An assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the coastal and marine sector in Saint Kitts And Nevis

NU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe

2011-10-22

LC/CAR/L.312

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.-- I. Introduction.-- II. Background.-- III. Literature revies.-- IV. Impact scenarios for coastal and marine sector.-- V. Methodology.-- VI. Results.-- VII Adaptation and benefit-cost analysis.-- VIII. Conculusions.

Owing to their high vulnerability and low adaptive capacity, Caribbean islands have legitimate concerns about their future, based on observational records, experience with current patterns and consequences of climate variability, and climate model projections. Although emitting less than 1% of global greenhouse gases, islands from the region have already perceived a need to reallocate scarce resources away from economic development and poverty alleviation, and towards the implementation of strategies to adapt to the growing threats posed by global warming (Nurse and Moore, 2005). The objectives of this Report are to conduct economic analyses of the projected impacts of climate change to 2050, within the context of the IPCC A2 and B2 scenarios, on the coastal and marine resources of St. Kitts and Nevis (SKN). The Report presents a valuation of coastal and marine services; quantitative and qualitative estimates of climate change impacts on the coastal zone; and recommendations for possible adaptation strategies and costs and benefits of adaptation.

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENERGY POLICY; ECONOMIC ASPECTS; DISASTER PREVENTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; VALUATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; FISHERIES; COASTAL AREAS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE; ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS; POLITICA ENERGETICA; SERVICIOS ECOSISTEMICOS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; POLITICA AMBIENTAL; PREVENCION DE DESASTRES; VALORACION; MEDIO MARINO; ASENTAMIENTOS HUMANOS; PESQUERIAS; ZONAS COSTERAS; CLIMA; CAMBIO CLIMATICO; DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE;