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Priorities for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Caribbean Region Presented by Saudia Rahat Senior Programme Officer Senior Programme Officer CDEMA CARI BBEAN REGI ONAL CONFERENCE – GLOBAL CLI MATE CHANGE ALLI ANCE Belize City March 2 8 -2 9 , 2 0 1 1 h 1

PRESENTATI ON OVERVI EW Existing tools/ mechan Caribbean Convergence Regional isms for Vulnerability Vulnerability of DRR & of DRR & Priorities for Priorities for Sustainability Sustainability mainstreamin Landscape CCA CCA and DRR g DRR and CCA 2

Climate Change & Natural Hazards Climate Change & Natural Hazards � The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report concluded that clim ate change is now a certainty , and that it has begun to affect the frequency, intensity, and length of m any clim ate-related hazard events, such as floods, droughts, storm s and extrem e tem peratures , thus increasing the need for additional timely and effective adaptation adaptation. Flood Event – Trinidad Hurricane Lenny, Severe Weather Event August 2008 A t 2008 P l Palmiste, Grenada, 1999 i t G d 1999 St. Vincent & the Grenadines, 2008 3

The Caribbean Vulnerability Reality Major Hurricanes by Decade (970-2005) CATEGORY 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000-05 3 9 7 11 6 4 3 7 12 8 5 3 3 2 7 TOTAL 15 17 25 21 4

The Caribbean Vulnerability Reality The Caribbean Vulnerability Reality Caribbean region is very vulnerable due to our geographic location and geographic location and socio- economic characteristics • destroying infrastructure and productive More intense and capacity, frequent hydro • interrupting economic activity p g y meteorological hazards g will pose a growing • creating sometimes irreversible changes threat to sustainable in the natural resource base. development: • national security issues 5

Convergence of CCA and DRR Convergence of CCA and DRR • The desired outcome of both disciplines is risk reduction CCA and DRR • DRR is concerned primarily with risks from present climate converge in relation to variability, geographically and related extremes • CCA is primarily more focused upon increasing extremes of clim ate hazards clim ate hazards climate events and the future changes in those risks li d h f h i h i k Both CCA and DRR Both CCA and DRR require sim ilar inform ation • Measures to reduce vulnerability and disaster risk are proven and are already being applied to adaptation. system s, skills, and y , , institutional arrangem ents. Source: GFDRR, W orld Bank, 2 0 0 9 ; Briefing Note, I SDR , 2 0 0 9

Convergence of CCA and DRR g 7

PRIORITIES FOR CCA & DRR 8

Regional Policy Fram ew orks for CCA g y and DRR � Two policy frameworks define CARICOM’s priorities: T li f k d fi CARICOM’ i i i Regional Framework for Achieving Development Regional Framework for Achieving Development 1. 1 Resilient to Climate Change 2009-2015 (CCCCC) Enhanced Comprehensive Disaster Management 2. Strategy and Programming Framework 2007- 2012 (CDEMA) ( ) 9

Regional Framework for Achieving Development Resilient to Climate Change (2009-2015) Resilient to Climate Change (2009-2015) VISION VISION Building Regional Resilience to a Changing Climate Building Regional Resilience to a Changing Climate Building Regional Resilience to a Changing Climate Building Regional Resilience to a Changing Climate Strategic Strategic Strategic Strategic Strategic Element Strategic Element Strategic Strategic Strategic Strategic El Element 1: Element 1: El 1 1 El Element 3: Element 3: El 3 3 4: 4: 4 4 El Element 5: Element 5: El 5 5 Element 2: Element 2: Promote actions to Promote actions derive social, Promote the Mainstream CCA economic and to reduce the implementation of Promote actions to strategies into g environmental vulnerability l bili specific adaptation reduce greenhouse benefits from the the sustainable measures to address gas emissions of natural and prudent dev. agendas key vulnerabilities human systems management of standing forests 10

