The Hummingbird Vol. 8 No. 2

Report of the twenty-eighth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

Policy Brief: Planning for resilience: an integrated approach to tackle climate change in the Caribbean

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…

Advancing the Decade of Action for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean

Methodologies for the construction of environmental, climate change and disaster indicators in Uruguay

From February 17th to 20th, 2020, the course-workshop "Methodologies for the construction of environmental, climate change and disaster indicators" was held within the context of the ECLAC-BMZ/giz Cooperation Program. The event, organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Statistics Division, also received the collaboration of the National Secretariat of Environment, Water and Climate Change, the Ministry of Housing, Land Management and Environment, the National Institute of Statistics and the National Emergency System of Uruguay. The meeting…

Metodologías para la construcción de indicadores ambientales, de cambio climático y desastres en Uruguay

Del 17 al 20 de febrero 2020, en el marco del programa de cooperación CEPAL-BMZ/giz, se realizó el curso - taller “Metodologías para la construcción de indicadores ambientales, de cambio climático y desastres”. El evento, organizado por la División de Estadísticas de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe de las Naciones Unidas (CEPAL), contó también con la colaboración de la Secretaría Nacional de Ambiente, Agua y Cambio Climático, el Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente, el Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y el Sistema Nacional de Emergencias. El…

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Timely Disaster Training for Tobago Officials

With the “rainy” season in Trinidad and Tobago already beginning, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean took its Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) methodology training to Tobago from 23-25 May 2018. Some of the areas that were covered over the three days included an introduction and basic concepts of the Disaster Assessment Methodology, the role of planning in disaster risk management and its impact on the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), how the population can be affected, and how areas such …

Capacitación oportuna sobre desastres para funcionarios de Tobago

Con el comienzo de la temporada “de lluvias” en Trinidad y Tobago, la sede subregional para el Caribe de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) llevó a cabo en la isla de Tobago su capacitación sobre la metodología de estimación de daños y pérdidas (conocida como DaLA, por sus siglas en inglés) del 23 al 25 de mayo de 2018. Las áreas abordadas a lo largo de los tres días incluyeron, entre otras, una introducción sobre y los conceptos básicos de la metodología de estimación de desastres, el papel de la planificación en la gestión del riesgo de desastres y su impacto en la…

Capacitação oportuna sobre desastres para funcionários de Tobago

Com o começo da temporada “de chuvas” em Trinidad e Tobago, a sede sub-regional para o Caribe da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) realizou na ilha de Tobago um curso de capacitação sobre a metodologia de estimação de danos e perdas (conhecida como DaLA, por sua sigla em inglês) de 23 a 25 de maio de 2018. As áreas abordadas ao longo dos três dias incluíram, entre outras, uma introdução sobre os conceitos básicos da metodologia de estimação de desastres, o papel do planejamento na gestão dos riscos de desastres e seu impacto na consecução dos Objetivos de Desenvolvime…

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

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The Caribbean and the post-2015 development agenda

This paper will contend that the post-2015 development agenda presents a major opportunity for Caribbean countries to reverse decades of lagging economic performance and make the transition to balanced, holistic, and people-centred growth and development. The MDGs, while valuable in promoting gains in poverty reduction, health, education, nutrition, and maternal well-being were not tailored to the growth and development needs of the region. This can now be changed by a post-2015 development agenda which goes beyond improving the welfare of citizens by meeting basic needs and enhancing access t…