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Disaster risk management and gender: The case of Jamaica

This country profile analyzes gender gaps in the disaster risk management (DRM) agenda in Jamaica that influence the exposure and vulnerability, preparedness, and coping capacity of different populations.
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Colonialism’s legacy has left Caribbean nations much more vulnerable to hurricanes

Indigenous Caribbean peoples developed systems to manage hurricanes. Colonialism disrupted these, placing communities in vulnerable areas. Exploitative land policies and poor construction still increase disaster risks today.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Tech insider: DARAJA All inclusive

Sunayana Sen, Daraja program manager at Resurgence, speaks to Meteorological Technology International about Africa’s most inclusive – and award-winning – urban weather forecasting and early warning system.
Resurgence
Destruction of Hurricane Beryl
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Hurricane Beryl: For hard-hit islands, preparation paid off with rapid response. But recovery is complicated by widespread damage

One week after the storm, communities are coming to terms with the full extent of Hurricane Beryl’s destruction. And hurricane season is far from over.
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
A worker labouring in the cane fields to harvest sugar cane at Siloah, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
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As rains falter, Jamaica’s urban farmers race to adapt

The Abilities Foundation is one of six schools and community centres in Kingston to receive rainwater harvesting tanks courtesy of CityAdapt, an effort led by UNEP to help Caribbean communities contend with climate change.
United Nations Environment Programme
Caribbean private sector
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Thirsty in paradise: Water crises are a growing problem across the Caribbean islands

Caribbean islands are in a water crisis, and their governments have warned that water scarcity may become the new norm.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Programme to enhance climate change resilience gets $6.9m

A programme to increase Jamaica’s resilience to climate change through enhancing adaptive capacity across priority sectors has been given a budgetary allocation of $6.9 million.
Jamaica Observer, the
Shiny delicious apples hanging from a tree branch in an apple orchard
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Outsmarting climate change

Key lessons & resources help young male & female farmers & fishers fight climate change impacts.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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