Enhanced CDM Strategic Fram ew ork ( 2 0 0 7 - 2 0 1 2 ) GOAL GOAL Regional Sustainable Development enhanced through CDM Regional Sustainable Development enhanced through CDM PURPOSE PURPOSE To strengthen regional, national and community level capacity for mitigation, management, and coordinated response to natural and technological hazards, and the effects of climate change. h OUTCOME 1: OUTCOME 1: OUTCOME 2: OUTCOME 2: OUTCOME 3: OUTCOME 3: OUTCOME 4: OUTCOME 4: Enhanced Enhanced An effective An effective Disaster Risk Disaster Risk Enhanced community Enhanced community institutional support institutional support pp pp mechanism and mechanism and Management has been Management has been g g resilience in CDEMA resilience in CDEMA for CDM Program for CDM Program programme for programme for mainstreamed at mainstreamed at states/ territories to states/ territories to implementation at implementation at management of management of national levels and national levels and mitigate and respond to mitigate and respond to national and regional national and regional comprehensive comprehensive incorporated into key incorporated into key the adverse effects of the adverse effects of levels levels disaster disaster sectors of national sectors of national climate change and climate change and g management management economies (including economies (including disasters disasters knowledge has been knowledge has been tourism, health tourism, health established established agriculture and nutrition) agriculture and nutrition) OUTPUTS OUTPUTS OUTPUTS OUTPUTS OUTPUTS OUTPUTS OUTPUTS OUTPUTS OUTPUTS OUTPUTS OUTPUTS OUTPUTS OUTPUTS OUTPUTS OUTPUTS OUTPUTS 11

The Model Program m e and Plan of Action for CCA and Plan of Action for CCA and DRR “Blue print for national level integration of climate change adaptation Blue print for national level integration of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction” 12

Developm ent of the CCA and DRR p Program m e and POA A Climate Change Disaster Management Working Group Management Working Group (CCDM-WG) was established Gap Analysis to guide the development of the programme and plan of action 13

Priorities for CCA and DRR Strengthen institutional • Strengthen linkages for multi-stakeholder coordination and governance structures and collaboration at the national and regional levels at the national and regional • Strengthening dialogue among CCA & DRR stakeholders levels levels Promote the development Promote the development • Regional standards for hazard mapping and risk • Regional standards for hazard mapping and risk assessments and implementation of • Regional guidelines for CCA & DRR for building and legislation, standards and infrastructure design guidelines for CCA & DRR. • Revisit response requirements for emergency operations and upscale response and deployment Build capacity amongst capacities p planning national/ local planning, national/ local • Strengthen tools to support mainstreaming of CCA & emergency organisations on DRR into EIAs, NHIA and planning processes CCA & DRR. • Strengthen knowledge and awareness of National Disaster Organizations with respect to CCA 14

Priorities for CCA and DRR Establish and maintain Establish and maintain • Develop redundant systems for storage CCA & DRR information sharing mechanisms for improved accessibility to data eg. hazard and risk assessment databases consolidated data, information and • Establish effective information sharing mechanisms products on hazards, vulnerability supported by policy and standards supported by policy and standards and risks related to CCA & DDR. d i k l d CCA & DDR Develop communication Develop communication • Communication strategies should be driven by end strategies on climate change adaptation and disaster risk users and should be focused on desired attitudinal reduction which are synchronized, changes and targeted at all groups. • Establish standardized training programmes for the region that Promote education, is accessible online training and research for g • Documentation of best practices across sectors for CCA & DRR Documentation of best practices across sectors for CCA & DRR informing the • Expand the utility of remote sensing in DRR and radars for real time flood forecasting implementation of CCA & • Establish policies and guidelines for promoting the use of DRR programmes. outputs of downscaled climate models in plans and policies. 15

Priority Areas Linkages to the CDM y g and CC Strategies PRI ORI TY AREAS CDM STRATEGY CC STRATEGY Strengthen institutional structure and OUTCOME 1, 3 SE 1 governance Promote the development and OUTCOME 1, 4 SE 1 implementation of legislation, standards and guidelines Build capacity OUTCOME 1,3 SE 1 Establish and maintain information sharing Establish and maintain information sharing OUTCOME 2 OUTCOME 2 SE 2 SE 2 mechanisms Develop communication strategies OUTCOME 2 SE 1 Promote, education training and research OUTCOME 2 SE 1 16