KINGSTON, Jamaica COUNTRIES in the Caribbean and Latin America could improve coastal planning and develop preventive measures to adapt to the effects of climate change using a database launched yesterday by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, University of Cantabria and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
The database contains information on coastal dynamics in Latin America and the Caribbean, climate variability, coastal vulnerability and exposure to climate change, the impact of climate change in the area and an estimation of predictable risks in the future.
