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Hackathons challenge Asia’s tech-savvy innovators to strengthen disaster resilience

'Collaborative initiatives like Code for Resilience help us bring together disaster risk management experts and local developers to create innovative applications that enable communities to become more resilient to natural hazards,' said Francis Ghesquiere, Head of the GFDRR Secretariat...
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Christmas deluge brings disaster to Eastern Caribbean

Dominica's Environment Minister Kenneth Darroux, is hoping that the island's plea to the World Bank for financial assistance will help the island better prepare in the long-term for the devastating effects of climate change...
Inter Press Service International Association
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Policies and plans

Caribbean States: Declaration of Pétion Ville

This declaration maintains the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) as a body for consultation, concerted action, co-operation while stressing the relevance of its work in the domains of trade, sustainable tourism, transport, disaster risk reduction, and

Policies and plans

Caribbean States: Plan of action of Pétion Ville

The Plan of Action of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), agreed upon at the 5th Summit of the Heads of State and/or Government of the Association of Caribbean States, addresses five main themes: (i) sustainable tourism; (ii) trade development and

Documents and publications

Insights in DRM, issue 1: Open data for resilience in the Caribbean

A Practitioner’s perspective on disaster risk management in Latin America and the Caribbean, September 2013:

This issue asserts that data is essential to inform decisions aimed at reducing disaster risk and presents examples of interventions and outcomes

Documents and publications

Status of disaster risk management: plans for floods, hurricanes and drought in the agriculture sector - a Caribbean perspective

This report presents the findings of a study commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to review the status of development and implementation of disaster risk management (DRM) plans for the agriculture sector

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Ground-breaking online climate risk management tool launches in Caribbean

'CCORAL is a practical approach to cost-effective climate-resilient investment projects,' says Dr. Kenrick Leslie, Executive Director of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre. 'CCORAL will aid the region in defining approaches and solutions that will provide benefits now and in the future by adopting ‘no-regret’ actions and flexible measures'...
Climate and Development Knowledge Network
Documents and publications

Strengthening of risk assessment and multi-hazard early warning systems for meteorological, hydrological and climate hazards in the Caribbean

This report presents the findings of an assessment undertaken by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) during 2010-2011 which assessed the institutional and technical capacities and needs of the Caribbean region to support Multi-hazard Early Warning

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