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Located on the South American mainland, Guyana experiences flooding, drought, and wildfires but is not highly exposed to hurricanes, volcanoes, or earthquakes. Guyana has yet to put into full force several pieces of resilience-building legislation.

This profile documents the projected climate impacts in the Eastern and Southern Caribbean (ESC) region. The high vulnerability to climate impacts in the region often drive direct integration of climate risk management into planning processes.

Guyana’s officials moved forward with plans to mitigate future disaster risks by launching a National Disaster Preparedness Baseline Assessment (NDPBA).

This climate risk profile concerns the countries of the Eastern and Souther Caribbean (ESC).

The purpose of this study was to review selected National Adaptation Plans to better understand how disaster risk management is approached in climate change documents, and if systemic risk issues where impacts cascade across sectors are considered.

The current floods situation in Guyana are representative of a recurring threat to the country’s development.

This document is comprised of the below maps:

• Increased water level of the Mahaica river and inundated agricultural fields in Cane Grove Savannas area, Region 4 as of 19 June 2021;
• Increased water level of the Mazaruni river and potentially affected

On 25 March 2021, UNITAR-UNOSAT hosted an online Flood Early Warning System (FEWS) Awareness Raising Workshop with a focus on flood early warning communication.