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This climate risk profile concerns the countries of the Eastern and Souther Caribbean (ESC).
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This report refers to an operation that aims to support the strengthening of The Bahamas health system to meet the health needs of the population by (i) integrating primary and secondary care services that DPH, PHA and NHIA deliver; (ii) improving access

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Disaster displacement and environmental migration are among the most serious humanitarian challenges facing the Caribbean. As a subregion of small island developing States (SIDS) which are vulnerable and prone to extreme weather events and the impacts of climate change
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UNICEF's Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office and CDEMA signed a MoU to co-operate on the development of more resilient communities.
United Nations Children's Fund - The Americas and Caribbean Regional Office
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Climate-vulnerable Caribbean states had been facing "three monsters", the pandemic, climate disasters, and an economic recession.
Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org
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Hurricane Dorian, the strongest hurricane on record to hit the Bahamas, made landfall on Elbow Cay, east of Grand Abaco, on 1 September 2019. For three days, the category 5 storm battered Abaco and Grand Bahama, causing catastrophic damage and destroying

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A new learning paper by Acclimatise provides an insight on the lessons learnt from implementing Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness projects in the Caribbean.
Acclimatise
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Acclimatise was commissioned to implement aspects of readiness support projects in Belize (2018 – 2019), The Bahamas (2018 – 2019) and Guyana (2016 – 2017), and prepare their country strategic frameworks. This support, as seen had three main objectives:


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