteenth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

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New ECLAC policy brief prepares Caribbean countries for natural disasters

Through the publication of a new policy brief, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean has identified strengths and weaknesses in the DRM strategies of member states and how these can be mainstreamed in development plans and policies. The brief which is entitled `Mainstreaming disaster risk management (DRM) strategies in development instruments” and focuses on Barbados, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago’. It presents policy recommendations to strengthen the role of DRM and to improve the use of resource…

The Hummingbird Vol.6 No.3

Caribbean Samoa Pathway prioritized

Mainstreaming disaster risk management strategies in development instruments (II): policy briefs for Barbados, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago

This set of policy briefs has the objective of profiling disaster risk management (DRM) policies in five selected member States of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee: Barbados, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. The present publication is the second that ECLAC has released on the mainstreaming of DRM strategies on this topic area. In 2017, a similar document was published for the following countries: The Bahamas, Belize, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica. It also aims at analysing these policies and their interactions with broader development issues an…

Report of the expert group meeting on the enhancement of resilience to disasters and climate change in the Caribbean through the modernization of the energy sector

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Addressing Disaster Risk at Local Level is Essential to Face Climate Change in Latin America

During a workshop organized by ECLAC in the framework of the EUROCLIMA + programme, experts from various institutions presented their work about disaster risk management and the analysis of climate change vulnerability in municipalities of Colombia.…

Abordar el riesgo de desastres a nivel local es fundamental para enfrentar el cambio climático en América Latina

En un taller organizado por la CEPAL en el marco del programa EUROCLIMA+, expertos de diversas instituciones presentaron sus trabajos para la gestión de riesgo de desastres y el análisis de la vulnerabilidad ante el cambio climático en los municipios de Colombia.…

An integrated approach to ICT

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Escazú Agreement is presented at Regional Seminar for Parliaments of the Caribbean

The Inter-Parliamentary Union and the National Assembly of Suriname organized a Regional Seminar on climate change and disaster risk reduction for Parliaments of the Caribbean on 5 and 6 November 2018 in Paramaribo, Suriname.…

El Acuerdo de Escazú se presenta en Seminario Regional para Parlamentarios del Caribe

La Unión Interparlamentaria y la Asamblea Nacional de Suriname organizaron un Seminario Regional sobre cambio climático y reducción del riesgo de desastres para Parlamentos del Caribe el 5 y 6 de noviembre de 2018 en Paramaribo, Suriname.…