Policy Brief: Planning for resilience: an integrated approach to tackle climate change in the Caribbean

NU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe

2020-07-02T16:43:59Z

LC/CAR/2020/1

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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).

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; FINANCIACION; DESARROLLO DE CAPACIDAD; GESTION DEL CONOCIMIENTO; COMUNICACIONES; JUVENTUD; INCORPORACION DE LA PERSPECTIVA DE GENERO; PUEBLOS INDIGENAS; OBJETIVOS DE DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE; AGENDA 2030 PARA EL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE; ESTRATEGIAS DEL DESARROLLO; PLANIFICACION DEL DESARROLLO; CAMBIO CLIMATICO; COOPERACION REGIONAL;