Policy Brief: Planning for resilience: an integrated approach to tackle climate change in the Caribbean
The Caribbean subregion is exceptionally vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. Vulnerability is a key multidimensional concept at the heart of resilience building, relating to each country’s multiple spatial and socioeconomic risks and conditions. In fact, due to it...
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oai-11362-457372020-11-12T00:15:14Z Policy Brief: Planning for resilience: an integrated approach to tackle climate change in the Caribbean NU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe COOPERACION REGIONAL CAMBIO CLIMATICO ESTRATEGIAS DEL DESARROLLO PLANIFICACION DEL DESARROLLO AGENDA 2030 PARA EL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE OBJETIVOS DE DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE PUEBLOS INDIGENAS INCORPORACION DE LA PERSPECTIVA DE GENERO JUVENTUD COMUNICACIONES GESTION DEL CONOCIMIENTO DESARROLLO DE CAPACIDAD FINANCIACION COOPERACION INTERNACIONAL PREPARACION PARA CASOS DE DESASTRES ALIVIO DE LA DEUDA ESTADOS PEQUEÑOS PAISES INSULARES EN DESARROLLO ISLAS DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE REGIONAL COOPERATION CLIMATE CHANGE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT PLANNING 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES GENDER MAINSTREAMING YOUTH COMMUNICATIONS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CAPACITY BUILDING FINANCING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DEBT RELIEF SMALL STATES DEVELOPING ISLAND COUNTRIES ISLANDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT The Caribbean subregion is exceptionally vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. Vulnerability is a key multidimensional concept at the heart of resilience building, relating to each country’s multiple spatial and socioeconomic risks and conditions. In fact, due to its geographical location and concentration of population and activities in low-lying coastal areas, the Caribbean is the second most hazard-prone region in the world...Moreover, impacts of extreme weather events on Caribbean small economies are of national proportions. For example, in the hurricane season of 2017, the total cost of Hurricanes Irma and Maria in the British Virgin Islands and in Sint Maarten exceeded their respective national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (ECLAC, 2019). 2020-07-02T16:43:59Z 2020-07-02T16:43:59Z 2020-07-02 Texto Documento Completo http://hdl.handle.net/11362/45737 LC/CAR/2020/1 en .pdf application/pdf CARIBE CARIBBEAN REGION ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean |
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COOPERACION REGIONAL CAMBIO CLIMATICO ESTRATEGIAS DEL DESARROLLO PLANIFICACION DEL DESARROLLO AGENDA 2030 PARA EL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE OBJETIVOS DE DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE PUEBLOS INDIGENAS INCORPORACION DE LA PERSPECTIVA DE GENERO JUVENTUD COMUNICACIONES GESTION DEL CONOCIMIENTO DESARROLLO DE CAPACIDAD FINANCIACION COOPERACION INTERNACIONAL PREPARACION PARA CASOS DE DESASTRES ALIVIO DE LA DEUDA ESTADOS PEQUEÑOS PAISES INSULARES EN DESARROLLO ISLAS DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE REGIONAL COOPERATION CLIMATE CHANGE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT PLANNING 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES GENDER MAINSTREAMING YOUTH COMMUNICATIONS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CAPACITY BUILDING FINANCING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DEBT RELIEF SMALL STATES DEVELOPING ISLAND COUNTRIES ISLANDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT |
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COOPERACION REGIONAL CAMBIO CLIMATICO ESTRATEGIAS DEL DESARROLLO PLANIFICACION DEL DESARROLLO AGENDA 2030 PARA EL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE OBJETIVOS DE DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE PUEBLOS INDIGENAS INCORPORACION DE LA PERSPECTIVA DE GENERO JUVENTUD COMUNICACIONES GESTION DEL CONOCIMIENTO DESARROLLO DE CAPACIDAD FINANCIACION COOPERACION INTERNACIONAL PREPARACION PARA CASOS DE DESASTRES ALIVIO DE LA DEUDA ESTADOS PEQUEÑOS PAISES INSULARES EN DESARROLLO ISLAS DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE REGIONAL COOPERATION CLIMATE CHANGE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT PLANNING 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES GENDER MAINSTREAMING YOUTH COMMUNICATIONS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CAPACITY BUILDING FINANCING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DEBT RELIEF SMALL STATES DEVELOPING ISLAND COUNTRIES ISLANDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Policy Brief: Planning for resilience: an integrated approach to tackle climate change in the Caribbean |
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The Caribbean subregion is exceptionally vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. Vulnerability is a key multidimensional concept at the heart of resilience building, relating to each country’s multiple spatial and socioeconomic risks and conditions. In fact, due to its geographical location and concentration of population and activities in low-lying coastal areas, the Caribbean is the second most hazard-prone region in the world...Moreover, impacts of extreme weather events on Caribbean small economies are of national proportions. For example, in the hurricane season of 2017, the total cost of Hurricanes Irma and Maria in the British Virgin Islands and in Sint Maarten exceeded their respective national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (ECLAC, 2019). |
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