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This is Barbados' Voluntary National Report for the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (MTR SF).

For emergency preparedness and response in the Caribbean, the United Nations World Food Programme will build a logistics hub and training centre in Barbados, through a partnership with the government and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency.

This report provides an overview of the Situational Analysis of Disaster Risk Reduction efforts in Barbados.

This study supports the implementation of the Country Work Programme for countris in the Caribbean, as well as the design and revisions of other critical national instruments including the National Adaptation Plan.

This is a comic for youth and adults to raise awareness on the importance of leaving no one behind in times of COVID-19 during hurricane season. This comic has been designed for the Caribbean, but can be used in other parts of the world.

Mostly a low-lying country, Barbados faces flash floods, droughts, small-scale landslides, earthquakes, and fires. Its disaster and emergency management legislation and structure and data collection are strong but implementation is still lacking.

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

The Covid-19 crisis has exposed the vulnerabilities of the economies of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Saint Lucia and other Caribbean countries.