climate change
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Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management: Prepare, Respond, Recover
ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT WILL BE THE FOCUS OF A TWO-DAY MEETING HOSTED BY THE EU-FUNDED INTRA-ACP APP Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, September 19, 2016 – “Climate has changed; climate will change and climate demands change”, said Dr. Michael Taylor, a Physicist at a Climate Studies Group in the Caribbean in 2012. He was…
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USAID project boosts Grenada’s resilience to climate change
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Thursday June 23, 2016 – Grenada’s capacity to mitigate climate change risks stemming from storms, hurricanes, droughts and other extreme weather events has been enhanced by a US$9.5 million Rallying the Region to Action on Climate Change (RRACC) project. It is implemented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in collaboration with the Organization of…
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CDB boosts climate adaptation and capacity building projects
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) increased its capacity-building work in the Region in 2015 focusing on climate adaptation, renewable energy, public sanitation, environmental awareness and sustainability programmes. In this regard, financing was provided to help Haiti improve its population’s access to sanitation services. The Bank is also collaborating with the National Directorate of Water Supply and Sanitation (DINEPA), the agency…
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CARICOM bloc signs and 5 member states ratify historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change
Fourteen CARICOM nations, with only the exclusion of Montserrat, a British overseas territory, have joined 160 countries and the European Union in signing the historic Paris Agreement on Friday, April 22, according to a listing of the signing ceremony published by the United Nations. The participation of 175 signatories far exceeded the historical record for first-day signatures to an international agreement,…
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