Trinidad and Tobago

National policies, plans and risk and governance profile(s)

Cover and source: Pacific Disaster Center
Documents and publications
This collection of risk profiles for Trinidad and Tobago aims to illustrate the risks and vulnerabilities faced by each municipality in the country.
Cover and source: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
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The study will use a case-study approach of selected areas in Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica to investigate the potential economic impacts of recurrent flood events and compare with a potential cost saving benefit of specific flood control interventions.
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Over the past 30 years in the Caribbean, floods and tropical storm damage affected 1.5 million people directly and caused over USD 5 billion in damage. The increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events stress societies and natural systems

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The Climate Risk Adaptation and Insurance in the Caribbean (CRAIC II) project aims to refine, revive and upscale the Livelihood protection policy (LPP) - (launched in phase I) by making it affordable, valuable and reachable in the Caribbean region. The

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The purpose of this plan is to minimize the loss of life and damage to property and the environment in Trinidad and Tobago.
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The profile summarizes how climate change will potentially impact six key sectors across the region: coastal resources, human health, water resources, tourism, fisheries, and agriculture.
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This report reviews the availability of data in Trinidad and Tobago to report against the indicators recommended to measure the global targets of the Sendai Framework, and identify current gaps.

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This ARIA institutional analysis of climate change adaptation in Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Lucia provides researchers with a snapshot of how key institutions function. While both countries are middle to high income, and thus have some amount of

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